The Mandalorian: R5-D4 trading Card '88' : version No4

Card 88, Gold version, no4

still waiting on one more version to be delivered.

The Mandalorian: R5-D4 trading Card '88' : version No3

This time its a Blue one.

I've found two more reasonably priced on eBay, a Blue Blaster Pulse & a standard Gold.

This R5 is not mine, but the one created for The Mandalorian TV series over in the USA.

The Mandalorian: R5-D4 trading Card '88' : version No2

Card No2 off eBay.

This version is the wavy red on.

Still on the lookout for the other versions.

Checkout my Instagram for more and less Star Wars stuff lol

Link to previous post for card no1.

The Mandalorian: R5-D4 trading Card '88': version No1

Managed to bag this bargin on eBay, from a UK seller.

Still on the lookout for the other versions, at a reasonable price, but unfortunately the others are in the USA so postage is an extortionate amount, in relation to the card itself, so will just have to settle for this one for now.

R5-D4 Astromech figure - The Mandalorian (Update 2)

Some really good news!

Saturday, February 3rd, Mike was at an event with R2-TNGO, and messaged me to ask if I had ‘this figure’. The picture he sent me was of R5-D4 from the Mandalorian show! The same figure I was expecting since last year.

Links to previous posts:

Post 1: pre-oder Blog post 2023

Post 2: Update, not good news 2024

R5-D4 Astromech figure - The Mandalorian (Update)

 

So, back in May 2023:

I (Pre) Ordered from Kapow Toys, (not sponsored) the R5-D4 figure from The Mandalorian.

It was due for release in a month or so, going from the advertising. I waited……nothing.

I emailed them and they said they were waiting on Hasbro to release and it could take a while.

Okay I thought.

June, turned to July, August,September……..

Then I saw an announcement (not via shop) that it was going to be December. By this time I really wasn’t to bothered, as was dealing with other more important issues, my late Dad passing away.

January 2024

I thought right, another email asking for news.

The reply was both anger and disappointment!!

They had received a delivery from Hasbro……but they had then suffered a flood & a lot of stock had been water damaged!!!

On looking at their photos, nothing was on pallets or even off the floor!!!

I have hope that I’m still able to get my purchase, just have to wait and see….

R5-D4 Trading Cards : wanted

I’m always looking out for R5-D4 trading cards. Not to fussed about the variants, just the cards.
Most are out of my price range, so it’s mostly finding ones I’ve not seen before etc.

Two cards recently up for purchase are from the Mandalorian, I missed out on these and at present, most are only available in the issued sets and and at high prices.

So for now I’ll keep looking……

#themandalorian #R5D4

R5-D4 Astromech figure - The Mandalorian

Saturday 27th May:

(Pre) Ordered today from Kapow Toys, (not sponsored) the R5-D4 figure from The Mandalorian.

It won’t arrive till July, December!!!….. but at least I’ve got one. Funny thing is that on looking back I remember picking up the ‘vintage collection’ R5-D4…. in 2011……in May!!!

I had bought it from a local Toys’R’Us (now gone).

Blog link

I only go for the more screen accurate figures, which saves me some money lol.

Event Report - Megacon Live @ Birmingham - March 2023

Early start on Saturday morning, Mike picked me & R5 up in his van, for the drive up to Birmingham. We arrived in good time, but then had to wait till 8am for our drop off time slot...... not that there was THAT much traffic.

Chris O, our event coordinator, was waiting for us with our wrist bands and where we had to go. We set about unloading Mike's FOUR droids from the van and set them up on our stand area.

We had a good turnout considering that this event is only a week before Celebration Europe! So was glad to attend as the numbers help our case for our own stand area.

As you can see from the photos next, we had a selection of droids, from Star Wars. These included, K-2S0, pit-droid on wheels lol, a Chopper (work in progress), Mike's two static droids, plus his other two mobile ones, one from the Clone Wars & his R3 unit. Steve G attended with his R2, as well as Darren P. 

Group picture with almost all the droids, one missing R2 unit, off hiding.

R2-DEWALT & R2-TNG0

We also had Justin with his awesome 3D printed B2EM0

(work in progress) droid.

……and his mini B2EM0

Finally and by no means least, Sarah suited up in her TC-14 suit.

As seen from the Phantom Menace opening scenes.

Here’s a link to video of TC-14 at the event

Myself & Chris were her helpers, guiding her around and ensuring her safety in the crowds,

wanting pictures and there were a lot!! She did 1hr 40mins in total!

After this we toured the area with the droids, chatted with interested new builders, explained things and helped with photos. Myself and Darren also helped a damsel in distress…. her LED wires had broken and asked if we could fix??

After some investigation work we found the problem and managed a temporary fix.

This guy looks familiar….

Yes that is a 1:1’ish ED-209, steampunk droid, built by Chris.

Justin can be seen installing a battery pack for his droid terminal lock.

As with all the events, I had to get some pics of R5 😂

A long day with the event finishing at 6pm!! Then loading the droids into Mike’s van, before heading back home to Bristol.

The Mandalorian - R5D4 Holoprojector - 1.7

 Eventually 👍 got round to uploading not one but two versions of the front part of the holoprojector.

One with a 'lens' and one without, so that a cabochon lens can be fitted. See pictures below 👍

I've added these to my Thingiverse account.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4648077

The Book of Boba Fett: R5-D4

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Sat down to watch Episode 5 of The Book of Boba Fett and was excited (as always) to see R5 in action 😍😍😍😍😍

Flicking between watching the scene and paying close attention to R5.... I was disappointed to notice continuity errors in his appearance 😞😞😞😞😞.

When R5 was re-introduced in The Mandalorian, session 2, there were the usual hype and details noted which could be explained away as 'over time this and that were fixed'. OK, so THIS version is the NEW version, that's cool.

Then in his latest appearance, I noticed a few details and ALL in the one scene!

The above images were captured, in time order in the scene he appears in.

1. shot, no motivator panel, no rear box red strips.
2. shot, motivator panel in place, red box strips.
3. shot, repeat 1st shot.
4. shot, repeat 2nd shot.

Now, either one of two things:

• The version with the motivator panel in place [which was seen in the behind the scenes documentary on Disney+] is the REAL remote controlled version.
• The version with no panel in place is either a repainted version [filmed at a different time] or is CGI.

Utility arm UPPER socket screen (Part 4)

 Can’t believe it’s been two months since I fitted the upper utility arm socket screen!

In my attempt to finish off unfinished parts, I got on with weathering it. So far I have just added matt black , but like the lower one, I will add burnt umber & ochre yellow to give it that Tatooine sandy feel.

The Mandalorian - R5D4 Holoprojector - 1.6

 Finished painting up the two half sections.

Liked how the spray came out on this, couldn't of achieved this finish if I'd tried lol. The can was probably cold, it was cold in the garage. Once dry, I scrapped off the indent panel, masked it off and applied blue paint as on the first test piece. I did some light scrapping off of the silver to reveal the matt black underneath, weathering look.

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The changes I had made to the front lens holder, worked a little to well, so that the lens would only partially click into place. Back to the design and changed back a few dimensions and am awaiting a test of a small section to see if these are correct. Then I can hopefully print the final lens holder.

The Mandalorian - R5D4 Holoprojector - 1.5

After the primer had dried, I applied a coat of matt black.

I left this to dry as I masked off the next component that needed spraying.

The Mandalorian - R5D4 Holoprojector - 1.4

Cabochons arrived and on test fitting in the half sections, found that some 3D material was needed to be removed at the inside edges to make the opening round.

After a bit of sanding, the fit was better. But..... I opened up Inventor and started updating the model.

I then decided to convert the design into three sections, with the front piece being the third allowing easier access inside and for installation of LED’s.

I put in some location points, but these need repositioning again lol. A recess was added for the cabochon, so it pushes into its location (to be modified, for better fit). Feel that this is almost finished, design wise.

Test printed updated the front piece again to make lens recess a tighter fit. There’s now a reassuring ‘snap’ when pushing the lens in. It can be pushed out easily tho, will have to re-test once everything is painted.

Which I started....

Applied few coats of filler primer, Halfords product (here in the UK). And utilised a heater to speed up the drying process. No point in spraying the front part as it will be being re-printed again.

The Mandalorian - R5D4 Holoprojector - 1.3

As mentioned in the previous post, I added the lower arm to the base of the now slightly modified holoprojector base. I then sectioned it into two halves for printing.

Here it is being printed.

And the finished prints below.

I’ll leave this for now, until the other parts arrive. I will tho look at activating it up out of the dome.

The Mandalorian - R5D4 Holoprojector - 1.2

Yesterday I masked off the silver ready to spray up with blue.

It’s been a while since I’ve used this silver, and I wasn’t happy with how it was looking applying the blue over it caused the silver to come off when I wiped it.

Resprayed the blue over the black & this time it stuck. Removing the old masking tape, took off some of the silver paint, but I’d weather it anyway and this just adds to the effect. Lastly I applied a clear coat.

As can be seen in the above picture, I had printed off the lower arm & glued it on. This was part of the test fitting. Decided to just add the arm to the 3D holoprojector and print in two halves. More in next post.