Friday, 19 June 2026

Upcoming Events - June/July 2026

Public Events
Here is a list of upcoming public events that the Droid Builders will be attending.

Please note that this is not a guarantee, all droid builders are volunteers and circumstances may change.

Droid Builders are not running these events, any queries about an event should be directed at the organisers for that event.


Stars of Time Comic Con
STEAM Museum Swindon
Swindon
SN2 2EY
20 June

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Comicon at the Museum 2026
RAF Manston
Ramsgate
CT12 5DF
20 June - 21 June

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CCB Mini Con
Hallow Hall
Hallow
WR2 6PP
27 June

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Force Fest UK
Cheltenham Town Hall
Cheltenham
GL50 1QA
28 June

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National Space Centre 2026
+ STEAM Academy
National Space Center
Leicester
LE4 5NS
04 July - 05 July

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Droids@Mshed
MShed Museum
Bristol
BS1 4RN
05 July

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Electromagnetic Field
Eastnor Castle Deer Park
Ledbury
HR8 1RA
17 July - 18 July - 19 July


......For more events, check out the link here to the
Droid Builders UK website.

May the 4th LEGO weekend 2026

 


THE weekend all Star Wars fans wait for lol, May the 4th.....

The weekend, saw the Droids attend the Mall Cribbs Causeway's LEGO store to celebrate, Saturday 2nd. Other groups were there on the Sunday 3rd, with the 4th being a Bank Holiday, here in the UK.

Mike and Shaun were the droid operators, with James as 'spotter', keeping the droids and public in order lol.

The waiting que was entertained by the droids.


#maythe4th #legostarwars #lego #droidbuildersuk 

Friday, 24 April 2026

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Friday, 6 February 2026

Mshed Museum, Bristol - Sunday 5th July 2026

 The droids will be returning to the


Mshed Museum, Bristol

Sunday 5th July 2026


💥 Look out on our socials for updates an please share. 💥

#bristolevents #bristol #mshed #mshedmuseum #droids #r2d2 #r5d4 #astromechdroid #freeevent

Friday, 14 November 2025

From concept to reality - JLD Droid

Concept artist, Jake Lunt Davies, posted up some of his work back around August 2023. They were based on future R series astromech droids as possible design ideas.

Artwork by Jake Lunt Davies

Checkout Jakes Wookieepedia page here: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_Lunt_Davies


Role on to October 2024: Mike B, liked these designs and had the idea to combine the bits he liked best into a new 'JLD style Astromech'.

He asked if James F, could convert the images into 3D printable pieces. And when I say 'convert', what I actually mean is, drawing up in 3D CAD using only his interpretation [scale] of the images to the best of his abilities 😁😁😁.
3D printing

3D printing
Just two of the components I created

Mike himself, started to build the body/legs/feet etc and created his own 'skins' for the body. These being different to R2's and are also a combination created, based on Jake's designs.
3D printing, woodwork, droid builder

The foot shell's had to be designed up and scaled, basing them on 'standard' R2 style feet motors etc. He then asked could it be possible to draw up a 3D printable spring....
3D printing
Several attempts later.....

3D printing
a 3D printed spring
[this one with a back, to allow flex, but not break]

Just to show how springy this original one is, here's a link to James'  YouTube shorts. This was just regular PLA filament.

Here's some more progress pictures. Build credit to Mike B.
3D printing, woodwork, droid builder

astromech droid, droid builder

Material list: Wood internal frame and legs, other parts are 3D printed and assembled by Mike, inc painting.

Mike finished his build early 2025 and was able to introduce his JLD droid to the real JLD, this year at Droids @ Mshed event. Jake was most impressed that his designs had become a real working droid. Here's some of the pictures from the event.

Jake Lunt Davies, droid builder
Jake was kind enough to sign Mikes build

Jake Lunt Davies, droid builder

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Jake Lunt Davies, droid builder, Mike B, astromech droid

Big thanks to Lee Towersey and to Jake Lunt Davies.

Friday, 11 July 2025

Droids @Mshed Bristol 2025 - Thankyou

Event round-up:


Thankyou to the five people who responded to this link. Like a certain shop says '.....every little helps!'

This link will be being shared on the event page for the wider public who attended to respond. Thanks again everyone who came along to Sundays event.

Here is Mike's round-up and final total raised:

Friday, 4 July 2025

Only a few more days till....... Droids @ The Mshed 2025

 Some of you may notice a few visual changes, due to circumstances, Johnny 5 won't be attending, but all your favourite droids WILL still be there.


#SWDB25 #DROIDBUILDERSUK #MSHED #BRISTOL



See you all Sunday!!

Monday, 9 June 2025

Droids @Mshed Bristol 2025 - official website updated

 We asked before but it didn’t happen [due to technical issues], but this year, with mere weeks to go…..

....they’ve managed to get the event added to their website’s official events calendar!!


Click on the image above to take you to website,

or

copy and paste this link:

Monday, 24 March 2025

Droids @Mshed event 2022 [Previous event]

With this years event approaching, July 6th 2025, thought we'd share the previous years video's created from the day.

Here's the 2022 event video link: Click here


Another great day had by all who came along.
Video credit goes to @marcdanbury2556‬

Upcoming Events - June/July 2026

Public Events Here is a list of upcoming public events that the Droid Builders will be attending. Please note that this is not a guarantee,...