Home Depot R2d2

Home Depot R2D2 - on-demand dome movement & blinky lights & beeps - WITHOUT being in step mode - using JunkDroids Droid Caller with remote relay - Star Wars - droids Figured out how to simply setup my home depot R2D2 droid for on-demand dome movement with blinky lights & beeps - WITHOUT being in the try-me step mode. It was simple: disconnect the relay from the 3.5mm jack on the controller box and then instead connect to the 3-pin JST SM connection for the front sensor. I also have this connected to a push button on the restraining bolt - therefore have this on-demand capability via a direct press on the restraining bolt push button & remotely via the droid caller (aka droid controller). To also still use the front sensor, had to use a splitter cable - THE SENSOR WAS WORKING - but I somehow zapped the sensor & therefore now waiting for a new replacement sensor from SVI. So this is still a work in progress. THE SENSOR WAS WORKING. I was trying to see if I can still plug into the 3.5mm jack if i want to switch to step mode. NOW I would say NO. Just unplug from the 3.5mm jack. BTW this is on my homedepot motorized disco-dancing R2D2 which has become my adventurous R2 droid for experimenting on. TO BE CONTINUED.... P.S. MSE-6 Mouse Droids finished. Converted from disney popcorn buckets to motorized mouse droids with beeps. All painted & done. Made one for myself & one for neighbor who really wanted his own mouse droid ("I want one"). And I want to make another one - but kinda like a police mouse droid with the red lights on top similar to those mouse droids ganging up on R5 in The Mandalorian season 3 episode 8. Sometime soon-ish: Video on how to convert from Popcorn Bucket to motorized Mouse Droid with beeps.... submitted by /u/me0ww00f to r/starwarscollecting [link] [comments]

Cardboard Standup #C3PO talks & eyes light up - and #HomeDepot #R2D2 get inner support rings - #Droids - #Droid - #StarWars You can find the cardboard C3PO available on amazon, ebay, etsy for like $50+ -- but me got my Cardboard Standup Cutout Standee C3PO on sale for $45 on amazon. So now have a threepio to go along with my artoo detoo droids. But this C3PO is a cardboard droid & not the homedepot animatronic C3PO that lots of people hope will be available for Xmas 2026. Of course, had to install mods on this C3PO to make him talk & have his eyes light up. Currently only have one C3PO dialog sample on the microsd card for the motion-activated mp3 player. So me have to go through the movies to get scene edits of C3PO & convert them to mp3 files to put more C3PO talking dialogs on the microsd card. Anyways me happy with these two simple mods for my cardboard C3PO. Kinda like an overgrown birthday card that talks & lights up. Also added a simple install of a magnetic restraining bolt (from Junkdroids on Etsy) - but me thinking needs a smaller restraining bolt because of how C3PO is positioned on the cardboard standup. Meanwhile installed support rings (from AstroCoreDepot on Etsy) on both of my home depot R2D2s for both the dome & the main body. Installing the support ring on the dome is easy. But installing the support ring for the main barrel body required a bit of tweaking to the rings to accommodate both the cable for the disco lights on both of my R2s in the large data port & the inner junkdroids shoulder supports on my motorized disco-dancing R2 to strengthen R2 for motorizing. All doable but still have to force the ring to fit in the main barrel body. submitted by /u/me0ww00f to r/starwarscollecting [link] [comments]

#HomeDepot #R2D2 - #Disco #Test #Drive - Dome shined up with Graphite Powder - #Pinstriped around Dome's Blue Panels using NIB Marker - #Droid - #Motor - #Wheels - #StarWars . Just test drive spinning R2D2. Did some tweaks to the dome - such as painted silver panels on back of dome as well as shine up the dome using graphite powder - although did NOT paint the dome's blue panels but pinstriped around the dome's panels using a black NIB marker. . NOW waiting for internal support rings for dome & body from AstroCoreDepot on Etsy & FB to install on both this disco-dancing stunt-double home depot R2D2 and also on my other display-model caster-wheels-only homedepot R2D2. . DISCO MUSIC Credit: Star Wars Acappella Medley by The Moonies Official on YT submitted by /u/me0ww00f to r/starwarscollecting [link] [comments]

#HomeDepot #R2D2 - #Twins #Comparison #Demo - #TryMe #Button & #JunkDroids #DroidCaller - #Motorized #Wheels #Disco #Music #Dance #Spinning - #Recharging This was going to be a longer three-minute video short - but this has a bit of star wars disco cantina music in it and youtube tends to block video shorts longer than 60sec if there is any copyright music. So chopped this into a fun minute-long (57sec) video short. Anyways had to cut out a bunch of video segments showing parts comparison differences between the two R2 units. I'll have to make separate video(s) with like an inventory of parts for each R2 as well as a cost breakdown. FYI: Almost all done with both R2s - just little things to do like getting at least a new restraining bolt for the motorized stunt-double R2 - had to finagle a temporary D-I-Y restraining bolt to be able put a "try me" step button in the bolt because the Junkdroid restraining bolt that I got for the second R2 would not let me drill a hole thru its magnetic metal middle - the restraining bolt from Gages3DCreations on my first display-model R2 was easier to drill thru its magnetic middle for inserting a "try me" step button. So i have to order that bolt. But it was fun to setup the Junkdroids DROID CALLER to remotely wake up both R2 units - just have to set the new relay circuit board for the second motorized stunt-double R2D2 to learn & pair to my existing remote for the first pretty display-model R2D2. Also may gloss paint the motorized R2's dome? Or maybe instead just only shine the dome with graphite powder? And should I paint the dome's blue panels? But I want to paint the silver back panels on the dome? Oh, and for the first R2, may redo the FLD with a new reticulate LED strip but install a new very nice deeper FLD frame from LayerPrinter. BTW: The LayerPrinter RLD which I have on the motorized R2 is also very nice with its deep inset as well as its end-to-end rows - but instead of astropixels I'm actually using a couple simple cheap 3V filament LED string pieces on that RLD to piggyback off R2's default FLD 3V electrical connection to make for nice cheap simple static RLD lighting which turns on/off at the same time as the other default dome lights on the motorized R2. Will have to show that off in a future inventory video. submitted by /u/me0ww00f to r/starwarscollecting [link] [comments]

Home Depot R2D2 gets Coin Slot Lights to go along with Disco Lights - Star Wars - Droid - Astromech Prettying up my homedepot motorized stunt-double R2D2. Previously intended to maybe only pinstripe my second R2 unit to sorta match my first pretty display-model caster-wheels-only homedepot R2D2 - but I'm ending up installing disco lights & disco music + coin slot lights - and also adding 3V LEDs to the front & back default original holoprojectors. Also adding a bunch of junkdroid (and also from other etsy vendor 3D-printed) parts & therefore my second R2 will kinda at least match & in some ways more than match my first display-model R2 - BUT the the second R2 will retain the original default holos & default FLD lights & will have static 3V RLD lights which will piggyback off the FLD 3V connection to be able turn ALL of the dome lights on/off at the same time. Still waiting for a new RLD part from LayerPrinter on Etsy. And since I have a lot of extra parts, I'll most likely wire up the restraining bolt as a "try-me" step button on the second R2 just like on the first R2 - and will most likely also wire it for the remote droid controller. Anyways, I've installed the Coin Slots part from JunkDroids. There is someone else on Etsy who sells a coin slots part for the homedepot R2D2 - but I think the junkdroids version is more accurate looking & yes its coin slots are actual OPEN slots to shine the lights through. Me say you can light up these coin slots. FYI: I'm finding if you pretty up one R2D2, then you can pretty up your next R2 in the same way or better.... submitted by /u/me0ww00f to r/starwarscollecting [link] [comments]

HomeDepot #R2D2 - testing #motors & #wheels installed on R2D2 - still tweaking motor & wheel assembly LOL since can make this R2 spin, now defintely want to also put disco lights/music on this homedepot stunt-double R2D2 like on my first homedepot pretty R2D2 Still have to tweak (cut) the inside carved opening a bit more for left wheel - but afterwards then close/seal up the legs & attach the leg battery packs (which have to be cut to fit over exposed motors) - and then pretty up this R2D2 at least a little bit submitted by /u/me0ww00f to r/starwarscollecting [link] [comments]