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Home Depot R2-D2: Unboxing and assembly

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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Home Depot bring us their new $299.00, 3.5 ft animatronic R2-D2, featuring authentic astromech sounds, a servo-powered head rotation and LED lights that are perfect for Halloween or Christmas. With a motion sensor triggered by movement and sounds and an easy plug-and-play setup and built-in timer, this awesome astromech will pair up perfectly with other Star Wars characters in the Home Depot range including Darth Vader and Chewbacca.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Home Depot bring us their new $299.00, 3.5 ft animatronic R2-D2, featuring authentic astromech sounds, a servo-powered head rotation and LED lights that are perfect for Halloween or Christmas. With a motion sensor triggered by movement and sounds and an easy plug-and-play setup and built-in timer, this awesome astromech will pair up perfectly with other Star Wars characters in the Home Depot range including Darth Vader and Chewbacca.

Source1313 Harbor Props
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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