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Tag: R2-D2

Fan Spotlights / August 22, 2006

What’s Your Favourite Collectible?

The following is an entry in the “What’s your favourite collectible?” competition. Click here for details, and to get your own entry in. I’m very…

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Features / March 24, 2006

Building a Life-Size R2-D2 – Conclusion

After well over 4 years of work, here he is… my lifesize R2-D2. The work-in-progress story started way back with Part One, Life-Size R2-D2,…

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NZ Collectibles / June 30, 2005

Star Wars Cookie Jars

In Christchurch (and hopefully other centres soon) if you buy 4 packets of Kelloggs Star Wars muesli bars at once and ask at…

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Lucasfilm Archive Display
Costumes & Props / April 30, 2005

Celebration 3, Lucasfilm Archive Display

The Lucasfilm Archive display was right at the top of my Celebration 3 ‘must-see’ items. And so, as soon as we were in…

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Events / April 24, 2005

Celebration 3 Diary, Day 3

Today seemed to be mainly about meeting Star Wars celebrities. New Zealanders Daniel Logan and Temuera Morrison, Episode 1 star Jake Lloyd, and…

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Costumes & Props / December 22, 2004

Building a Life-Size R2-D2 – Part 2

Part 2: Bodybuilding Continued from Building a Life-Size R2-D2 – Part 1. Talk about a protracted project – still, if it were easy,…

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Costumes & Props / May 30, 2004

Building a Life-Size R2-D2

Dedicated fan, or crazy person. It’s a fine line, they say. You’ve probably crossed the line when the number of life-size robots and…

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General News / February 22, 2004

What’s Your Favourite Collectible?

I have been hunting this poster down for years, and only recently got hold of one, in pretty good condition. It was put…

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Events / April 15, 2003

Auckland Armageddon Expo 2003 Report

The 2003 Auckland  Armageddon Expo took place over the weekend of 12–14 April, at the Aotea Centre. Although in previous years SWNZ had…

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Features / March 22, 2001

FAO Schwarz, New York & Chicago

The following report and gallery of photos taken at FAO Schwarz stores in the US was originally published on the old version of…

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