Event Report: Droids @ Mshed 2026

Another great event, but...........

The first being that I wasn't able to attend and help out Mike and the others as I have done since the beginning,

but also that [unless things change re: 'the powers that be']

this year was the last one to be held at the Mshed.

The event is a free open to all, showcasing the droids that have been hand built / 3D printed etc. as seen in film and TV shows, along with stalls, lucky-dip, and attended by fellow groups who just want to share in the experience.

These include the Dalek crew, MK Garrison and others.

This year was even attended by, a close friend of mine who I've known now for many many year lol,

Samantha Alleyne [first female stormtrooper] from:

the new Star Wars films trilogy

the anthology films Rogue One & Solo a Star Wars Story

& also the TV series Andor (filmed here in the UK).

Other attendees include......

Nathan Pegler & Brian Wheeler

These guys had a great time and were also popular with the public.

The stalls outside were also very popular and these along with the MK Garrison, in full costume, helped catch the passing public who didn't know about the event.

Here are some photos from the day:

Here are just some of the amazing droids.

Visitors to the event were asked about their thoughts of the day and what they liked most about it.

The response was 100% positive.

(Thanks to everyone)

This years chosen charity was the

Great Weston Air Ambulance

Check out the amazing work they do here.

Total amount raised.....👏👏👏👏👏👏

Mike is looking for a new venue..... so fingers crossed for 2027!

#starwars #drwho #mkgarrison #droids #astromech #bb8 #bristol #mshed #charity #southwestairambulance #droidbuildersuk

Droids @ Mshed Museum Bristol: July 2026

The droids will be returning to the

Mshed Museum, Bristol

Sunday 5th July 2026

💥 Look out on our socials for updates an please share. 💥

#bristolevents #bristol #mshed #mshedmuseum #droids #r2d2 #r5d4 #astromechdroid #freeevent

Droid Builders UK - Christmas Party

😀 Not quite a 'party' but our annual club members get together.

This year we were at a new location, Gloucester.

Mike was kind enough to give me a lift up in his van, along with WED-15. He had a few of his droids and a WIP droid he's been working on last few months.

The luck-dip found a few winners.

Congrats to Ian, .......Doug wasn't very happy 😂😂😂

Droid line-up.

B2EMO & R2-KT

Here are the winners of the quiz also arranged by John & Andrew.

It was great catching up with everyone, it's great to be able to chat about the droids, questions answered etc that aren't always obvious when online and not with the problem in front of you lol. We also raised a bit for our chosen charity for 2025.

💥💥💥 Big THANKS goes to John and Andy for organising today! 💥💥💥

A bonus note......

Here's a short of Treadwell driving on his newly fitted tracks.

To watch the days event, click here for the Clubs YouTube channel.

This like will take you to the same video over on my YouTube channel.

A Dedicated Blog: Droid Builders South West

I created this last year, but didn't get time to finish setting it up.

This is specifically for our group to advertise us as a point of local contacts.

https://southwestdroidbuildersuk.blogspot.com/

We all specialise in different subjects, are at stages of our lives, but have become great friends due to the enjoyment of droid building.

#droidbuildersuk #SWDB25 #astromech #droids #Bristol #Mshed25

DROIDS @Mshed Bristol 2025

 DROID's @Mshed Bristol, are back!

Yes, all your favourite droids are back again, and a few new special attending ones as well!!

💥💥 'FREE ENTRY EVENT' 💥💥

Droids built by Droid Builders UK / UK R2-D2 Builders Club, we're a group of builders who make/build/3D print droids from TV & movies for enjoyment. From Star Wars to Dr Who. With members attending from ALL over the UK!

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👉 Check out this event on FaceBook's events,

please add yourself and share.

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We also have members from the MK Garrison - Vader and co.

Mike Berry of Vinyldesign's has been busy arranging & organising this event,

I'm just helping as his side kick/advertising/promotions guy 😄

Link to 2024's Event report over on the Droid Builders UK website.

Or over on their YouTube channel: Droid's @Mshed 2024.

We hope to see you there!

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This is a non profit event, all money donated goes to the groups chosen charity for 2025: 'Supporting Alzheimer's Society'

If you wish to make a donation, please click this link to our JustGiving page, Thank you!

#droidbuildersuk #SWDB25 #astromech #droids #Bristol #Mshed25

Droids @Mshed Bristol - Thank you YouTube short

 

What a day!!!

Full event report coming soon, but the day was a successful one. Loads of droids, loads of people, and then the sun came out to shine and dry everything up lol.

Thanks to everyone who came, and also donated to our chosen charity,

MAKE A WISH UK, via our Justgiving page.

Droid Builders UK - 2024

 An event just for Droid Builders....... coming in 2024!

Droid Builders UK

#SWDB23 - Sunday 2nd July 2023 - THANKS ALL

What a DAY!!!

Sunday's event held at the Mshed, Bristol harbourside,

was blessed with good weather

& a fantastic attendance from the public.

We were collecting for our chosen charity: Make a Wish (UK)

clicking on the above image will take you to our Justgiving page.

Oliver will be collating the donation buckets and will update us when finished. But I can say that yesterdays donations online (not including gift aid), came to £216.00!!

The total raised comes to......

A BIG thank you to all who came along and supported us, we hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did sharing it with you all. Plenty of smiles from everyone.

If you would like to make a donation, of any amount,

please feel free to use the above links, every little helps.

There will be an Event Report soon, and also a Video up on my YouTube channel.

So click the likes, share and subscribe to my channel for future event updates, and check out last years event whilst you wait for this years to be uploaded lol.

Thanks again Bristol (and outside are visitors)

your support was/is much appreciated.

Where’s James….???

A few weeks ago, Greg Grumburg, tweeted a photo of himself, on the set of The Rise of Skywalker.

I noted Lee was in the picture……but I didn’t see James…..the guy bent over in front of him 😂

Photo credit Oscar Issac

Celebration Europe 2023: Droid Builder’s assemble

This year Star Wars Celebration is coming BACK to the UK. Representing Europe, all droid builders will be attending……

Well, that is still what we hope will happen. As many of you will know, the ticket situation was an absolute nightmare for being organised. Myself and others, signed up to purchase four day passes, but the small print, meant that even though you were in a queue, it was still a random selection…….well that’s NOT a queue, and us Brits know how to queue 😂👍🏽

Then on Thursday 5th January I got an email from the Ibis hotel, cancelling my reservation!!

Double checked it wasn’t a hoax 😳, nope!

With no reply to my emails, I phoned them to ask…..there’s been a block booking! And it automatically sends out a cancellation notice! They were no help at all and even gave me the same email direct to the hotel I had already used.

Soooooo…… Saturday was spent searching for hotel rooms for the required dates.

The good news, was I was able to find a room with twin beds (not a double 😂).

The bad news, is that it was further out and more money 😒. I didn’t book it though, as after not hearing back from the hotel, I Tweeted about the situation, and ‘@‘ the hotel directly!

Within a matter of hours I had a response AND a DM saying someone would be in contact. After a few days I received another DM & an email confirming that my cancellation had been an error and that my booking was now reinstated.

This was a relief, but still the ticket issue was still outstanding. This matter was eventually resolved between the organisers and the R2 group organisers.

Droid Builders UK - MCM Comic-Con Birmingham NEC

 

Check out the Event Report now posted up on the Droid Builders UK website.

Click on the link above or follow the link below:

www.droidbuilders.uk/2022/11/16/mcm-birmingham

#droidbuildersuk @droidbuildersuk

Droid Builders UK Christmas meet 2022 coming soon!!

 

Calling all UK Droid Builder’s, (& fellow world wide builders who may be in the UK at the time) the annual Christmas builders meet is coming!

Are you Signed up on the portal???

Checkout www.droidbuilders.uk

* non UK builders who maybe visiting the UK, wishing to attend, but not on the portal, get in contact for further details about how to attend *

# Get to meet fellow builders,

# chat and ask questions,

# find out ‘how too’,

# there will be all types of droids,

# finished and work in progress,

from 3D printed, aluminium, wood and styrene and everything in between.

There are time trials around the droid course, testing your (droids) agility lol. (TBC)

Lots of laughs guaranteed. Web linked for non attendees to view on the DBUK YouTube channel (see link below)

So checkout the website link above for full event details.

And the: Droid Builders YouTube channel (click link)

Blog views hits 180k plus

 It’s always nice to see that people do actually use/see/read my Blog lol.

And today it tripped over the 180k hits!

Monthly figures have been down since Google+ ended 🙁 and I’ve not been on social media much since the beginning of 2020 (no instagram or Facebook), though I have been back on FB recently. Twitter is my only other outlet for letting the outside world know about updates, that and the few astromech forums I’m on.

I do write articles/event reports that as well as my Blog, get uploaded to www.droidbuilders.uk though there’s no link back to my Blog.

Well, there’s more Blog posts to come, future events, 3D printing, droid building etc. so stay up-to date by ‘following’.

So a big thanks to everyone.

Event Video: M-shed Bristol: 3rd July 2022

 

click link below....

YOUTUBE VIDEO

of the day's event

🎥 Produced by Marc Danbury 😎

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Mike's new droid - B5-BZ from The Clone Wars TV series

Back in January 2020, Mike finished building his....... umpteenth droid lol. [post dated July 2024]

But he wanted something different, so he built a Clone Wars TV series version (cartoon) version of B5-BZ, seen in 'D Squad'.

The design is a more simpler one, with less details, but retaining the aesthetics' of an Astromech seen in the live action films.

He renamed BZ to KN-B1 in honour of his late Father.

You can read all about his work on the Droid Builders UK,

profiles page: LINK