Sunday was our NW Builders group panel at 11:00am. We all met and then ran the droids en masse down to the room were the panel was going to be held. A line of 6 R2 units running through the convention center created quite a stir (actually it was chaos) and they finally cleared a path to a loading elevator for the final trek.
The panel room was well set up by ECCC and had a nice audio and video board all ready to go. We placed three R2's on each side.
The panel was packed, standing room only and unfortunately many people could not attend because we flat ran out of room. Next year we hope for a larger space. In the shot below you can see how full it was. Also notice the computer screen in the bottom showing what was on the big screen up front. Thanks to R2 buider Carol for running the show for us!
I also managed to get shots of all the R2's and their builders. Left to right are Bob (me), Rob, Vincent, Cole, Todd & Chris.
Friday morning Cole Horton and I arrived early to get things set up. Before the show opened \a local TV station came by to shoot and evening magazine TV promo with Ray Park (Darth Maul).
We shot the promo with my R2 in the promo and Cole's red R2 providing the sound effects. Ray was super nice and stayed for a few pic's with our droids. The show is off to a great start!
Shorty after this and well before the show opened oCle & I took our R2's to the main floor.
Unfortunately just after I took this piture the crowd grew so large we had to return to out booth area because we were starting to clog the whole area!
Just after the show opened R2 & I went to visit Billy Dee Willaims and get an autograph.
I had finished the inside of my main rear door just for this and "Lando" was my first one of what I hope will be many! Day one was a blast!!! At the end of the day we had 4 beautiful Droids. Left to right are Bob, Cole, Chris & Todd (at least their droids).
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