The flyers are printed, they are aimed more at potential builders since that is what this SciFi event will probably attract. You can check out the PDF here:

http://www.lovingangels.com/Nick/robot_flyer_2.pdf

I just wrote the first shyte that popped into my head after lunch at the pub the next one will look better.

Fantastic flier Nick! Hate to be a downer... beetles arn't quite 3kg
But it's all good!
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DOH! I did say it was after lunch at the pub perhaps I can hand write 1.3 in there...

BTW, all the switches and I2C breakout boards arrived today; Sunday will be really busy around here.

no ant from me, the spinner i had semi done decided to be a turd and the lifter i was doing then was just not wanting to behave and i was rushing and stressing etc etc

so no ant, will pop by a toy shop and try and get a cheap rc car or something but yeah. real sorry guys

will bring sofa power chair and some other bits and bobs to show off and chat about to people
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That's fine - if the ant isn't totalled just bring it along to show.

well, mines good to go! Baring it exploding instantly it should provide a days worth of noise and smashing stuff. Cya all there tomorrow! I'll bring a few bot bits like catastrophe's blade to show off, maybe some foldable antweight frames?
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Sure, the foldable bots are very interesting. Should I throw a Lipo charger in the car?

yes please! Saves me lugging one and a power supply all the way up the street.
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hopefully ill pop around to check it out, the brakes on my bike are being completely shyte atm so i have to try fix them in the morning. Might bring the beetle (not working obviously ) along if i can get out there early.

Will give one of you a call anyway in the morn.

Bring my antweight too angus

http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10631
perhaps for mk2?
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Love those new product posts, that's the first thing I look at on a Saturday! The LED strips are a great price, but I am not sure what I would do with them.

The Sci-Fi Sydney event went off very well, with a good crowd for most of the day. I thought the event was mainly run by the Droid builders group, but there were major contributions from cosplay and comics fan groups as well as the Roboteshop e-store.



We had the new ant arena with Angus's new bot batting around stuff - it turns out that drink bottle tops make great micro hockey pucks and the demos got a goo crowd. Andrew's power sofa was as big hit and actually made donation money with everyone from kids to pensioners wanting a ride.

The table with arena, video reel, Scissorhands and Warning on display:




We had all sorts for visitors interested in robotic extermination:



Angus's new ant needed several recharges due to popularity:



Some of the droids:

Indeed! Today was good fun. I hope we inspired a few people to come online and check out the community. Quite a few fliers got handed out in the end and I talked to lots of interested people.
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We also showed that we can put on a demo at fairly short notice. Dave Everett from the R2 builders club thinks we would do really well at Supanova. Its probably a bit late to try that this year, but it is something to aim for next year.

Awesome! Great work guys!!
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