Mike Senna is some sort of robot building guru. He’s responsible for a life sized, carefully researched and very functional Wall-E robot. Working on his own time, putting in 25 hours a week for two years and spending his own money, he’s been able to craft this incredible homage to Pixar’s empathic bot.
The £275 Lego Death Star
Lego have a Death Star model, suitable for ages 14 and up, although it looks like it’s fully operational given the planet destroying laser ray we can see. There are a number of highlights in the 3,803 piece set. I love the R2D2 minifig – in fact, there are 24 different minifigs and droids. There’s […]
Uber cute Star Wars prints
Etsy store Modern Home Prints has a limited number of these very cute Star Wars prints. The range includes a baby jawa, a baby Chewie and a “baby” R2-D”. This are exactly the sort of thing that wouldn’t look too geeky on your wall for the streamies and yet ooze geek cred to any fellow […]
Star Wars Day: 4 Star Wars models over £1,000
The UK online retailer Play.com has a healthy range of geek collectibles. This includes Star Wars busts and replicas. There are 4 different Star Wars models on sale or for pre-order in the store that cost more than £1,000 (before any of Play.com’s common sales/money off promotions). Darth Vader Bust – £1999.99 This bad boy […]
Sponsored Video: Kinect Star Wars app for Star Wars Day
Tomorrow, May the 4th, is Star Wars day. This blogger has made the decision to leap in, feet first, into a brief Star Wars frenzy. To kick things off – Geek Native has a copy of the Kinect Star Wars App ad. My first thought would be that this would have to be a Windows […]
LEGO designers discuss building R2-D2
You can now get a pretty impressive R2-D2 model from LEGO. At the time of posting, searching their store for R2 comes up blank, although the keychain R2-D2 mentioned in the video below is available. I’ve noticed that some of the LEGO franchise builds can be too simple. Rather than building LEGO into the shape […]
R2-D2 cosplay
How does this work for R2-D2 cosplay? Okay, okay… should we call this R2-Tutu? What do you think? Clever or are Star Wars fans clucking their collective teeth even as you read? Via Robot in Disguise.
The super mega awesome geeky Halloween pumpkin post
This Halloween you’ll find dozens of blogs posting geeky Halloween carvings. It has to be done. Some of these pumpkin creations are fantastic and analytics show just how popular these posts are. It’s very risky but this year Geek Native wanted to do something different. A single post. A super mega awesome geeky Halloween pumpking […]
Building the R2D2 Nerf gun
Here’s a site to watch – GirlyGamer.com.au. Why? Imagine not just a girly gamer – but a blogger who can design her own Star Wars inspired Nerf gun. Isn’t it a work of art. If you want to build your own then follow these simple detailed steps!.
Make your own hologram style video with an iPad and Kinect
What happens when you put Apple tech and Microsoft tech together? Do you get a fight? laan labs have proven otherwise with this demo of 3D style videos appearing on the iPad. You’ll get an R2-D2 vibe from this. The Princess Leia projection is a thing of the very near future. Check it out.
