[MINI] Astromech

[vmln8r]

It's got the same functionality as this one ('cept without Power Functions). There's 189 parts in all (cf. set #8009).

There are two control knobs at the rear (the head spins manually). One deploys the third leg, tilts the chassis forward and keeps the legs level:

The other deploys and operates a grabber arm:

The Rest:

Guts:

Sorry these parts aren't nicely arranged; time has been pretty tight. Hopefully they are all discernible (if not, here's a cobbled together LDD file):

Edited July 31, 2014 by VMLN8R

[PROlego]

Like it! Maybe needs some micro panels to fill some gaps but I don't know if they're in white. Both functions seem to work great.

[vmln8r]

Thank you! 'Twas a pain to fill in the back area. Those 9L links move as the third leg is deployed, to keep the feet balanced; unfortunately that means the central has only 5 studs of clearance.

[Rishab N]

Nice work!

[grum64]

I'm a big Star Wars fan & I like this very much

[Zerobricks]

Nice functionality! Maybe you could use some studded rounded pieces for the head?

[vmln8r]

Thanks to you all :)

Zblj; considered some options like that, but didn't want to System it up too much, to keep in consistent with most similarly-sized sets.

[Omikron]

Thanks to you all :)

Zblj; considered some options like that, but didn't want to System it up too much, to keep in consistent with most similarly-sized sets.

You could use one of these - http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=57587

[Fissl]

this is so cool!

[barman]

very cool! Amazing job.

[N-4K0]

Cool, R2-D2's unknown brother