{"id":7994,"date":"2021-10-05T04:32:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T09:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=7994"},"modified":"2021-10-05T04:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T09:32:21","slug":"crafty-tuesday-dragoncon-bots-and-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/crafty-tuesday-dragoncon-bots-and-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Crafty Tuesday DragonCon Bots and Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DragonCon is a place where there are certain constants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robots for example. You learn where to go to see the bots play. The two main places are the lobby of the Hyatt and in Marriott in front of the puppetry track rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work that goes into these robots is amazing. The creativity is off the charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First time I crossed the Hyatt lobby heading for the bridge to the Marriott, I saw these two bots rolling around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7998\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Me-and-Robots-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(For the VI: I am in the middle wearing a black t-shirt with the eye of Agamotto on it with black pants and shoes and a white mask. On my right is a droid with an orange color head with blue \u201ceyes\u201d and a white body with black accents.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On my left is a droid with an R2-D2 body and a head with red flaps on top pointing up. The head is white and looks like it has three eyes.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is another classic robot K-9 from Doctor Who. Constantine got a little bit of a ride on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7997\" width=\"630\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Constantine-on-K-9-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(For the VI: Constantine the puppet is wearing a cream colored trenchcoat, a white shirt, and a red tie. He is on a K-9 which is a grey dog shaped robot with antenna for ears and a red plate for the eyes. I am the same except I changed to my Grogu mask.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there is the freeform robot parades that just pop up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-1024x603.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7996\" width=\"669\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-1024x603.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-768x452.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-1536x904.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Driods-abound-2048x1206.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(for the VI: In the background is the same orange headed droid as the first picture. To the left of it is BB-8 in a little wagon. In front of them is a black \u2018mouse\u2019 droid as we call it. In the very front is a DUM-series pit droid on a four wheel buggy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not all Star Wars bots. Occasionally you run into Pixar\u2019s Wall-E in all his glory. This one could turn into a cube and the driver could also interact with the children in real time which was amazing. Constantine and Wall-E had a conversation as Wall-E tried to figure out what a puppet was. Very amusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Waalleeeee-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(For the VI: This is Pixar\u2019s Wall-E. He is a yellow robot with big eyes that look like binoculars that extend from his body.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the robot portion of this show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next time costumes I liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am grateful for the creativity of the robot engineers at DragonCon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DragonCon is a place where there are certain constants. Robots for example. You learn where to go to see the bots play. The two main places are the lobby of the Hyatt and in Marriott in front of the puppetry track rooms. The work that goes into these robots is amazing. 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