It took a matter of a few months for all of them to be built but the amount of time it took to develop a set of dimensional drawing has taken much longer.
You will not find a better set of drawings anywhere else on the internet unless Pixar releases the real ones.
We are not affiliated with Pixar or Disney and they control all the rights to WALL-E and anything else associated with the movie but someday we would like to have the same relationship that the R2 Builders has with Lucas film.
They assist George Lucas with Public Relations.
Anywhere he makes an appearance where he would like an R2-D2 or Storm Troopers and Darth Vader the R2 Builders and the 501st Legion show up for free.
They also do Charity work in Children’s Hospitals.
If anyone would like to watch or join the fun it’s free to join and you will not be bothered with requests for donations to keep the group running or store fronts showing items for sale that are not licensed by Pixar / Disney that you will find elsewhere.
Glad to know the Builders Group is still up and running, Ohio_Astromech!
My favourite would have to be the cardboard one - the paint job is amazing. I’d like to view the rest of the photos, but they can only be seen by members on that Yahoo Group, apparently. That would be great if you could eventually form some type of relationship with Disney/Pixar so you can use your WALL•Es in charity events and the like. You could always write to them and see what they say.
It’s free to join the Yahoo Group.
I keep it so that you have to ask to join so that spam is kept to a minimum.
I happened to catch 2 spammers so far.
We also want to keep the Club as family friendly as possible.
Early on I had banned someone because he used inappropriate language on the group and we haven’t had any problem since.
So far we have 518 members.
Out of those we have about 12 builders or at least that is the number of builders we know of.
I have been in contact with Pixar and they are fine with what we are doing as long as we are not doing this for profit.
They are watching us and we want to do our best to keep the group activities as transparent as possible while keeping the spammers out.
We do not have a storefront or anything requesting donations to pay for server fees like other WALL-E Builder groups have.
That is why we are on Yahoo Groups. It’s free.
Otherwise I could post some more images of other builder projects like CGI renders and lawn art.
Heheh. I thought so. I had the opportunity to see some models of R2-D2 at the Star Wars exhibit that premiered at the Caifornia Science Center and, I believe, at the Star Wars: Celebration IV event at the Los Angeles Convention Center some years ago. The work that you guys have accomplished is astounding, and I admire your patience and persistence.
As for the WALL-E models: They’re equally as impressive and eye-catching. Fantastic work!
I went to CIII in Indiana a few years ago.
I have never seen so many Droids in one place in my life.
We even got a chance to get our picture taken with George Lucas, the Real R2-D2 Rick McCallum, and Don Bies.
Thanks for the complement. We always try to bring out the detail in our work.
Is that true? I couldn’t even find an old ‘Builder’s’ thread. Is that the fate of all these threads… I’m new here.
Edit: thx Mitch for the heads up. And here we go, this is the link to the 3000 Views early summer thread from the archives entitled Wall•E Builder’s Group:
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Wow, the CGI models are just like the real thing! And yep, that is definitely the best WALL-E costume ever. Though it looks pretty uncomfortable to wear!
I’ve looked thru both threads now, haven’t actually gone to your website. But saw a CGI model above. Does this mean that some in the Builder’s Group are also building virtual models and not just the ‘real’ ones?
If so, are they trying to make them move around, like the treads are able to do in real life? If you have seen the dvd, you know what I mean. [spoil]I was mightily impressed with the video of that fellow the Pixar people took during their research. It just makes the clunky Bomb Sniffer robot look absurd, altho it was quite able to climb up the stairs to the 2nd floor of Pixar . Is that the best they can do? I mean is that the most advanced publicly available mobile robot? [/spoil] So, I would love to see something done (or that I can do, tired of being a spectator)
Yes,
We have 2 or 3 members build CGI WALL-E’s.
The Body you see is one members while the eyes are that of another.
Here is the complete render of the body.
He used our drawings on the WALL-E Builders Yahoo Group to make his renders from.
He also help with fine tuning our drawings.
We do not have a website, just the Yahoo Group.
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
Those render photos are amazing. They could have come straight from a computer at Pixar, or something. Do you have any video footage of that render in motion, Ohio?
Though it looks pretty uncomfortable to wear!
