It looks like wave two of the Star Wars pins are now available at Disney stores. The new set includes our favorite R2-D2, and retail for $10.95. Photo courtesy Rebelscum.com.
On May 18th R2-KT marched with The 501st Legion in the Star Wars Weekends parade opening weekend. Disney was moved by KT's story and agreed she is a tribute to the love and power of Star Wars fans!
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Scored this fun and festive patch recently from my fellow R2-D2 collector Hideki Shima. It was created exclusively for the Moisture Farmers 2012 Christmas party.
Here's a cool bootleg R2-D2 lapel pin created by certain southern California collector. This run was limited to 50 pieces. Images courtesy of my friend and fellow R2-D2 collector Hideki Shima.
This custom R2-D2 pin was obtained at Star Wars Celebration VI. It was one of many characters made with pearler beads being handed out by Anne Jenkins. Thanks Anne!
Here's a larger 2" button given away by Disney at Star Wars Celebration CVI. It promotes their build a droid program. There's also a poster showing all of the build a droid pieces that I will post soon.
Here is the 2012 DCSWCC charity pin featuring R2-D2. The pin is limited to 500 pieces, and cost $10. All proceeds to benefit CureSearch for Children's Cancer.
UPDATE: Added photo of final patch. Now available for a limited time: Halloween R2-KT patches! 4" tall sporting a mean witch-hat, KT celebrates the spooky season in style. $7 apiece including shipping to anywhere. Just paypal r2kt@r2kt.com and say "Boo!" in the notes section - we'll know what you're ordering! ;) Limited run and limited time so order as many as you like but hurry before they're gone!
UPDATE: Added photo of final patch. Response has been so great for the previous R2-KT Fan Club patches that they're offering a fifth in the series. This one features R2-KT and Katie Johnson from the original painting by famed Star Wars artist Tsuneo Sanda and rendered into line art by Dave Liew. Each patch is $10 and all proceeds go to benefit Give Kids the World village. Order as many as you like by sending a paypal payment to r2kt@r2kt.com. All patches ship mid-October.
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