MCK-Y the Lego Mouse Droid Build

[kresty]

Whew, made it to Brickcon. It was a long weekend with lots of trial & error, but we got there and tons of folks had a ton of fun watching MCK-Y (and L3-G0 too, and both interacting).

Here's a decent photo of MCK-Y. Seems a tad overexposed (L3-G0 is very pale), but you can see MCK-Y's brick.


During setup on Friday we discovered that the 20lb weight of MCK-Y was too much for the Lego tires. They flattened and fell off the rims as we tried to enter the show. So we ended up taking him back home and shoving beans (yes beans) in the wheels and CA gluing the tires on.

The beans worked pretty well, but we were novices at installing beans, so one was firmer than the other. During the show, one of the tires fell off the rim, causing the wheel to fall off the hub. Not realizing that the tire was loose, we attempted a repair, but it immediately fell off again.

We collected the parts, going back to our backstage area for a more complete fix, and I noticed some tic-tac like candy on the floor. As I picked it up, a lady asked if that was ours, showing another candy. No, of course not, it wasn't Lego.

With the droid propped up and taking a closer look at the wheel we turned it over and beans fell out. Oh, those were beans back there, not tic tacs. Of course we hadn't brought spare beans, but luckily there was a grocery store a couple blocks away.

After packing the wheel tighter and re-gluing, we haven't had another problem with the tires either day.

The beans seem to give him an interesting gait though (or maybe the knobs on the Lego tires, not sure). Lara thinks its cute though, so we'll probably leave it.

We tried the expanding foam insulation, but it totally didn't work. We think there wasn't any air to let it cure, so it collapsed. (The one tire we tried is caved in and smaller than before).