I arrived right around 11am and unloaded droid #1.
We had a special guest, all the way from Australia, R2 Builders Club founder Dave Everett! We had a nice chat.
People started filing in and setting up their cool and unique droids and props, including two studio-scale sandcrawlers.
The Paul Thompson wing of Treadwell droids.
The Miyamoto family wing of droids.
Who are these kids with Mike and I? Well, they are Ryan, Robert and Kyriana, and hopefully folks will become more familiar with them in the not-too-distant future.
Around 3pm it was time for our first ever R2LA droid parade. Since we pretty much take over the neighborhood curbs with our vehicles, Mike thought it would be nice to do a little droid parade up and down the block for them. We made our way to the front yard, and started the procession.
Once we were done, it was time for the droid group photo, followed by the human group photo. Mike did the stunt work on the tall ladder to get the shot.
I stayed terrestrial-bound for my picture, and I also jumped in for a picture as well.
Once we returned, I checked out some more droids that I missed on the first pass, including William Miyamoto's appropriately-named "Fire Mouse," that appeared in flames on the Disney+ series Kenobi.
After 12+ hours, we finally wound down and started stacking chairs and taking down the shade cloth, and another R2LA came to a close.
As always, it was a great time, and I already look forward to doing it again next year!
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