Star Wars Prop Box Project

Mobile Control System

Initial Research 2

Star Wars Box Project Concept Development Stage

Research

Lots of research went into this project that are in my journal that can be downloaded to look in depth as this website only shows a tiny fraction of it. These included:

Shotdec and Google searches for images

Trips into town to visit stores related to:

Star Wars
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Merchandising
Harry Potter
Comic stors such as Forbiden Planet
Science Fiction
Star Wars Jedi
Star Wars Conventions
Star Was Prop, Space Ship and Costume Museum
Fantasy
Role Play
War Hammer
Cyberdog
Antique Shops
The Jedi Robe Shop

Books related to Star Wars that included the:

Vehicles
Spacecraft
Bases
Weapons
Props
Tools
Driods
Characters

Viewed and studied:

All the Star Wars Films and several of the TV shows and animated series including:

Andor
Mandalorian
The Book of Boba Fett
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars Rebels

Features to Look at Included:

Surface and Tech Set Decorated
Dirty Surfaces
Control Interfaces
Robotics
Internal Tech

Other sources included Shotdec

Shopping Research and Purchases

Shopping for potential kit bash and component parts was also a key part of the making purchases before I even started.

Spare or repair damaged:

Dyson’s cyclone generating motors were one of the first things I was purchasing as space ship engines or droid thrusters.
Nerf Guns to be chopped up for panel parts.
Camera Lends for droid eyes.
War Toys
Warhammer
Lego Technic/Mindstorm mechanical components for gadgets like rack and pinions
A smoke machine
Circuit boards for kit bash parts
Light up Electroluminescent t-shirt panels

Shops looked at included: