This site is owned by me, Dustin Roberts. What started as a side focus has now fully consumed my hobby. That is, my R2-D2 collection is now first and foremost in my collecting habits. I try to keep up with it all by archiving it here for my own benefit, and hey, if you get any use out of it then that's cool too. The site may resemble Rebelscum.com, only because I am a content manager there, and also at TheForce.net.
 Bryan Simmons helps maintain the website while at the same time contributing content from his extensive R2-D2 prototype collection. R2-D2 was the first toy character he ever owned, and he's been collecting R2 protos since 2001. He's way more than qualified folks. Most of Bryan's contributions can be found right here at Chrome Dome Proto's!
Who
Dat?
Over the years I've made many friends
in the Star Wars collectible community
and many of them share my same goal for
collecting R2-D2 memorabilia. While the
majority of the images housed here in
the Data Bank are of items from my own
collection, many come from volunteers
who wanted to help out and make this a
better place for all to enjoy. Below are
their names along with links to their
own websites. A special thanks from me
goes out to all these folks who've helped
me along the way.
Philip Wise
Special thanks goes out to Philip Wise
for all his support over the years. His
dedication to the hobby and the people
within the community through his collector
orientated Rebelscum.com
should never be overlooked. Philip provides
the server space for this website and
the news engine software for posts via
Collectinghq.com.
Chris Holoka
Chris Holoka has kept me laughing over
the years with his crazy Toshistation.com
website. Chris is also inspires me with
his ever evolving creative web design
and graphics. He has also lended his talent
to this website by designing our link
banner and button!
Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker is the man who actually brought
R2-D2 to life in the original Star Wars
trilogy. Without Kenny, R2-D2 would not
be as huge of a pop culture icon as he
is today! Visit Kenny's website
here.
Don Bies
Don Bies, Chief Droid Wrangler from LFL
brings R2-D2 to life in all of the Star
Wars prequels. Visit Don's website
here.
Dan Flarida
Dan Flarida from Cincinnati Ohio has helped
me aquire a few unique items over the
years and has always been a positive contributor
in the Online Star Wars collecting community.
The Earth Toy
Collectible Mall
Kathy from "The Earth" is always
on the lookout for anything R2-D2 releated
that I might be interested in. I've gotten
quite a few nice unique pieces through
her and am very grateful! Visit their
website
for more information on ordering Star
Wars toys via mail order.
James
Boryla
James runs a webiste called Swseller.com
and just about always has great stuff
available for grabs up on eBay,
just do a search for "swseller"
and check out what he's got. I've managed
to get quite a few things from him over
the past few years.
Jeremy
Beckett
Jeremy is one of my team members over
at Rebelscum.com,
plus he also is my good contact overseas
in the U.K. for getting me R2-D2 related
trinkets that are only found over the
pond. Jeremy also runs Tataouine
Tours , incase you were thinking of
that special getaway vacation to Tunisia
:-)
Steve
Meister
Steve, a OSWCC
member and Cincinnati local has donated
a few things from his own collection for
me to photograph.
Chris
"Cj" Fawcett
Chris, one of the founders of OSWCC
and webmaster for 12back.com
recently hooked me up with my very first
quality control piece from The Empire
Strikes back!
Warren
Harold
Warren Harold donated pics of his exclusive
one of a kind R2-D2
Pie Bird to the archives. Plus his
collection
is featured here as well.
Bryan
Simmons
Bryan Simmons is one dedicated to the
vintage side of R2-D2 focus collecting.
We'll be adding many of his one of a kind
collectibles here in the future at R2D2Central.com!
Tom
Buhler
Thomas Buhler, a fellow OSWCCer
is always on the look out for out of the
ordinary R2-D2 items for our archives!
Dave
Myatt
Dave Myatt is a tree huggin, tofu eatin'
hippy, but he's my Canadian connection
and a fellow Rebelscum.com
team mate!
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