R2-DIY
THE GALAXY’S MOST LOVABLE ROBOT INSPIRES ITS FANS TO CLONE HIM.
“I found R2-D2 to be the funniest Star Wars character. Since I saw the first movie, I envisioned having one of my own,” recalls Federico Sesler, a 30-year-old economics student in Rome, Italy. “I wanted an R2-D2 that could run around the house and attract people’s attention with its amusing sounds.”
So he made one — his very own full-scale R2-D2. And he’s not alone.
Over the last five years, building replica R2-D2s has grown into a serious hobby scene. The R2 Builders Group, one such internet community dedicated to this craft, counts more than 2,400 members. R2 builders take great pride — perhaps obsessively and a bit protectively — in the detail they put into ...
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