The Missing Droideka Wheel Mode Instructions

[@chocolatepowershovel]

I just got two of these. Now I can pose one in Roll mode and the other in Attack mode! Thanks for the post😊

[@MikeKaess]

I got two also!

[@ADDOITALLDAY]

I folded mine in a similar way except I turned all the legs backwards and folded them in. It make more of a ball shape and it can stand in the ball position.

[@MikeKaess]

Neat!

[@jeditwins]

Mike, good point! There are probably a few more ways to get that ball position for the Droideka! We got a video right now that actually shows a different way than you showed. I think yours and what we posed looks better than what Hasbro posed. But I agree with you, Hasbro's pose doesn't look right. Thanks for the vid!

[@MikeKaess]

Oh for sure, I’ve seen a few great looking ball modes out there.

[@DaveChapFilms]

Thanks for sharing this! I was pausing and watching in slow motion and realized that back leg needed to move too, but I do like your method here!

[@MikeKaess]

Glad if it helped. Yeah, that back leg not moving is the key to why the ball isn't 100% accurate.

[@usmcchet]

Got mine and its real cool

[@MikeKaess]

There’s definitely a lot to like!

[@jonathanhampshire6856]

It's a great looking figure and must've been a head scratcher for the toy designers. I doubt they could've made a perfect spinny wheel mode without having a seperate fig locked in that position. Mike, your transformation looks much better than Hasbro's. Thanks for the vid.👍

[@pletho79]

It's so close. If the back leg could just slide down that groove, it would hit the wheel shape.

[@MikeKaess]

That’s all I can think of, how hard this was to make. There’s so much going on here, I don’t blame it for not being 100% on ball mode.

[@specxlaw]

It’s interesting bc the Droideka cg model “cheated” for the designers and animators to put it into wheel mode. Very good that Hasbro gave it a good try to let it be in ball mode, can’t wait for mine. Good video

[@diggityslice9023]

More like inexcusable to release the figure basically incomplete

[@MikeKaess]

I really just wish that back leg slid along the groove to be accurate.

[@larrybohler9229]

Mike Kaese did a video on how to get the droid into ball mode, and I found a video from the art of action figures , he has a decent way of getting it into ball mode.

[@MikeKaess]

Yeah that's pletho! He's a VIP patreon supporter of my podcast! Cool guy! his video is good too

[@prophet924]

I’m having too much fun just exploring all the joints and shapes this thing makes as a big ole gun toting insect thing to care about a ball shape. I haven’t even tried. It is interesting to see your approach. Hasbro has so many joints in this thing. I do wonder how much of a marionette it becomes. But now I’m just having fun.

[@MikeKaess]

There’s definitely a lot to like in this for sure! I can’t wait to get my full review recorded.

[@jamesstolk9848]

Mike thanks. That's a lot of great tips. I may form him into a ball once. But on myself he's going to be an attack mode. I really love this figure and yes hasbro should have gave instructions. Appreciate you man.

[@MikeKaess]

Yeah, for me it’s something that’s cool that it can kinda do, but it’s not the end all be all of the figure.

[@abhishekdas8026]

I followed a similar process as the one recommended by Lego for their new buildable droideka… I would post a picture if I could, but you have to take my word for it that it kinda works… that’s kinda with a lot of wiggle room. The best transforming droideka till date was the Lego technic droideka.

[@MikeKaess]

I should pick that up for sure.

[@ageis]

Thanks Mike! This is helpful. I have been afraid to open mine (I bought 3) because I am overwhelmed about the transformation, but I am going to do so today. There is another channel (The Art of Action Figures) that showed a quick non-destructive process of connecting the head to a different peg in order to complete the circle a little closer. Check it out if you have a chance.

[@MikeKaess]

Oh yeah, that’s Pletho’s video! He’s one of our BSC Patreon VIP members. He’s so talented!

[@xanzus]

I’m surprised you didn’t show off the configuration from the Reddit thread yesterday as well

[@MikeKaess]

I didn’t want to just copy someone else’s process. This is the one I came up with on my own, but it’s definitely not the only way.

[@pletho79]

"But it won't be screen accurate without droidussy articulation!" - definitely not Hasbro designers 😅

[@MikeKaess]

100%

[@zacharndt9221]

Goated video

[@MikeKaess]

Too kind, shill.

[@jordansingh2388]

He’s like a transformer lol. My dad saw this today but I told him to get me conehead instead at GameStop

[@MikeKaess]

Both are good figures!

[@jordansingh2388]

@@MikeKaess ik but I didn’t want him to spend too much money on me I’ll get the droideka myself

[@iwantmytvnow]

Mike Kaess, Droideka Police

[@MikeKaess]

Stop, in the name of the lore!

[@N2mesnob]

Am I the only one wondering what the 2 silver dots on the the chest are for. First I thought they were metal pins for the arms to hinge but they're not metal and have no connection to the arms. I still think it looks like something should attach to the chest🤔

[@digitalunity]

Is this gonna be the first guy who gets it right? Edit: He's the closest so far, but the black series isn't even strong enough to get it right

[@MikeKaess]

There isn't really a way to get it 100% right unfortunately.

[@GreedosGoldmine]

Yes another transformers joke lol!

[@MikeKaess]

It’s how I love my life.

[@GreedosGoldmine]

@@MikeKaess you and I both lol, love it, keep the good videos coming!!! Always fun to watch!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Whatever your doing, your doing it weird and wrong. The middle leg is a cervical connection to link with aliens to bring forth the end of the world 🌎 😂

[@MikeKaess]

It’s so simple, it was there all along, right in front of me.

[@Darth_Anomalous]

Hasbro fails again

[@zacharndt9221]

Wrong

[@Darth_Anomalous]

@zacharndt9221 Im sorry. They failed horribly.

[@MikeKaess]

That’s a little bit of throwing the baby out with the bath water. While it’s not perfect, calling it a failure is an over exaggeration.

[@Darth_Anomalous]

@MikeKaess For me, if a droideka can not transform to ball fully, then it's not a Droideka. I hope Bandai makes one and actually gives us what we deserve.

[@hyperdrivecollections6460]

They had one job. Hasbro can bend a clone trooper rifle into a perfect curve, why can’t they make the goddamn droideka circular FFS

[@MikeKaess]

🤷‍♂️

[@thebaker525]

Really wish this came with instructions, it’s basically a Transformer!

[@MikeKaess]

Pretty much!

[@thebaker525]

@@MikeKaess I managed to get mine in a pretty decent ball shape but someone told me I “wasn’t doing it right” because the legs aren’t supposed to swivel up like that. Brother at least it can _roll_ now.