Custom Hand-Drawn Stormtrooper Raffy Kidrobot

It was my 30th (sigh) birthday last week and I got some lovely presents from my lovely wife, including a Kidrobot Raffy. It was a customise and paint it yourself vinyl toy from the Munky World range.

So here's what I did;



Being a massive Star Wars geek I decided to go for an iconic Stormtrooper look, plus it meant I could keep it quite simple and would only need a sharpie for the job!



I commend people that do complex designs, cos these things aren't easy to draw/paint on, one slip of the hand...

I love him anyway, and he's sitting proudly on my shelf.

Knightcon Movie Exhibition at Xscape.

Knightcon was a free event at Xscape in Castleford, it just happened to be on one of the hottest days of the year, a phantom late summer in October! This made for one exceptionally good and geeky day!

I went along with the Family Wall; my wife, little girl Lydia, and brother James, we were also accompanied by our good friend David.



Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters!

It being free and a nice day, the place was ram-packed! I was in full geek-uniform, Stormtrooper playing Space Vaders arcade Tee and Ghostbusters belt (2 different people asked me where I got it from ha)!




David and R2D2!

I almost cried when I saw 2 fully functional R2D2s (wasn't expecting to see them)! I came over all nostalgic and wanted to run home and watch the Star Wars films on bluray all over again.



"Where we're going we don't need roads!"

There was loads of fan-made cars outside the exhibition and then inside Xscape there was the real McCoy, behind security ropes. Loads of other geeky delights awaited inside (Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Daleks, R2D2...)



Best. Day. Ever!


Almost...

Star Wars + Xbox 360 = AWESOME!

This is possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen in my entire life;



The R2D2 console makes beeps and sounds when you open the disc tray and power it up too! It even comes with a C3P0 controller!! DO. WANT. NOW! Does anyone want to buy my legs?

The only thing cooler than this is this;