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 

Event: Mshed 2026 special guest - Samantha Alleyne

Mike has secured, during her very busy schedule....

If you want to know more about who Samantha is, click on the links below.

Facebook page

&

Linktree for everything and more 😊😊😊😊

Droids @ Mshed Museum Bristol: July 2026 - YouTube shorts

Uploaded YouTube short to advertise the event:

AND HERE'S THE PROMO FLYER PRODUCED BY MIKE B.

MORE UPDATES COMING, INC SOME VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS!

SIGN UP ON THE FACEBOOK EVENTS PAGE

TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS, THANKS

#MSHED #BRISTOL #DROIDS #FREEEVENT #MSHED2026 #MUSEUM

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

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 😁😁😁.

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.

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....

Several attempts later.....

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.

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 was kind enough to sign Mikes build

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Big thanks to Lee Towersey and to Jake Lunt Davies.

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:

YouTube to James' R5-D4 channel

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!!

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:

https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-shed/droids-m-shed/

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