Talking LEGO robot skull reciting movie lines

My first LEGO creation in over 20 years.

Last month, I ordered a few LEGO Mindstorms NXT sets for a project that I wanted to build for DECADES.

I realized that my intended creation was too ambitious:

• I hadn't created anything LEGO in over 20 years.
• I was unfamiliar with LEGO pieces created after 1985.

I gave up the original project and built this silly programmable talking LEGO robot. This project has been HASTILY documented in the following pages in video and pictures so that I can tear it down and build something new...

- September 17, 2008

*If you have trouble viewing the video on the above right, eg, it won't load, play, or you need it in another format like quicktime for your iPhone, please CLICK HERE. or HERE.

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Contents:

Page 1

• MAIN PAGE
• Video: "I'll be back."

Page 2

• Project Overview
• Video: 360 degree spin

Page 3

• Preparation
• Video: Nice night for a walk.

Page 4

• LEGO Building, ARTOO...
• Video: No thanks.

Page 5

• Building Reference
• Video: another 360 degree spin

Page 6

• LEGO Wood-handled Ice Pick
• Video: Smells like a Dead Cat. (PG-13)

Page 7

• More Props
• Video: another 360 degree spin

Page 8

• Macintosh Text to Speech
• Video: ID theft

Page 9

• NXT Brick Onboard Sound
• Video: "Its NOT, a tumor!"

Page 10

• Tablet PC and NXT-G
• Video: Later... in SPANISH

Page 11

• LEGO Terminator delivering a Chinese New Year message
• Video: Happy Chinese New Year!