Comments on: A Linch Pin Droid: New Alamo Drafthouse/Mondo Star Wars print by Kevin Tong

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

At least one dealer-installed option not shown.

By: mdh

mdh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

it’s a lovely print, but i notice that it is almost totally limited to those parts of R2 that we see on screen. All the arms and tools etc…. I like this. No projecting onto the imagined original, no filling in the middle where our suspension of disbelief belongs, just documentation of what’s been seen. This is also how I know it is unlicensed. Lucas did not touch this, it’s not a recut. There’s no new material added unnecessarily. Good design!

Excepting that central barber-pole which as shown is too long to fit inside the un-exploded unit, and has not been seen in the films, and which is also too eye-catching for me to ignore.

By: fantasygoat

fantasygoat — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The limited edition part handles two points.

1) Since these are screenprinted, and that is a very expensive, laborious process, keeping them limited edition makes it easier and more desirable.

2) Digital or offset print of thousands would likely result in Lucasfilm suing the pants off these guys. A few hundred prints flies under the radar.

By: squidfood

squidfood — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Of course, the schematics are useless without understanding the Design Process.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You know what this makes me think of? A CAD file for a 3D printable R2-D2. That would be cool.

By: Jackasimov

Jackasimov — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I really like the Mondo people’s work but dammit their super-limited-quantity-server-straining-must-have-collectible thingy is fucking annoying.

By: toilet

toilet — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I understand. I appreciate how much he puts into these too. A more accessible option would be welcome IMHO, even if it was a smaller digital print alongside the limited screens.

By: monstrinho_do_biscoito

monstrinho_do_biscoito — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

fake. There’s no midget in these schematics

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Alamo Drafthouse FTW!

By: God45

God45 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t see any jet thrusters, so it isn’t from the original trilogy.

By: toilet

toilet — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a great print. I wish they’d stop with the super expensive / limited run stuff however. I understand, but a part of me still thinks it’s 2010, it’s digital, just print some more and let people buy them.