Not yet.
Just those stills.
Scot
Hi. I noticed that you replaced an earlier video in that link. Anyways, just a comment about your film making abilities, the front panel area needs more illumination. Maybe hiring a neighbor boy to hold something like a white or reflective car window shield shade would help. I know from an earlier video that it was the best section you had completed as of that time. Oddly, it was better illuminated in your basement, or so I remember.
Some people have said “why no head?” about your build. Well, Wall-E is a cube at times too. One could even build a wrecked or damaged Wall-E. Actually the damaged one I think would be stunning to build…if I had time+facilities. No one seems to be making any Wall-E’s with those eyelids in the movie, not even the production ones, altho not sure about the Ultimate model.
Edit: Ultimate model does have some sort of blinking of one or the other eye. There is some sort of blue light emanating from each eye, NOT part of the original design, but used to give some life to the Wall-E toy. And I guess it can turn off and on, or some sort of shutter is there, probably just a switch, the video is kinda grainy.
I think it has to do with YouTube.
The footage I have on my PC shows the details clearly.
I too think outside and in my garage were better choices as well.
With the amount of time I had to complete him and the information that was available as well as the money I had to spend on him at the time, I was only able to build him in his retracted mode.
Cory is posting updated photos of his build on a regular basis and he has started weathering his.
Scot
OMG I love it. You guys are amazing! I made cookies the other day out of colored sugar cookies and it looked awesome. I am also going to make a Wall-e necklace out of clay. <img src=“{SMILIES_PATH}/grinandwink.gif” alt=“;-D” title="Grin and
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Thanks,
Keep watching and I will be posting more photos as new WALL-E replicas are made.
Or come and join the fun.
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
Scot
Well we added a new member who has off to a good start in building his WALL-E replica.
Clay is building his WALL-E out of styrene.
I hope you enjoy the photo.
Scot
Is that head of wall-e’s there too big? At that angle it seems to be 90-95% of the width of the body(cuber). It seems to be about 85% width in other pictures that I’ve seen. Just wonderin’…
He did have it too small in a earlier version but since he is holding it up it may be too close to the camera causing the illusion of it being bigger.
Scot
One of our newset members has started building his own WALL-E Replica.
His name is Neil Ellis and he is a professional model builder.
His ability to produce accurate rust and texture is amazing,
He used our club drawings to build him and this project so far is amazing.
Scot Washburn
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
You say he just started? Hmm… Anyways, I would love to see pictures of his workshop and painting kits. It’s interesting to speculate where he acquired the skills to do that good a job. Most companies who give work to model builders want something spic-n-span, brand new, before they go into production to have something tangible for testing, aesthetic appeal, the works. So where does the business come for models that are weathered? The film industry must be a good source.
Is anyone actually building a functional Wall-E? One that can compact? working solar panels? and move like some of the larger toys can? One with working eyebrows or some sort of wiper? I know some of these features may be quite difficult to come up with, hydraulics and such. However, household trash compactors have been around since the early 60’s.
There are several people like Neil on the Internet like Randy Cooper, James Small and Joe Porter.
They do awesome work.
Since WALL-E is not a physical prop he suffers from CGI-tis.
Just like the CGI R2-D2 in the new movies can have more tools coming out of his body than is possible to have inside of him, WALL-E does not have enough room inside to allow himself to be drawn into a compack cube.
His head is almost as wide as his body which would prevent his arms from retracting in and his tracks would hit the bottom of his head.
Also the mechanism to deploy his tracks would have issues with the cleats on his tracks gabbing the ground as the tracks were deployed and retracted.
Tom Jozwiac who is building a fiberglass and resin WALL-E is going to have him remote controlled when he is finished,
We also have 2 other members designing working track systems.
I’ll post photos and video when they are running.
Scot
Here is another update photo of Neil’s WALL-E build::
Stay tuned for more.
Scot
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
Neil made some more progress on his 1/2 scale WALL-E (The more I look at it though I think it’s full scale compaired to the Rubik’s Cube.) and I thought I would share them with you.
Scot
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
That is so darn cute! 
You guys are doing an excellent job on this project… does the WALL•E you build actually work? (That is, does it move around and stuff?) I love the Rubiks cube as well; how it’s made to look old and used. There is some spectacular attention to detail in this project. Can’t wait to see the thing finished!
little chef
These photos are of different WALL-E’s built by members of the Original WALL-E Builders Club.
We hope to have some mobile R/C WALL-E’s running around this year.
Neil is a professional prop and model maker. He knows how to weather his projects to bring out the realism.
Scot
Neils’ WALL-E has arms.
He recently got back from his honeymoon and was able to send us this update.
Also another member named Zack posted a photo of his build.
I hope you enjoy the photos.
Scot
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
I’m pretty sure this is the same group I came across right here:
makerfaire.com/pub/e/2307 since it eventually links back to the same website, of which I am not a member. I was planning to attend this event and it slipped my mind this past Sunday while I was making more room in my storage space for empty Wall-E toy boxes. I was in San Mateo County, only 7 miles away, durn it. Only cost 10 lousy bucks for an admission fee, but I guess what was on display there is pretty much the same as the pictures you are showing.
So I guess it would have been nice to see other exhibits, that move that is. Anyways, here is an official picture of the Builder’s rep at the show:
flickr.com/photos/mattoons/3526404813/ I think it says he lives in Cupertino, California, which is about 20 miles away from the expo center and less than 10 miles from me.
And this article says that this particular Wall-E creation was to be on display: gizmowatch.com/entry/life-si … -fanatics/
Here is an article via Wired online about the group: wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/wall-e-robots/
Finally, there is this nice article I dug up, err ah, my dog Dug dug up while looking up at the Up balloon over Cupertino:
news.cnet.com/In-search-of-a-do- … 49697.html
Note that you see the cardboard Wall-E in these pictures that Elso Craft made last fall. I suppose he didn’t have it shipped up from Uruguay for the Faire.
No, that was not us and we are not affiliated with them.
We didn’t go to the Makers Faire this year because when we do go, we want to have something to show.
Something that moves and looks screen accurate.
We currently have 9 static, 3 costumes, 4 CGI, 2 custum mini’s, 1 Gamecube Mod (The original), 1 working track drive prototype, and 1 CAN-Struction.
All of those are spread far across the US and the globe.
The track drive prototype is in California so if we went this year it could have been demo’d.
One of our members from The Original WALL-E Builders Club did post his WALL-E build on the other WALL-E Builders site.
He used our blueprints and advice to construct his out of Syntra (A type of plastic.)
It was included on the display boards the other WALL-E Builders had at the faire.
All the other photos I have posted are only seen on the Original WALL-E Builders Club Yahoo Group except for a few small robotic / battery operated builds and a GameCube Mod.
I don’t think I have posted those but I will soon.
Elso is a very tallented paper artist and did a fantastic job on his WALL-E.
After working so hard on his WALL-E I can see why he would not want to risk it being damaged or stolen when he shipped it from thousands of miles away.
There is a difference and a history between the two groups; when they were founded, what their final goal is, numbers of members, activity, etc…
We may not have 2757 members but what we have been able to achieve with our 731 still amazes me.
Scot Washburn
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
Hello Everyone,
Just to let you know.
The Original WALL-E Builders Club will be in the November Issue of MAKE Magazine Volume 20.
Scot Washburn
[url]http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wallebuilders/[/url]
Hi Everyone!
Thanks for your interest in our group! I am Matthew Ebisu, Public Representative of the WALL-EBuilders.com, currently the largest WALL·E building site online! Our group currently boasts 3000+ members, founded Oct 16th and has been growing since. I was the person in charge of and representing our group at the San Mateo Maker Faire 2009, and we had a lot of fun showcasing our some of our builds. Take a look!
-Courtesy of Teresa, WALL-E Builder
-Courtesy of Blossom, WALL-E and EVE builder
-Courtesy of Mmchartman.
-This was one of my builds. As you can see, we have numerous builders building not just WALL-E, but also EVE, M-O and the Autopilot!
So yeah, we’re the WALL-E Builders! If you’d like to see more of our photos, here’s the link to our personal flickr site I set up for the group: [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/wall-ebuilders/[/url]
By the way, membership is of course free and no prior knowledge about building robots is necessary- that’s what our group forums are for. All you need is an interest in building your own WALL-E robots!
http://www.wall-ebuilders.com