You guys really put a lot of extra effort into this video and it shows. Bravo! We can't wait to see this fella come to life. =)

Would love to see you build an IG series droid. An IG droid in the finished Smugglers Room would be AMAZING

Awesome build buddy! And thanks for the shout out!!!

lol am totally digging the rocking tunes !! And that GNK is Turning heads, and charging hearts already !!!

Now all we need is a marble statue for the almighty GONK

Yes! I've always liked Gonk droids.

He looks so cute! I Love Gonk Droids! One thing i would suggest is to make his legs a bit longer because ribbing on his legs wont be visible much.

Gotta love Harry's razor blade boxes. They look like little junction boxes! I have a ton of these

As a Droid Builder, I couldn't agree more - you definitely connect with the droids you build. This GONK is looking awesome. Can't wait to see the next episode. Feeling "energized" for my next project!

I've only watched this video twice so far. I am loving the work done so far. I LOVE the face. You are certainly the Jedi Master of Greeblies. The wireless phone charger on the top is just too perfect. Can't wait for his completion and powering up. Great, great work, as always Brian.

OMG! Well, yes of course I want one!!

Power Droid ( Gonk) are really a fix character in the Star Wars Universe , they are feature so far in : A New Hope Empire Strikes Back The Phantom Menace Rogue One Solo A Star Wars Story Clone Wars animated series The Mandalorian The Book of Boba Fett The Bad Batch your Gonk looks so amazing , a Jawa will snatch it from you in a second!

Started a gonk inspired droid build after watching this. Taking a breather from r2d2 for a bit. Love the videos.

I want to build a Gonk and make it into a power-strip, work-light, and cellphone/ipad/fitbit charger. They are "power droids" after all... might as well load them up with useful power!

I really enjoy your background music! Great video!

I got excited just seeing the screen shot for this build. Love the use of old camera parts!

Gonky is a cooll Name! Dark Blue with White Pinstripes, heavy Weathering!

Gonk! It's looking great! And I'm so glad you're making it functional. I can't wait for the rest of this build!

Best birthday ever when the smugglers room posts a video!!!!!!

I know you'll probably never see this, but I have two things. 1: What you said in the beginning about the droids having a personality and creating a relationship with the builder, I can absolutely attest to. I used to build a lot of robots in high school and ALL of them were referred to not as "it" or "the bot", but as their actual names like "Murphy" or "D-Rock". And yeah they kinda had personalities and felt more like companions than machines or inanimate objects. It's weird but I'm glad you get it too :D 2: Awesome Video! Definitely earned my subscription with the music alone!

Awesome! I had hit a dead end with my own Gonk. The feet and legs had me stumped, but never mind! Brian's got a solution. Thanks so much for this. Once we're out of COVID restrictions, I'll be hitting the hardware and recycling stores once again! :)

Those are great parts for the "face". Also, I think I may have a little bit of envy for your stepper drill bit. Correction, I just envy your drill bit set!

That came out great!

Looks good, add a cup holder. 👍

Love this. The Gonk abides!

So much to build...so little time. Another great episode of SR.

You are building in-universe and encouraging others to do the same! Good use of found materials.

Your assortment of greeblies is UNPARALLELED!! Can't wait to see him/her completed.

Awesome work! And so this is something I can tackle after I finish all my other outstanding projects.

Great video... and as I suspected, seeing yours makes mine look like it was bought at the droid discount bin. I do like your idea of styrene around the edges of the bin to hide the fact it is two pieces of plastic. I'll definitely steal that from you. Of course, with mine, he has an alternative purpose. I added an FM/MP3/Bluetooth player, an amplifier, and a couple of speakers. Paired with my phone, this turns GNK into a droid jukebox. Can't wait to see what you come up with for the inside and his legs.

look forward to part 2 mate

Yes the magic is back. This was another great episode and cant wait for Part 2

This is the droid I am looking for!!! Form, functionality, and all fantastic. Keep up the great work. I’ll be watching while drinking out of my Fat Bantha glass. Cheers!

Love it! Something that might actually be achievable for someone like me with limited tools and ability to make, lol. I'm going to start saving bits n bobs immediately. 😍

I always love your videos, Brian, but damn, the soundtrack of this one knocked it out of the park!

I like this crazy project and I think that you and your wife are amazing people ! Take care of you and good luck from France !

The inside would be awesome as a cocktail bar! Open up the GNK to access your favourite cocktail accessories, booze and glassware!

I can't wait to see the greeblie-fest that is going to be the internal workings of a smugglers room GNK. You're going to need to drink a LOT of juice for all the lids you'll be needing 🤣. I have a goooood feeling about this!

Yeeeeeeees I love Gonk droids, always have And yeah anyone who builds droids definitely gives them a personality, I know the BD unit I'm working on is growing one for sure

I built a custom GNK Droid several years ago. He was taller than those in the movies (I misjudged a diagram I saw of a protocol droid standing next to a GNK) and was made using two grey storage containers. I had to screw his feet to a plank of wood so he'd stand. The inside of the top container rested on the 2x4s I used for his legs, which were covered by dryer vent tubing. He was a pain in the butt to transport (to and from one convention and one move). I eventually had to send him to the Spice Mines of Kessel but I'll be channeling my inner Jawa and repurposing some of his parts. I even glued one of the Micro Machine GNK Droid figures on to him with some wires coming out from underneath his little body and feeding into a greeblie on my GNK. Because I was lazy and didn't want to distress him, I created the narrative that he was a Power Droid on a Rebel Medical Frigate, thus his clean, sanitary appearance. I came up with a cool decal I had a friend, who owns a poster / banner making company, design and print for me that I placed on the side of my droid. I was able to remove said decal before he was smashed into who knows what.

I think an R1 unit would be awesome! Don’t get me wrong, the R2 units are the best and most appealing, but the R1’s large clunky design just does something for me. Or you should do an R1 security droid, those are cool too.

Lord gonk will like your creation smugglers room

Can't wait to see how this develops!

I love that the piece the face parts are attached to is the lid from the electrical box you used for your droid socket project.

In Gonk we trust and in the awesome chubby geek that build him as well, fantastic project Brian 👏👏👏

I meant to sit down watch this but as we all know life craziness gets in the way of fun. First let me say watching your Gonk take form as it comes to life part by part is really wicked. Second the devil is in the details and like you said Brian its a delicate balance or you get sucked in. Thus far it looks amazing looking forward to the next part of the build. Thank you!

As you've coined the phrase Making Something out of Nothing, I humbly offer up another New Reference for the Community to Adopt. As your Every Project SCREAMS it anyways. You and by extension WE, aren't going for Screen Accuracy here. We ARE however going for UNIVERSE ACCURACY!!! Everything you create LOOKS like it Belongs in the Star Wars universe and for these home projects, builds and even Fan Films, Being UNIVERSE ACCURATE is The Most Important thing!! Let's make That a Thing! Universe Accurate!!

Great Job, for those wanting a screen accurate frame Space Bob on the Droid Division page has files to 3d print them

Can't wait for the next part!

As always, truly amazing. Can't wait to see him finished.

I can’t wait for part two lettsss goooo!!!! Awesome video!

So awesome!! Thanks for the share!!

It's amazing how cheap you can pick up old camera gear for these builds.

I wish i could find some old pics of the human sized gonk droid i built and wore at a Star Wars Exhibit. That thing was huge... and heavy!

Looks awesome already can't wait to see the finished product

Great start Brian! Glad to see you break ground (or tote) on that. That projector housing bit looked AWESOME. So much fun felling like we’re all working along side each other on this one! Mine’s coming along nicely. He’s got: two GFCI outlets on the face (wired to a 50ft extension cord spooled on the back, I can move him all over my property and have power); there’s a piano hinge on the back edge so I can access stored tools inside; and a Bluetooth speaker so I can blare R3X’s soundtrack from Galaxy’s Edge while I’m working. Looking forward to next week!

Yeah glue and paint on poly-urethane is definitely a pain in the butt. I had a bunch of problems building that SWU Heater I made for my fan film and sent you pics of earlier this year. But it turned out looking great in the movie! -Gerald Massimei (Patreon)

When I do that myself I will totally build a PC into that to give it a real useful purpose

As always you have a great eye for details and using these bins as feet - amazing! I never would have thought of that

What a great way to chill out after a busy work day, great way to spend 20 mins watching this. Thank you for a really entertaining video Brian, can't wait for part 2 it's looking fantastic so far 10/10!

I'll be building a MOC Gonk Droid who will have caster wheels instead of legs and thus will be much shorter.

Good Job!

Honestly it's really nice to see just a genuinely good guy like yourself making cool things like these, you have inspired me a lot to make my own things and I just wanted to thank you.

Great work as always! Can’t wait for part 2 as I’m itching to see how you do the electronics of the build!

In Gonk we trust 🤣😂

Cant wait for part 2! Cool job!

This has given me so many ideas, can’t wait to see how you finish this up!

Great video for sure!

Hey brother awsome so far!! I think "Shorty" is gonna look great!! Just a bundle of joy!! Thanks inspiring me being my brother!! Dr.Ronprops.

👌🏻 🔥 this is what comes to mind when I watch this.

Looking good. Can't wait to see what your planning for the rest of it. A gonk droid is on my to build list. You've given me some great inspiration.

Gonk Gonk Gonk Gonk

Absolutely awesome. Best lunch hour entertainment ever. I've had my 2 bins in the shop for what seems like forever waiting to gather greeblies (my parts farm isn't as expansive as yours.. yet..) But one thing that was holding me back on the creative level was the center band. I was thinking I'd have to use aluminum but your design is clearly the way. I may have to adopt this cool aesthetic for my own. Thanks for the entertainment and the motivation.

I love your videos and all the building stuff it’s encouraging. If you did ever want genuine style gonk boxes I’ve started reproducing them in fibreglass. 👍👍👍

You are the man love it! And loving the quarantine shirt design!!!

Love this video man... am I spying some camera rail use here and there? I just ordered myself a couple different rail options for the DSLR :) Droid is coming on fab!!!

This turned out great. I'm now a huge fan of plastic styrene!!

This is super cool. I keep getting “how it’s made” vibes from this 😂 Keep up the excellent work!!!!!!!

Im planning my first droid as a functional gonk, it may be a little ambitious but i want to be able to plug in stuffs!! I also want to make it autonomously follow or RC or just sit and talk all while charging my phone! To be clear this project is still a pipe dream as college is time consuming, but slow meticulous planning is part of the process anyway especially when i dont know what im doing

Real nice Brian

ONE OF US, ONE OF US

I can never say it enough the quality and sound of your videos are just top notch fantastic beautiful droid Keep up the perfect videos😁😎😇

That’s gonna look so awesome when it’s done! Weathering will be fun! (Was that the broncos I saw in the background playing?)

Looking good! I've been thinking about building a second one with these totes. Well done man

An amazing new project. I knew those feet were bins when you teased them.

Nice camera work and editing! Gonk is kicking ass! 😎

👍👍 love the Gonk! This is an amazing project! Can't wait for the next episode!!! Are the feet going to be motorized? You're the man Bryan! Keep up the great work!

With the music, this should have come with a recipe for gumbo or jambalaya LOL!

Just found your channel and subbed! Great stuff! And I think your style is right in line with the way these droids, and other props, were designed and built for the original films.

Wow😍

You were talking about JB WELD I had a roommate who got 100K miles on a Honda Wagon (with a warped head/leaking head gasket) just fixing it by putting JB Weld on it (about ever 6 months he had to pull the head (to put a 'New One' on). He got to the point he could do it in a weekend (and test drive it for lunch). I was hoping you would make the GONK walk (I know bipedal is a bear to do (balance) but it would have been COOL!

Awesome build do far! Cant wait to see where this goes! and now i want to do this haha

Gonk

Looks a bit short bri, but you're the man can't wait for part 2

"Hey, why don't I use this small bin for the feet"? Nails it! Did you find that just laying around your shop? So dang creative.

I was suppose to be working right now... but Gonk droid or bust!

So that's what its officially called ...

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you. Can you tell me what size totes (quarts/gallons)you used to build your Gonk? Again...thanks again, great channel.

I’ve just fallen across your channel. Brilliant! Your droids also remind me of Huey, Dewey and Louis from the film Silent Running.

The moment you mentioned color, for some reason i had a flash vision of Gonk in a matt, marsh-green with constrasting yellow vertical stripes/markings. We've seen enough Imperial black/metal ones, time for a captured Resistance Gonk i think!