BB-8 want-to-build thread (apparently I'm calling him BB-8)

[kresty]

I seem to have stalled a bit, but trying to get back to figuring it out.... I don't have all the bricks figured out, but I need to order something if I want to built it, so I took the panel I had and multiplied x6 and added the head so far...

Wow, that's a lot of bricks. Apparently I need almost 1200 1x3 white plates, and nobody has those in any quantity (which means crazy shipping fees from multiple sellers), and when I do find them they're .20 each So a few hundred just on this part and I need 89 (apparently) different parts (though this is the worst one)

Trying to figure out if I can lower the count somehow. Maybe make the walls thinner and 3D print the inner sphere to connect to it? 3D filament is a lot cheaper.