I mean I figure something other than a Star Destroyer for the exterior makes sense as it would be kind of a silly looking super deformed thing. Which was fine for Micro Machines, but I'm concerned this is going to kind of flop open basically flat and be more of a super nice figure stand rather than a walled playset environment.
I just hope it's over all not lackluster. It's the damnest thing with Hasbro, they made shoddy SW playsets from 99 to 05, then blamed consumers for not having interest in them so they stopped making them. Yeah, the jury's out on this one, after the massive fall in price of other big ticket items over the last couple of years, I'm going to be holding fire for a bit. Joined Mar 28, Messages 12, Reaction score I'm expecting a transforming playset a la Micromachines, but hopefully something that is not disproportionate like the Star Destroyer and Falcon MM sets of the past The Rebel Transport is spot on and therefore my favorite.
Also, I doubt it will have any of the negative space like on the real model. The bad thing about this is if it is a dud by Hasbro's standards we won't see other playsets. They will use the excuse of, 'Hey, we gave you guys a playset and it didn't sell well'. So part of me wants it to succeed so that we can continue to get needed playsets. However, if it's lacking and engineered towards a different play pattern. We'll just end up with more of the same nonsense.
Based on the price, I'm sure it's going to be underwhelming. And undersized. Electronics add costs to any vehicle. Now imagine a "playset", with interactive features via Force Gauntlet and 2 figures. It's asking to be small and cheap. Having not seen the Mega Star Destroyer they're speaking of, I cannot judge the size or contents.
But it sounds bigger than previous SD's. There must be some room where a confrontation takes place, or some pivotal scene? Otherwise why make it? If we had seen what it consists of, we'd have abetter idea what to expect. Though maybe it's best we don't then we don't get any built up expectations based on the Movie. I wait and see how it plays out. Joined Aug 23, Messages 15, Reaction score 60 Location www. My guess is it will suck due to a ridiculous design by trying to make it transform into BB Thank goodness for GTP Toys.
Colossal ships made by Hasbro are pretty much a cyclic thing But I don't think there a marketing director at Hasbro that doesn't know that they won't take another sales hit on ships of these scales. They will, but I'll leave it up to them to crank out the sales profit numbers since to me it would be more or less independent of the marketing potential because somebody out there will eventually bite at it.
Keep this in mind. Once you see a toy in stores, Hasbro has already made their money. Nerfherder said:. Joined Aug 6, Messages 12, Reaction score 2, The one bit of significant information that I take from this listing? I think that Hasbro was paying close attention there. I'm sure there may be complaints about these pack-in figures, too.
Especially if it's the only avenue to get either Snoke or this particular Praetorian Guard. As for the BB-8 aspect?
I see that as pure play value, and it increases the potential marketability for a broader non-collector audience. I didn't catch that BB-8 part the first time. Now my expectation have lowered dramatically, as I do not care for that Droid. And likely won't like the "play" feature it entails. I don't see how a SD and BB-8 have anything in common. I'm interested to see what it looks like, but cannot say that it's buy worthy.
That's likely to be what happens. People ask for something, and then don't support it in some cases. R2 looked nothing like a ship either but at the time it somewhat worked. DarkArtist said:. If there had only been a round droid in the OT we'd finally get that damned Death Star playset! I fear that this set with all its transformation engineering is going to possess unusual hinges and gearing that will make it look more like a MM transforming playset.
Download the file package below. I have included a template of BB8's detailed artwork. I had help from my dad to put this up.
I'm very bad at drawing. We used videos and images from the net as our reference. Circular shapes can be achieved by using a compass. While straight lines which falls on the curved surface of the body can be traced with a tailor's tape measure. Use lots of masking tape to mask the areas that you don't wan't to get paint on. Once the paint dries, peel the masking tape.
Just be careful in peeling! Sometimes, the paint tends to go with the tape. BB8's head masures 30cm in diameter.
Basically it's a semi-circular head with a beveled edge, a little off from the median. Use a trash bin as a stencil, then use a marker to mark your cutout. Use a hacksaw to cut the Styrofoam ball in half nearly half. The beveled edge can be achieved by building a makeshift styrofoam hot-wire cutter. I did that by recycling a piece of wood from an old picture frame, which I then used as the base of the stryo cutter. I mounted a metal stand-off at the middle as the pivot for the stryofoam.
I mounted another metal stand-off for the hot-wire. The hot-wire can be stripped from a thick insulated wire.
I then connected a switch and a 3. Whenever I press the push button switch, the wire heats up. Clean styro cuts for me! You can reduce weight by hollowing-out the inner portion of the styro ball. It was Christmas when I reached this step. I grabbed a frosted Christmas ball from our Christmas tree and used it as BB8's eye. I cleared the frosting by wiping it out with Acetone. I painted the inner portion of the ball with black spray paint, leaving the outer portion with a little luster.
BB8's has two antennas. We took a WiFi antenna an hot glued it to the head. For the other antenna, we used a white solid wire. I added an MP3 module and a speaker on more Version 2. This is my new thing now. I save tons of money by assembling my own Lithium-ion battery pack.
In this project I'm using a 4 cell battery pack. I simply just soldered four 3. I made two sets of these and connected them in parallel. I now have a total of It also costs less than my Turningy bats! The phone app sends characters via Bluetooth every time you press a button. The Bluetooth module receives the data while the Arduino interprets and processes these data.
The Arduino sends signals to the Motor Driver shield to give a go signal for the switching of the motors. Here's the Arduino Code. This is done to prevent the Bluetooth module from interfering with the Arduino during the programming process.
Don't know how to install an Arduino library? Find the instructions here! Here's a link to the phone app that I've used. It's a very simple app to use.
BB8 has a magnetic mechanism that keeps the head upright. He has a Internal and External one. In my design, I hot glued four Roll-on deodorants as my makeshift rollers on a round wooden plate. I then attached a servo with two large magnets attached to it. The plate is mounted to the base with four elongated wooden shafts.
Speaker drivers are good sources of strong magnets. I recycled two blown out speakers and extracted the magnets from it. Again, I made a roller set, this time for the outside BB8's head.
Then again, I used roll-on deodorants for the makeshift rollers and then I used a light weight plastic shaft to connect three rollers together. The shaft was taken from a plastic segment of a clothes hanger. Install the half of BB8's body above the internal mechanism then throw your magnets where the magnet is located from the other side.
Let them attract each. You don't have to take measurements in order to find the exact position of the other the magnets from the other end. Find a the lightest MP3 module you can find. Download these MP3 files containing BB8's voice. Now BB8 can talk! Temporarily stick strips of ductape while you glue the sections of the ball. The ductape will hold and align the both semicircular spheres as you glue them together.
If you're confident with your work and decided never to crack it open again, use some wood putty then sand it off.
This will hide the line of your cut. Repaint BB8's body, and it will look like a solid sphere! Join the official Facebook group of The Builder's Club! Learn and share idea with fellow members who are building a scale BB8 droids!
Visit The Page. This is v2. It uses the same materials but uses a different mechanism single axis orientation. I'm currently remodeling the head to make it lighter. The external head rollers works! Same as my previous build, no 3D printers nor CNCs were used. Hope this would give motivation and hope to those who are struggling to make theirs work.
Never give up! May the force be with you! Question 7 weeks ago on Step Question 5 months ago on Step Question 8 months ago. Is there anyone who can tell me what to do for the servo? I tried uncommenting the servo parts in the code, and going through a quick guide about how to connect the servo and the bluetooth module.
And when I tested it out, my arduino board was smoking and the electronics didn't work anymore. Everything was working well until I tried to do the servo part. The motors, motor driver, batteries, and bluetooth module still work fine, but I needed to order a replacement arduino board.
What did I do wrong? Can someone plz help me? If anyone can still please tell me what they did to get the servo operational without frying the Arduino board, it will be a big help. It's safe to say that this project is not good for beginners as the instructions are missing a lot of important information for beginners to complete the project.
To those who tried to make this and were wondering how to do the servo, here is what I learned. First, the Uno boards fried because the servo motors draw a lot of current to run that the Arduino cannot manage. So if you are going to use a servo the same size as he did, you need to connect a 5. So, you will have to use a library that lets the servo be run in timer 2 instead.
Follow the instructions on how to download the library, and change the values in the code to get it to work. The electronics are stable and working. Question 8 months ago on Step Question 1 year ago on Step Answer 10 months ago. The positive on the left and the negative on the right. Question 1 year ago. Hi there! I was wondering if I were to use a different brand of motor shield, would the code you linked still work with it. Also does the code you linked include the code for the servo attached to the head.
Question 11 months ago on Step
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