When a rainy afternoon comes on a Sunday in the middle of summer and, in doing so, drops the outside temperature by 20 degrees F, there's only three things to do:
- Drink a coffee with cream.
- Watch playoff hockey.
- Build legos.
First, to get it out of the way, here is a great picture of coffee with cream.
Next, we won't talk about ice hockey, since the wrong team one. So instead I'll share my activity during ice hockey, which was finally putting together an R2-D2 model I've had sitting in my basement partially finished for about the last 7 years.
Seriously. Poor droid. He was my son's birthday present about 7 years ago. The boy started him, then grew bored and never finished. I kept hounding him, it never happened, and I felt that today was the day.
I no longer have the box that R2 came in, but at least I still had all the pieces - and still in their bags! - and the instructions. It would have quickly turned into a freebuild otherwise.
One of the things that Lego did that I found interesting was that the internal, unseen components were yellow and green, not blue and white. I was very appreciative of this, as it helped me eye out the correct placement of the pieces, and I'm sure that is what their goal was.
Like a good 2,000+ piece Lego set, this one is full of moving parts, too. R2's middle leg goes up and down with the use of this lever in the back. Very neat contraption.
It took awhile to get to this point, but it was a strong sense of accomplishment. He's coming together!
A good Lego model does not miss much in the way of detail. There are even hydraulic hoses for the legs and feet.
The part that gave me the most grief was the head and dome. So many little pieces. So. Many. Little. Pieces. Man, I'm old, and my ancient eyes began to have a hard time distinguishing colour from colour. The instructions were really good, but just so many pieces. This part took me the longest.
But the final result is awesome!
R2 has moving parts, primarily his three legs and head.
He has internal components that come out, such as a saw and blow torch. Unfortunately we lost the saw sometime in the last seven years, so I replaced it with an axe head instead. I found this fitting and amusing.
The inside of the shell is completely full. I had toyed with the idea of trying to put some robotics in there (ironic, I know), but there's just so room. I'll need to find another way to build my own R2 droid if I ever get the time (I won't). So I'll just need to enjoy this lego version instead. And I will enjoy it.
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(c) Victor Wiebe
About Me
Amateur photographer. Wannabe author. Game designer. I dabble a little in a lot. General all around problem-solver and creative type.
Founder of Photo 52 weekly photography competition.
Expert generalist. Jack of all Trades.
Dad.
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