BB8, the new Astromech Droid from Star Wars, The Force Awakens was a popular character from the second the droid appeared in a teaser trailer. That popularity has only grown since and it’s inevitable that clever people would want to make their own. Here’s a bunch of stuff on people making BB8.
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Update: more Conrad.
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/citizens/conrad_and_the_steamplant.php
Update: Still more Conrad.
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