I know that people have discussed possible replication of the XL7-FG, but I was
wondering if anyone has done any serious studying of other hockey gear,
specifically the Nike Bauer Line?

I know the parent company of Bauer Hockey (Canstar) bought out Cooper's hockey
division in 1990, and then they were in turn bought by Nike.  There are several
Nike Bauer faceguards which could make a "passable" Crow headpiece, especially
with some tweaking of the mesh pattern.

Has anyone here ever made a crow using a Nike Bauer faceguard? The FM 3000 looks
kinda similar, but the cage wire pattern is not swept back like the XL7-FG and
its a bit too tall. Any thoughts?

> Still no response to previous emails I sent.... not sure if the email
I have is a good one.  Anyone have a known good email for Joe Crow?  I
have been waiting for him to appear here but he must be busy and not
stopping by lately.
  >
  > If you have an email that I can use to contact Joe please let me
know. Thanks!

Holidays + Work + Mafia Wars = Joe is hard to get a hold of.

Check Facebook....

- Ron

Still no response to previous emails I sent.... not sure if the email I have is
a good one.  Anyone have a known good email for Joe Crow?  I have been waiting
for him to appear here but he must be busy and not stopping by lately.

If you have an email that I can use to contact Joe please let me know. Thanks!

Rob


--- In botbuilders@yahoogroups.com, "falcon65" <mexico_rob@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Is Joe Crow still active?  I am trying to get some bot parts and he seems to
be the most likely to have what I need if he is still doing the casting and
vacuform.
>

I was actually going to make an entirely transparent Servo, down to even
see-through PVC pipes, then lace his insides with color-matching LEDs so that I
can make him glow in the dark.  He's still very "concept only" at this point,
but after seeing the light-up components of the bots on Incognito Cinema
Warriors, I thought some lights might be a neat addition to one of my future
builds.

I'll have pics as they become available.

--- In botbuilders@yahoogroups.com, Rob <rob@...> wrote:
>
> drakkenzerous wrote:
> > *Also, do any of you have your own vacuuform tables?  And is there any way
you can think of to reproduce the bottom half of Servo's head, but in clear
plastic?
>
> If you're just looking to do a display piece (without functional
> puppetry) you could sacrifice an actual candy dispenser, remove the
> beak, maybe fill it in with something to get the solid dispenser shape,
> and then vac that and the beak separately.
>
> If you do want the functional puppetry, that's probably going to take
> something more durable than standard vacuformed plastic to support.
> Maybe look for some sort of vase or weird drinking glass that matches
> the shape?
>
>  -- Rob
>

drakkenzerous wrote:
> *Also, do any of you have your own vacuuform tables?  And is there any way you
can think of to reproduce the bottom half of Servo's head, but in clear plastic?

If you're just looking to do a display piece (without functional
puppetry) you could sacrifice an actual candy dispenser, remove the
beak, maybe fill it in with something to get the solid dispenser shape,
and then vac that and the beak separately.

If you do want the functional puppetry, that's probably going to take
something more durable than standard vacuformed plastic to support.
Maybe look for some sort of vase or weird drinking glass that matches
the shape?

  -- Rob

> Hey all, don't know if you remember me or not, I'm the guy who built the
low-cost Steampunk-ish black Servo last year.  I make bots not according to how
they did them on the show then, but how they might make them now, using modern
"found crap" to replace costly or difficult to reproduce components.
>
> Since then, I've built a couple more, including a sort-of-show-correct Servo
(right colors, though made from generic low-cost components) and a girl Servo
(it's pink... very pink), and am currently working on a Darth Vader inspired
Servo for a Star Wars fan friend of mine, as well as an "illustrated" (all
transparent) concept Servo*.
>
> But that's not why I come to you today.
>
> I'm sort of... bored of making Servos, so I'm going to try my hand at making a
low-fi Crow instead.  I've already secured a flower arranger thing and have some
discount head components assembled, but I am completely and totally at a loss
for what to do about the arms, specifically the shoulder joints.  Since I've
never seen a real lamp joint or one of the replicas in real life (only in
pictures) I'm not really sure what low coat, readily available component might
be a good analog to the originals.  Since at least some of you have dealt with
the 'real deal' I thought you might be able to suggest anything else that's
similar enough to serve my purposes.
>
> *Also, do any of you have your own vacuuform tables?  And is there any way you
can think of to reproduce the bottom half of Servo's head, but in clear plastic?

For the arms:  any swing arm lamp that looks close.

For the shoulders: blocks of wood, cut to size.

Bottom of Servo's head: If you mean the globe, hit Hobby Lobby and get a
glass fish bowl.  If you mean the "mouse part," cast it, and make a
replica in clearish resin.

- Ron

Hey all, don't know if you remember me or not, I'm the guy who built the
low-cost Steampunk-ish black Servo last year.  I make bots not according to how
they did them on the show then, but how they might make them now, using modern
"found crap" to replace costly or difficult to reproduce components.

Since then, I've built a couple more, including a sort-of-show-correct Servo
(right colors, though made from generic low-cost components) and a girl Servo
(it's pink... very pink), and am currently working on a Darth Vader inspired
Servo for a Star Wars fan friend of mine, as well as an "illustrated" (all
transparent) concept Servo*.

But that's not why I come to you today.

I'm sort of... bored of making Servos, so I'm going to try my hand at making a
low-fi Crow instead.  I've already secured a flower arranger thing and have some
discount head components assembled, but I am completely and totally at a loss
for what to do about the arms, specifically the shoulder joints.  Since I've
never seen a real lamp joint or one of the replicas in real life (only in
pictures) I'm not really sure what low coat, readily available component might
be a good analog to the originals.  Since at least some of you have dealt with
the 'real deal' I thought you might be able to suggest anything else that's
similar enough to serve my purposes.

*Also, do any of you have your own vacuuform tables?  And is there any way you
can think of to reproduce the bottom half of Servo's head, but in clear plastic?

The email address that comes up on your post doesn't seem to work. Can you email
me from one that I can reply to off-group?

--- In botbuilders@yahoogroups.com, "mst3k501" <mst3k501@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, I haven't posted in sometime. toys r us is having a sale on 
"Sisslin cool xxl 10 pin bowling set" Has anyone looked at this. Is this the
right size for Crow?
>

Ron McAdams wrote:
>> Hi everyone, I haven't posted in sometime. toys r us is having a sale on 
"Sisslin cool xxl 10 pin bowling set" Has anyone looked at this. Is this the
right size for Crow?
>
> I haven't seen those exact pins, but TRU does have the normal ones you
> see everywhere... which are bottom injected... and do require a bit of
> modification to get ready for your Crow.
>
> - Ron

If you're in Toys backwards-'R' Us looking for Crow parts, they usually
have the "Galaxy Grabber" claws that are used for Crow's rarely-seen
feet, as well as Timmy's hands.

  -- Rob
http://robvincent.net

> Hi everyone, I haven't posted in sometime. toys r us is having a sale on 
"Sisslin cool xxl 10 pin bowling set" Has anyone looked at this. Is this the
right size for Crow?

I haven't seen those exact pins, but TRU does have the normal ones you
see everywhere... which are bottom injected... and do require a bit of
modification to get ready for your Crow.

- Ron

Hi everyone, I haven't posted in sometime. toys r us is having a sale on 
"Sisslin cool xxl 10 pin bowling set" Has anyone looked at this. Is this the
right size for Crow?

> Is Joe Crow still active?  I am trying to get some bot parts and he
seems to be the most likely to have what I need if he is still doing the
casting and vacuform.

He's active.  He's a member of the list here. He'll likely be in contact
with you.

- Ron

Hey guys,

Is Joe Crow still active?  I am trying to get some bot parts and he seems to be
the most likely to have what I need if he is still doing the casting and
vacuform.