Social Media for updates and more 2023 -> 2024

April 25th 2023

(updated October 2024)

Its been a while, but R5’s back on Facebook 😁. (2023)

Since Google+ ended, Blog notifications ended and so did the amount of visitors to this site. I do Tweet 😂 and of course have my YouTube channel. No adverts as I’m not here for the money lol, just entertainment/knowledge/help.

So to keep up with what’s happening in R5’s world of Droid Building, I would say you can follow me, like, subscribe, search up 'James R5D4'. And any questions, comments, feel free to post up or DM me if you’d prefer.

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YouTube - James R5D4

A few new video's (& #shorts) have been uploaded to the channel, please like, share and help support the channel.

Click on the picture to go to the channel

(or save the image, your pictures saved on your phone can still access the QR code by holding your finger on the image)

or click this link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVWPGuMi4c6ngsx5xwH0kGg

Celebration Europe 2023 starts here: Day T -1

So last night I picked up the hire van and its big lol. Well it’s not just for me but also Mike’s droids as well as a few other things/props etc.

Thursday 6th April: T -1

Loaded up all my things into the van and then headed down into town to pick up Mike and all his droids etc.

Loading everything in, good job I’m the Tetris king 😂👍🏽. Once complete, it was time for the drive up to London.

I’ll post part 2 of T -1 (T minus 1 day) Thursday evening (hopefully lol)

Upcoming Event: Stars of Time @ Weston-Super-Mare

Stars of Time

return’s to Weston-Super-Mare!

The SOUTHWEST DROID BUILDERS

(representing Droid Builders UK),

will be attending so come along

and see R2-D2 and friends.

Why not make a weekend of it,

check out the official website,

clicking on the picture link below.

Link: https://www.visit-westonsupermare.com/

Link to more event details:

https://www.visit-westonsupermare.com/whats-on/stars-of-time-film-and-comic-con-p3119893

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

 

click link below....

YOUTUBE VIDEO

of the day's event

🎥 Produced by Marc Danbury 😎

👏👏👏👏👏

Droid Builders UK - ‘Lockdown show’

Saturday 21/11/2020, Sam & Lee’s latest video outing featuring yours truly lol, in Sam & Lee & a Cup of Tea.

Link to this month’s video over on the:

Droid Builders UK YouTube channel.

Check out details on their video for next month’s show, plus lots of other things happening. Also links for 2021 Droid Builders calendar.

Trading Card Dispenser - TCD Video build coming soon.....

 So the other month I got asked if I could produce a short video showing the Trading Card Dispenser.

QR code link to the files on Thingiverse

.......it’s full assembly and it working, today that video was  shown as part of......

YouTube channel with Sam & Lee. If you didn’t get to watch the live show, you can watch it as it’s uploaded to the channel. See link below:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DroidbuildersUK

Afterwards I uploaded the original (in-edited) version lol, to my own You Tube channel, link below:

https://youtu.be/g0HNIc9j5m8

I am in the process of also doing an additional instruction/how-to manual on the activation side of operating the dispenser......will update on here once all's ready.

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If you have any questions, post them up below, I’ll be happy to answer them. You can also find me via Astromech.net’s forum.

Transmitter switch cover update.....3D printed

 What a nightmare trying to match up the thread for the new switch nut on the transmitter. After three attempts, I decided to go with one of my original ideas, which was to fit a switch cover/lock. So after a few iterations, I settled on this version.

I recessed the nut into the lower part of the bracket, making it easy to fit onto the threaded part of the switch. The locking part is pinned with a sel-lok pin through and is not too snug a fit onto the switch arm itself. This just means that the switch can't accidentally be triggered, not that it could be as it requires an amount of actual force to click it. But it looks good rather than just having the nut.

I'll post up on Thingiverse soon. So click follow and/or on Twitter for notification of it going live.

Bristol Comic Con & Gaming Festival - March 30th 2019 **UPDATE* No3*

.......another update......this time it’s a change of attending droid. Nik will be bringing his second droid,  R2-H16.......I forgot that some club members actually have more than one droid.

www.mooseeventsuk.com

My R5-D4 designed patches arrived.....

Yesterday afternoon, was a race for time!

The delivery drop-off time was close to when the wife would of not been home, as would of been on school run! I did leave a 'leave in a safe place' note, but still.....

Thankfully, they were delivered in time and here they are.

Free Lolly

These are great, better than I imagined!

The patch in all it's colour

Rear of patch

And here's a size comparison with a

UK £1 coin and my sticker at the bottom.

If you'd like a patch or sticker,

you can message me via

Instagram

or

FaceBook

Thandie Newton Star Wars dress on Twitter

So last night/this morning I was scrolling through my Twitter notifications, when I saw someone mention that Thandie Newton's dress was of Star Wars characters! Designed by Vivienne Westwood.

I made a simple replay to Asad Ayaz's tweet,

'Zoomed in on images on her dress 😎👍'.

Forgetting that I was replying to not just Asad Ayaz,

but also Ms Newton.......

which became clear to me

when she 'liked' my reply....WOOOOW!!

Am sooooo looking forward to the film coming out next week!

Blog Title Change......

When I first started writing this blog,
I didn't really know what Title to use,
so called it what it is, 'My R5-D4 Astromech Droid', lol.

Now that I also have a FaceBook page, Twitter & an Instagram account, I thought I should rename this one to better match up with the others.

So am thinking of changing the name to:

James' R5-D4

This, I hope will make finding this age easier as it matches more with the other accounts.

.....just hope this doesn't mess anything up lol.

New Dome..... &... Feel the Force Day 5

So much for CAD 😄lol, if you don't have the tools to actually carry out the work in the 'real world' 😄 lol. So I used the plans I'd drawn up as a guide.....well, it worked for the last two domes. I have height dimensions etc to work to so it will all fit together 😊

But so far, it's coming together just fine. Just wish I had more spare time at the mo tho.

This pic was posted up on my Instagram feed, which is all Star Wars related stuff as well, no fillers lol.

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Feel the Force Day 5

click for link

is this coming Saturday 30th September.

So, check my Instagram, for pics on the day.

Full report next week........

Feel The Force Day 5 - Peterborough 2017

Just reminding you all about this event at the end of this month (here in the UK).

Feel the Force Day, is not just Star Wars, but covers film and theater and loads in between.
There will be costume groups from all over the UK, stalls, activities, sensory areas, famous guests as well as 'film' cars etc. Ive been able to attend the last few years and even as someone attending with a prop, I've had a great time, chatting to people, explaining things about R5. People who maybe visually impaired are able to touch items to better get an understanding of the objects being discribed to them etc, without the usually comments associated with some props..... 'sorry, you can't touch'.

Am looking forward to being part of and helping make this event another great day for attending visitors. R5 will be joining a few other UK R2D2 Builders Club members...........

Pictures from past event days.....

Ill also be trying to post pics on James R5D4 Instagram page if free for two minutes lol, but all pics will be posted up later in my event report and on R5's Facebook page.

Force Friday 2 - Evening Event......September 1st 2017

So last night was the midnight opening of stores all over the UK showcasing the new toys etc for the new Star Wars film to be released 'The Last Jedi'.

The UK R2D2 Builders Club had been invited by John Lewis/Disney to attend the opening of their store in London's Oxford Street.

I eventually arrived at the store around 10:30pm, after being stuck in traffic due to an earlier accident that blocked the M4 for almost an hour!

Lee helped my unload R5 and we headed up to the fifth floor to set up with the others.

The other guys were already having photo opps with press etc which gave me time to set up R5 lol.

Sam, with his R2-Q5, had attended an earlier event of Po-Zu shoes new release (click for their Twitter news feed link). He had then joined us at the John Lewis store. Bumped in my friend Matt, from Jedi News UK, (click for their Twitter news feed link) who where reporting on this and the earlier Po-Zu event. The guys were then heading over to the Disney Store for MORE Star Wars toy releases.

The lovely Samantha Alleyne was also there

and it was time for a 'best selfie' pose pic 😉 lol

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There was a live band playing Star Wars songs, of course, along with a cantina Bar,

and not forgetting 'Joker Squad' in both Imperial, rebel & patrons of Star Wars.

There's some video's appearing online. These two so far I've found. Check-em out.

And this one from BT's Entertainment news online channel.

There were a lot of people already milling about, staff mostly but a few 'non' staff. The doors opened at midnight to the Star Wars theme tune being played loudly for the entering guests, who then made their way up the escalators to the top floor.

To be greeted by our droids and the band.

There was plenty to look at and the new R2 & BB unit Sphero toys got a lot of attention.

Along with the drone flying, Darth Vaders TIE fighter & the X-Wing.

There was plenty of Lego toys to get excited about too.

I looked at these two as well as the Walker, Star Destroyer & Slave 1.

As well as the Xmas advent calendar and other smaller sets.

These build a droid sets were rolling around the floor, lol,

had to be careful not to run them over!

There was also Star Wars themed TV sets on display.....

R5 got sucked into watching lol

The evening started to quieten down around 1am,

where people were apparently going over

to the Disney store to see what new stuff it had.

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Here's some group shots of the Droids

We finished up at 2am, and had our customary group photo.

This one is just of the Droids together.

Was a good night and as always great company with the builders catching up.

Then is was loading up and heading home.

I was home, unloaded and in bed by 5am lol

Star Wars Lego Land Weekend - April 2017

The UK R2 Builders Club will be attending

Star Wars Weekend at LegoLand Windsor.

We'll be joining forces with:

Joker Squad, Sentinel Squad,

Mandalorian Mercs, Rebel legion UK.

Myself & R5 are only able to attend on the Saturday, due to family commitments,
but am still really looking forward to this!

The weekend will be full of all your favorite characters!

Hope to see you all then.

Star Wars Celebration, Orlando 2017

Unfortunately I can't make it this year,

but am just as hyped about it & for those I know who are going.

There will be UK R2 Builders Club members as well as friends from Cosplay groups.

There photo's I'll be following and 'liking' so check out my Instagram page & Twitter feed for the pics I'll be viewing.

UK R2D2 Builders Christmas Event 2016

29.Dec.2016
I hadn't been able to attend this Christmas Event in previous years, but this year would be the first of many to come! Lol, two things more important than Christmas, were Rogue One & this builders day :D

My two youngest came along and enjoyed the day, and like myself, meeting new fellow builders & the 'Usual Suspects' builders too lol. We arrived about 2PM, driving up with fellow Bristol builder, Paul Felski, who followed.

The event also doubles as an inspection of the droids, for safety at events. Control and stability of these is very important!

There was food layed on and a Death Star, two flavoured cake, thanks Emma!

The last time there were this many astromech's in one place, I'd say, would of been Celebration.

My daughter, was NOT operating R2's dome lol, but a toy BB-8

  

Just some of the droids.

Then we had the group photo....

Another great day, that flew by. Looking forward to attending events in 2017