Beer barrel R2D2 sculpture

Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 22, 2008 11:17 AM | permalink

This beer-barrel R2D2 sculpture comes from Deviant Art's Amoebabloke, who's hoping to find a buyer who isn't just a rich collector. Link (via Gizmodo)

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#1 posted by mojo_jojo , February 22, 2008 12:17 PM

ahhhhhhh, finally a suitable droid to serve beer on my sail barge!!

oh wait, it doesn't dispense suds? hmm guess this is NOT the droid i'm looking for...

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#2 posted by semiotix , February 22, 2008 12:19 PM

As an extremely poor collector, I volunteer. I can offer $20 and a student pass good through September on Madison, WI city buses (don't worry, they never check IDs).

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#3 posted by Guesstimate Jones , February 22, 2008 12:25 PM

I have long suspected that R2-D2 was actually full of beer...

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#4 posted by assumetehposition , February 22, 2008 12:29 PM

hoping to find a buyer who isn't just a rich collector...

Now there's a niche market. How do you target that?

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#5 posted by highjumpman , February 22, 2008 1:02 PM

The big question is: What's on the inside? A holo-projector? Any other guesses?

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#6 posted by Jeff , February 22, 2008 1:02 PM

I really like it. I'd like to bid on it. I'm doing my R2D2 imitation now...bugging the dog.

Seriously, I love this piece!

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#7 posted by gabrielm

, February 22, 2008 3:39 PM

@Jeff,
Well, are you rich?

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Then you can't have it!

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#8 posted by License Farm

, February 22, 2008 4:44 PM

How convenient. Instead of rolling out a barrel, the barrel rolls itself out.

Poke around his DeviantArt page to see some of his steampunk Star Wars craft designs. Between all of the steampunk interpretations of Star Wars I've seen online you could assemble an entirely new production of it.

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#9 posted by eclectro , February 22, 2008 6:23 PM

I like the idea of a raffle, that gives some of us economically challenged people a chance.

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#10 posted by Takuan , February 22, 2008 6:54 PM

what is it? six inches high?

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#11 posted by scaught , February 23, 2008 9:15 AM

#8..so close. I thought I was going to make it through the day without reading the word "steampunk" again. Is it over yet?

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#12 posted by amoebaboy , February 23, 2008 10:20 AM

hello i made this !
thanks for the nice comments, however i must point out that it is nowhere near beer barrel size, it is in fact six and a half inches tall.

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#13 posted by Takuan , February 23, 2008 10:02 PM

thought so from the floor boards

Very nice work, do you use a loupe or what? I've always wanted to set up a bench with a stereo microscope for this kind of thing.

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#14 posted by NikFromNYC , February 24, 2008 9:21 PM

3 "three pee" O was obviously a fag. But what about R2D2. He was into the princess, but saved her and what did she do instead of hugging him? Ditched him for her brother! Crazy woman. Wait, that was redundant. I merely meant: woman.

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#15 posted by Takuan , February 24, 2008 9:30 PM

C3PO was not gay. He's just British.

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#16 posted by Antinous , February 24, 2008 9:34 PM

R2D2 was a lesbian. This all men know. And we do claim C3PO as one of our own.

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#17 posted by Takuan , February 24, 2008 9:39 PM

I thought you were from California

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#18 posted by Antinous , February 24, 2008 9:46 PM

Lines on a map, drawn by mortal hands...