Tag: R2-D2

DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER HOSTS NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK

by Brian Curran on February 15, 2012

Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California is hosting National Engineer’s week (Feb 19-25). Star Wars fans please note Sunday Feb 19th The R2-D2 Club will present “What’s the Difference between a Droid and Robot”

Be sure to check out the Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit that runs through April 15th.

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Happy 25th Star Tours!

by Staff on January 9, 2012

January 9th, 2012 Star Tours turns 25. Stay tuned as the staff of Endorexpress.net is working hard to bring you some great special features to celebrate the anniversary.

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm

Look, Sir… Stormtroopers

by David Yeh on December 23, 2011

A duo of Stormtroopers have been having some extra curricular fun in Tomorrowland these days in between showings of the Jedi Training Academy.  Our Bothan spies tell us that this pair of Stormtroopers (who aren’t at their post) visit with Disneyland guests, pose for photos, and even have some fun with the poor souls waiting in the over-flow queue area of Star Tours.

Click ahead to see more photos of this activity and go ahead and see them for yourselves!  If you do see them, feel free to comment on your experience below.

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Star Tours 25th anniversary pin

by Brian Curran on December 22, 2011

To commemorate Star Tours 25th anniversary Disneyland is releasing a limited edition pin. The pin is scheduled to be released 1/05/12 is a limited edition of 1000 and will retail for $12.95.

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm

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Photo Review: Star Tours Starspeeder 1000 Vehicle Playset

by David Yeh on December 12, 2011

Since 1987, fans of Disney’s popular STAR TOURS attraction have clamored for a full sized STARSPEEDER for their Hasbro figure’s travel needs.  Unfortunately for them, Hasbro never felt the desire or need to do such an exclusive but with this year’s revamped attraction, STAR TOURS: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE, Disney has pulled out all the stops and delivered the Starspeeder 1000 VEHICLE PLAYSET available at Disneyland’s StarTrader and Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Tatooine Traders for $54.95.  (other figures sold separately)

Updated 12-13-11 more photos added

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Disney Previews Star Tours Starspeeder 1000 vehicle playset

by Brian Curran on December 2, 2011

Disney Parks Blog has posted a ton of images and information on the Starspeeder 1000 vehicle/playset scheduled to be released this month.

Some of the details:

  • Sold only at Disney Parks (NOT on the online store)
  • retail of $54.95
  • comes with R2-D2 and the IC-360 camera droid.
  • The R2 unit is removable and can be replaced with a different Astromech droid.
  • dialogue and sound effects directly from the attraction
  • boarding chimes play when the doors are opened or closed
  • Scaled with 3 & 3/4 inch Hasbro/Kenner action figures

Thanks to the Disney Theme Park Merchandise team that put this exclusive together!

Read all the details and see all the images on the Disney Parks Blog!

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Lands in OC!

by Paul Hruby on November 18, 2011

The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California has just opened a new exhibit called “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination”. I was able to go to VIP preview last night. President of the Discovery Science Center Joe Adams talked about what it took to bring this exhibit to Orange County. “The Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit is a perfect fit for the Center as it blends science with excitement and imagination. With demand comes opportunity. This is the largest traveling exhibit we have ever hosted. To accommodate the entire exhibit, we had to create two new galleries from our existing space and add a tent in the parking lot. “

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Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Exhibit

by Brian Curran on November 9, 2011

Starting November 18th, Just down the road from Disneyland. The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana will be hosting the exhibit Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. For all the details on this exhibit we have posted the Press Release.

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Disneyland Has the Droid You’re Looking For

by David Yeh on August 8, 2011

Fans of Star Wars and Disney have even more to celebrate as a new character has been seen rolling around Tomorrowland.  No, WALL-E hasn’t yet made his appearance but astromech R2-D2, star of every Star Wars film to date has.

UPDATE: Visit Artoo at Disneyland “Off and on – through 8/18″.

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Custom Lego Starspeeder 3000

by Staff on June 16, 2011

A few weeks ago we found a few images of this very cool custom Starspeeder 3000 made of Legos. We quickly contacted Harald ‘HJR’ Roossien to see if he would be interested in having his custom vehicle posted on EndorExpress…

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