Only a week to go till DROIDS @MSHED 2026

Just a week more to wait till the Droids and co return to the Mshed, which is next door to the actual Museum.

There have been more than a few hiccups and hurdles to overcome for this years event to happen.

You would not believe the red tape involved in putting on a FREE event, where EVERYBODY wins.

• The public get a great event to added to being by the waterfront and all the amazing sights to see.
• The Mshed gets free publicity from us advertising (at Mike’s own expense) the event!
• Local business also benefit from your attendance, ice-cream van, food placed etc.
• And we…..well, you help us to raise funds for the South West Air Ambulance Service.

So please come on down, if your new to Bristol, check the location map, and help support your local/national droids raise funds for a great cause.

#droidbuildersuk #bristol #mshedmuseum #droids #mkgarrison #drwho #k9 #nathanpegler #samanthaalleyne #swaa 

FunkoPOP droids by me

For a bit of fun, I assembled all my creations in a line-up 😁

FunkoPOP Droids

These are drawn up my hand [no 3D scanning] and have more detail than the original POP's. They also were drawn up for the versions never produced, (left to right) LE5, PHT, Treadwell and Toolbox.

R5-D4 and R4-D4 (both versions of mine) have the restraining bolts fitted and my screen accurate centre leg [single cylinder].

R5-PHT (second from left) has his unique dome with the extra holoprojector. This droid was seen in Solo a Star Wars Story.

All are in three leg mode which wasn't a 'thing' until Celebration 2023 came along with the R2-D2/R5-D4 twin pack.

All of these are 1:1 POP scale lol and all but Toolbox, have base holes to fit onto the original stands, if required.

Check them all out on my Prusa page, in there FunkoPOP collection folder, free.

....not included in the line-up is R2-D2 with the sail barge drinks try attachment.

......ooops and soome of the droids in Carbonite [like Han Solo] 😀😀😀

3D Printed Upload - Control panel with working dials & buttons

Here's another control panel, which has options to have push button activation and also two rotary dials with stops.

The main centre area has the option of being separate so different panels can be printed and fixed in place. The first one is a 'planetary display screen'. This is a modified version of my other planetary panel [longer], which can be back lit.

I'll add alternative panels to my Prusa account. This along with others is free to download.

#3dprinting #prusa #starwars #controlpanel

.......UPDATE 16/6/2026

New Yavin IV screen uploaded here.

3D Printed upload - Circular Astromech skirt - Prusa

Just uploaded the circular 3D printable astromech skirt

that I created from the awesome artwork of Mr Jake Lunt Davis (click for his website).

His creations for new astromech droids, had lots of new interpretations from the standard R2 design, without being unrecognisable from the originals.

Check them out over on the Wookieepedia page.

Click image for direct link to the files on my Prusa page.

The Droids of 'Star Wars' website - featuring your three favourite R5 droids

Droids of Star Wars

Sharing this website as it has been refurbished and has lots of droids listed. Including three of my favs:

R5-SK1 from Rogue One,

R5-232 from Solo a Star Wars Story,

R5-2JE from The Rise of Skywalker.

My surprise find those was a behind the scenes picture of R5-SK1 in the hanger bay on Yavin (scroll down the page to view).

#r5sk1 #r5232 #r52je #rogueone #soloastarwarsstory #tros #starwars #droids

Blog view hits: 600K

Wow this came around quick!!

Blog has reached 600,000 views, thanks all.

If you have questions about any of the posts, topics etc, please comment or you can message me via socials.

Happy to help if I can.

Linktr.ee

......thanks to Dave for hitting the 600k hit 😀

**UPDATE end of July: much to my disappointment, most of the 'site views' are in fact, bots 😞😞😞 **

CAD Designing a prop - Andor [season 2] micro-prop 4

 I recently got asked if I could produce a CAD model for 3D printing of a drinking vessel / flask shown in the Andor-zine.

Did a search online for sizes and this came back with sizes based on the fluid oz each one can hold. Not knowing this I went with dimensions that best matched the square'ish image above.

I then did a quick test print, including a cap and catch arm.

As you can see, this wasn't the best orientation lol, a vertical one would be better suited to the front detail, but this was the main item requested. The catch arm is pivoted and I drew this up as a separate part to be glued on at the position that best suited being able to lift off the cap.

I needed to do a few more alterations for myself to be happy before sharing the files, see link below.

Here's the link to the post over on the RPF Forum, to follow for updates.

The files are up on my Pruse account here. I've included the stp files as well.

Event Promo for Droids @Mshed 2026

Here in the UK we have been experiencing a change in weather lol, sunshine & HEAT!!! 😎🌞🌞🌞

 
Mike braved the extremely hot weather and set up some of his droids outside his work hut to advertise this Summers Droid’s @Mshed event.

Displaying his two latest creations.....

WALL-E & EVE

#mshed #bristol #summerevent #droids #r2d2 #walle #dalek #mkgarrison #greatwesternairambulance #k9 #drwho #starwars #kermit #elmo

Event: May the 2nd 2026 - Lego weekend - Bristol

 

THE weekend all Star Wars fans wait for lol, May the 4th.....

This weekend, saw the Droids attend the Mall Cribbs Causeway's LEGO store to celebrate, Saturday 2nd. Other groups were there on the Sunday 3rd, with the 4th being a Bank Holiday, here in the UK.

Mike and Shaun were the droid operators, with myself as 'spotter', keeping the droids and public in order lol.

The waiting que was entertained by the droids.

#maythe4th #legostarwars #lego #droidbuildersuk 

Event promo video: Droids @Mshed 2026 on YouTube

Latest promo videos are now up on YouTube.

Please click the like and share, BIG thanks!