LosCon Support Services

for: Tom Piedmont

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8640. Star Trek: FASA Corporation's 1980's Role Playing Game
With sales reputedly second only to TSR's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Star Trek: The Role Playing Game by FASA was an industry best-seller from 1982 to its final publication circa 1988. While not the first Trek RPG, it was a ground-shaker and breaker. It was the first Intellectual Property to be licensed for Role Playing and set the stage for all that would follow; Star Wars, Robotech, even Indiana Jones and James Bond got their own game systems. Review the FASA product line as-was with your host Jack Photon and learn of his house rule-modernization project which patches holes, repairs broken rules and fills in the material FASA never got around to. "21st century rules for 23rd century gaming!
Tom Piedmont
FRI 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm, Makers Room - Century A & B

8723. How to build your own full-size R2 -D2!
Join the R2 Builders Club as they present the materials, methods, tools, time and costs related to building a full-scale R2-D2. When you saw R2 extend an arm or device on screen, that was often a specially built unit with off-camera stagehand operating it. These days, modern technology allows our droids to do what the movie-versions could not! And what the heck do you do with an R2 when you're done? Many attend children's hospitals and hit the "charity circuit". Some build their R2 as a living room media center and are never heard from again! Your build, your way. We welcome all who love R2! (And dont forget the Mice, Scrubbers, BB's and others, too!)

Tom Piedmont, R2 Builders Club Members, Max Cervantes, Eric Kaufman, Tim Knapp
SAT 2:00 pm - 2:55 pm, Makers Room - Century A & B

8757. R2 Builders Interview original R2 operator, Craig Miller
Moderator: Tom Piedmont

In 1978 if you saw R2-D2 in a TV commercial, on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show or any other local appearances, Craig Miller was at the controls. As the first-appointed head of Lucasfilm's newly established Fan Relations Division, Craig and an assistant flew across the world to show off R2-D2 under all sorts of scenarios. Hear from the guy who did it as interviewed by members of the R2 Builders Club who nearly 50yrs later are themselves spread across the world doing the same thing -but for charity instead!
Tom Piedmont, Craig Miller, Max Cervantes
SAT 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm, Makers Room - Century A & B

8763. Road Squadron, The Sci-fi Car Club
Established 1999, Road Squadron is Coast-to-Coast with over 200 members! Drivers will discuss how they fell into the hobby, suggest build and design or theme strategies, cover typical materials from vinyl wraps to fiberglass shells, the paints and tools and so on. The club does charity events across the nation, raising funds for all sorts of organizations. Join founding member Obi-Shawn and long-timer Tom as they talk about their rides and adventures and how you can join in!
Tom Piedmont, Shawn Crosby
SUN 10:00 am - 10:55 am, Makers Room - Century A & B