Hasbro R2-D2 RC Conversion

This is Rob Meyer's demonstration of the conversion of a Hasbro Interactive Voice Controlled R2-D2 to radio control. This conversion is useful if the normal electronics on the Hasbro R2 are no longer working or have been removed.

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Entertainment

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• Hasbro Interactive R2-D2
• R2-D2
• Robot
• Rob Meyer
• R2-D2 Hack

[mattybuggy]

We are having problems with ours. How do you remove the head without breaking it? I read that sometimes the ribbon cables come loose and I want check.

[robmeyerproductions]

@mattybuggy You should not need to remove the dome to check the ribbon cable connections. They are soldered onto the board in the dome. If you want to check the other sensor connections, though, you would need to remove the dome. First you would need to remove the back of the body (I think it is six screws), then you will see two screws attached to a bracket that comes down from the dome base on each side. These would need to be removed...

[robmeyerproductions]

@mattybuggy ...After that, a bit of careful prying should get the dome to come loose (It is secured into the top of the body with something like double-sided foam tape. You might also need to pry the base of the dome away from the rear panel when removing it.)

If you want to remove the dome from the rotation base, this can be done by accessing the dome screws through an access hole visible under to black rotation base...

[robmeyerproductions]

@mattybuggy ...If you slowly rotate the dome you should see the screws appear through the hole. If I recall correctly, if you remove the dome from the base you do not need to pry the whole assembly away from the body. Taoworm did a tutorial that covers the disassembly process. Good luck!

Rob

[ThePennestri]

hi i have a r2 unit my self. thing is i lost the top nob and the stem to his telescope. i waas wondering if i could have yours considering u have to. it wood really mean alot to me plz message me back with an answer thanks!

Dan

[starwarsstarwars1234]

@robmyersproductions hey i have an r2 just like that 1 how do you gut the systems and 2 can you list the parts that you need to converge inthanks

[100maomao]

@100maomao but not that gross

[100maomao]

WHOA! you took out his insides! gross!

[eleones]

Grat job! Are you using all the original battery power supplies or did you mod them also?