I'm not sure it counts when it's not made. L3-G0 the Lego R2-D2 had a lot of changes between the LDD and the real version.

I've sort of tried to avoid the word "finished", though I may have used it, he's not "done". The R2-D2 builders do have metal droids, which are often seen at comic/sci-fi conventions, etc. I intend to add stuff, but at a (hopefully) more reasonable pace. Hopefully in the future he will have doors and stuff. I…

There is some Kragle, aka glue. (Longer reply down below). I know how you feel, we have some amazing builders in our Sealug club and I wonder why they think my stuff is cool. I did consider a technic frame, but the weight and stuff kind of ruled it out pretty quickly. I mean I'm sure someone could make a strong…

Ah, thanks :) I may have overreacted, sorry. She did get bonked by the holoprojector at one point, but I promise even that would've fallen off before anything interesting happened! (In fact earlier I spun his head and the centripetal force spun it off!)

LOL, is that the best you can come up with? The dome's lucky it moves, there's no momentum and the motor'll slip if you put your pinky on it. If anything broke it'd be the dome, look at the later photos, it's like an empty eggshell.

Thanks :)

I sort of had similar concerns. I reached an interesting point during this build when I stopped looking at Lego as an untouchable creation and started looking at it as a tool for modeling, like clay or plastic or paint. That opens up all sorts of interesting perspectives.

Thanks for the great post, we're glad you like him. L3-G0's tons of fun to show, everyone wants to pose with him, little kids talk to "R2-D2", they don't care if he's Lego or not.