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Steampunk R2-D2 Robot Made From Recycled Materials

12/16/2010
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  • R2D2 Made from Recycled Materials
    There are so many wonderful things to be said about this incredible robot sculpture made from recycled materials, that we feel it deserves its own short documentary. Created by UK-based artist AmoebaBoy, the R2-D2 look-alike is the spitting image of the belovedStar Wars character but with a steampunk twist. Believe it or not, the boiler planks are made from wooden coffee stirrers from a burger joint and the dome uses the internal workings of a water meter that took the artist "about two days to beat out and cut it into the shape [he] wanted....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/steampunk-r2-d2-robot-made-from-recycled-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • R2D2 Made from Recycled Materials
    There are so many wonderful things to be said about this incredible robot sculpture made from recycled materials, that we feel it deserves its own short documentary. Created by UK-based artist AmoebaBoy, the R2-D2 look-alike is the spitting image of the belovedStar Wars character but with a steampunk twist. Believe it or not, the boiler planks are made from wooden coffee stirrers from a burger joint and the dome uses the internal workings of a water meter that took the artist "about two days to beat out and cut it into the shape [he] wanted....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/steampunk-r2-d2-robot-made-from-recycled-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • R2D2 Made from Recycled Materials
    There are so many wonderful things to be said about this incredible robot sculpture made from recycled materials, that we feel it deserves its own short documentary. Created by UK-based artist AmoebaBoy, the R2-D2 look-alike is the spitting image of the belovedStar Wars character but with a steampunk twist. Believe it or not, the boiler planks are made from wooden coffee stirrers from a burger joint and the dome uses the internal workings of a water meter that took the artist "about two days to beat out and cut it into the shape [he] wanted....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/steampunk-r2-d2-robot-made-from-recycled-materials/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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R2D2 Made from Recycled Materials

There are so many wonderful things to be said about this incredible robot sculpture made from recycled materials, that we feel it deserves its own short documentary. Created by UK-based artist AmoebaBoy, the R2-D2 look-alike is the spitting image of the belovedStar Wars character but with a steampunk twist. Believe it or not, the boiler planks are made from wooden coffee stirrers from a burger joint and the dome uses the internal workings of a water meter that took the artist "about two days to beat out and cut it into the shape [he] wanted....

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