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Jason Lawless & Joy Open Patch Run

Patch run supports Jason’s funeral expenses and Joy’s care with her new family.

Open patch run to support funeral expenses for Jason Lawless’ funeral and to support his dog Joy and her new family. Jason was a Biker Scout with the Southern California Garrison and very active in the garrison contributing greatly both as a trooper and artist.

Order by Februray 3 2020 8pm

FROM THE 501ST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GARRISON

Thank you to everyone for wanting to find a way to honor Jason and we hope this patch will go a small way to fill a big void we now have in our Garrison and lives. We think Justin said it best with "this really captures Jason's energy and personality" and we look forward to seeing it on jackets and vests at future troops and events!

Proceeds with go to cover :

1. Funeral expenses very soon that we all as a Garrison would like to help with!
2. Helping to take care of Jason's dog Joy who is being adopted by a close friend! We would love for her new handlers to be covered on dog food at least for a very long time. Joy was his life and if we can help take care of Joy then we help take care of him.

HOW TO ORDER

Ordering ends: Sunday February 3rd @ 8:00p.

Donation for Merchandise: $6.00 per 6" patch ($3.00 is the actual cost from vendor)

Should you like to donate above and beyond the $6.00, anything will be greatly appreciated!

All proceeds from this run above actual costs will be donated!

USA SHIPPING:

1-5 : $4.00

5-10 : $5.00

11-20 : $6.00

21-50 : $7.00

51+: $8.00 in small flat rate box

Send payments to: scgtreasury@gmail.com

IN PAYPAL NOTES, PLEASE INCLUDE:

Forum name
Real name
Complete mailing address
Quantity

Desert Scum 12/14/19 Desert Scum 12/14/19

Spark of Love Toy Drive [T4]

Spark of Love Toy Drive

Main Street Hesperia, CA

December 14, 2019

Event Host: San Bernardino County Fire Department

Club Host: 501st Legion

Scum Muster:

Ardy Jo- Commander Iden Versio [T4]

Mombo Italiano Wrangling

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CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive [T3]

CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive

http://www.riversidemetrocommunity.com/chips-for-kids/

5-8pm

From the host website

The Riverside California Highway Patrol will host “Staff the Patrol Car” Kick Off Party the first Friday of every December from 12noon to 9pm as part of its annual “CHiPs for Kids” Holiday Toy Drive. “CHiPs for Kids” is conducted by CHP officers statewide to collect toys for distribution to families in need and provide them with a happy holiday.

In addition to the Kick Off Party, the Riverside CHP will collect toys in vehicles on each showroom floor at Riverside Metro Auto Group designated the “Toy Box” as well as donation barrels placed at the Riverside CHP office located on Lincoln Ave. Toys will be collected from November 28 – December 18. They should be new and unwrapped in their original packaging.

Riverside Metro Auto Group is proud to partner with the CHP and to be a designated toy drop off location. Riverside CHP and Riverside Metro Auto Group would like to thank all of those “Santa’s Helpers” that continue to make this Toy Drive possible year after year.

501st Legion Hosting

Scum Muster:

Ardy Jo Commander Iden Version & Monster Inferno MSE

Mombo Italiano Wrangling

Desert Scum 12/6/19 Desert Scum 12/6/19

Los Angeles Empire Con [T47]

Empire Con, the ultimate event for Star Wars fans and collectors is coming to LA on 6-8 Dec 2019!. Join us for this 3 day convention at the Marriott LAX to celebrate all that is Star Wars. Meet the stars, see props, costumes and much much more!

Los Angeles Empire Con

December 6-8, 2019

Los Angeles Airport Marriott,

5855 West Century Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90045

TICKETS & INFO WWW.EMPIRECONLA.COM

EMPIRE CON WILL BE BACK IN 2020 !

From The Host:

Local Southern California Droid Builders will be attending help celebrate the awesomeness of Star Wars ! Scum droids are super excited to be part of the event and hang out with their droid buddies!

All proceeds from the con went to the Peter Mayhew Foundation

http://petermayhewfoundation.org

Troop Log:

3 days of Star Wars ! This was Scums 1st big Star Wars focused event and it was super amazing! It is always an extreme pleasure to hang out with the Droid Builders and our Sister clubs Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild, 501st Legion and Rebel Legion members. Please check out the Build It page for information on joining one or more of these amazing clubs!

It is a really pleasant experience to hang around genuine Star Wars fans, we all have something in common so we are automatically best-ies. It is different than the regular cons in that the is that unified genuine love and interest the droids. It is always our hope to inspire others to look into building their own and always a pleasure to discuss it with those that have or have started. A common issue is actually finding time to finish one. If anyone is like Ardy Jo, she desires that creativity and excitement aspect of building things, which is kind of a sweet spot that is hard to explain and even harder to fabricate, it just is there when its there and isn’t when it isn’t.

Day 1

We had 2 R2-D2s , RD-QD and Monster Inferno MSE. The booth was a nice roomy area and we had some awesome photo back drops for guests. We also had a nice display of a work in progress R2 for guests. Friday wasn’t so busy crowd wise. Ardy Jo chatted with Mr. Craig Miller who was promoting his new book “Star Wars Memories: My Time In The (Death Star) Trenches” (which can be found on Amazon).

The after party was the being George Lucas party with plaid projectors and the holiday special playing while the DJ blasted some beats. The Monster Inferno MSE had fun dancing with the balloons!

Day 2

Chopper from the Bakersfield Droid Builders joined us! The builders held a build panel in the afternoon with a very small group in attendance. Those that did attend enjoyed talking to the builders after and taking that exclusive peak inside R2. The Scarif Tiki After Party was poppin and Monster MSE had a blast dancing with the palm trees :)

Whilst Ardyjo was romping through the Dealers Hall again she picked up Mr. Craig Millers book again he very nicely signed it for her. Later Frazer Diamond popped out from behind his booth and asked for a picture of the Monster Inferno MSE which striked up a conversation that he was there as he played one of the Jawas in A New Hope when he was 7 years old. He indicated he was the one with the droid caller on the sand crawler scene. Ardy Jo had luckily enough brought her replica with her and was able to get him to sign it! Too bad it wasn’t a legitimate replica but all the same an awesome piece to add to the collection :)

Day 3

Day 3 we were down to 3 Astromechs & the MSE. We were able to make the group photo with the Rebel Legion/501, Mandalorian and Saber Guild. While we were out there we got to mingle Angie Mayhew, Jim Cummings and Christopher Sean.

Scum Muster:

Krank RD-QD debut and troop 1
Ardy Jo Monster Inferno MSE and ID-XO

#LAEC #EMPIRECON2019 #LOSANGELESEMPIRECON #EMPIRECON #droidbuilders #astromech

EVENT PIX

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Photos also posted to our Facebook Page

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RD-QD R9 Series Astromech Complete

RD-QD

Build complete December 5, 2019 just before Empire Con LA !

www.desertscum.org/rd-qd

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Spark of Love Toy Drive [T2]

Spark of Love Toy Drive & Pancake Breakfast

November 23, 2019

San Bernardino County Fire Department

8-1 PM

Percy Baker Center 9333 E. Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345

Troop with 501st Legion Southern California Garrison Inland Empire Squad

Check out the BUILD IT page for information on joining on of the costuming groups for volunteer opportunities!

SCUM MUSTER:

Ardyjo Commander Iden Versio [T2]

Desert Scum 10/26/19 Desert Scum 10/26/19

87th Annual Barstow Mardi Gras Parade [T46]

87th Annual Barstow Mardi Gras Parade

Facebook Event

October 26, 2019

6PM

Main Street Barstow, CA 92311

Event Host: Kiwanis Club

Club Host: 501st Legion

Parade Theme: The Wonders of Barstow

501st Legions, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild and Droid Builders supporting the parade.

Troop Summary:

It was awesome having the troops out again for a local event.. Other than waiting around forever for it to start… Unfortunately the droids under performed. BB8E kept rolling off his transport with the rickity road incline and the Monster MSE smashing into it was the last straw… So Jawas and droids barely made it a 1/4 way down the route :( we will fix it !

Crowd loved the troopers. This was ArdyJos first troop as Commander Versio and everything worked out, some minor fixes and adjustments.

Scum Muster:

Krank Droid Monster Inferno MSE & BB-8E [T1]
Ardy Jo Commander Iden Versio [T1]

Desert Scum 9/14/19 Desert Scum 9/14/19

R2LA 16

R2LA16

Annual Southern California Droid Party

Scums 3rd annual droid party. Biggest one yet this year with a great variety of droids! Mingled with some awesome people.

Feel free to share/download pictures.

Scum Muster:

Krank & Ardy

S1-10C- busted front foot on curb
Monster Inferno MSE “EL Raton” with battle protection- side panels warped in heat
Star Tours Speeder 3000 Beer Transport (debut)
Captain Rex RX-24 (debut)- just finished night before neck lift needs work

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RX-24 Build Complete

Captain Rex, Star Tours pilot replica completed.

Captain Rex was completed and assembled in time to make it to R2LA 16.

Krank installed servos to operate vertical neck movement including head wobble and visor open/close!

Still needs some tweeking of coarse. Rex also has sound activated mouth LEDs and eye LEDs.

He sits on top of a custom 12v 2.4GHz Radio controlled cart so he can be driven around. His motors need to be upgraded but he does move!

Overall we are pleased with the build. As always, it has some imperfections especially since he is 3D printed.

Special thanks to Gordon Tarpley for sharing the wonder that is Alcald Chrome. It really made the build we think. Check him out on YouTube and social media!

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RD-2D Version 1

“May he live on in pieces”

December 9, 2017-September 1, 2019 1st Part Purchased May 27, 2016 RD-2D version 1 made it through 44 troops across Southern California from December 2017-September 2019. His final troop being Long Beach Comic Con 2019 where he threw a chain ultimately calling it on his current drive system and wiring. RD-2D v1 was a real trooper and a great learning process. Upgrades are in order. and it is easier to start from scratch. Certain desired upgrades are going to leave spare parts… sell them or apply them to a new droid ?…

So ! RD-2D will be spiting his parts into 2 new astromechs! Birthing a newer, badder RD-2D and his clone brother RD-QD. RD-2D

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Long Beach Comic Con 2019 [T45]

Annual Long Beach Comic Con and Space Expo!

Long Beach Comic Con 2019

August 31 - September 1, 2019

Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA

THE LBCC IS A GREAT EVENT! GREAT LOCATION AND DECENT SIZE CON WITHOUT BEING TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW !

DROID BUILDERS LOCATED AT THE SPACE EXPO AREA IN THE CONVENTION CENTER- by the huge blow up space shuttle!

SPACE EXPO

On Facebook: Facebook.com/SpaceExpoLBCC

On Instagram: Instagram.com/SpaceExpoLBCC/

Articles/Pictures:

https://www.presstelegram.com/2019/08/31/long-beach-comic-con-brings-an-mcu-size-mashup-to-the-convention-center/

https://lbpost.com/hi-lo/long-beach-comic-con-gives-cosplayers-a-place-to-find-your-people

https://daily49er.com/artslife/2019/09/01/community-cosplays-and-comics-long-beach-comic-con-2019/

https://ktla.com/2019/02/17/comic-lovers-flock-to-long-beach-comic-expo-2019/

Summary:

Droid Builders as part of the Space Expo with the Columbia Space Center! We mingled with guests Saturday & Sunday taking about building droid, cosplay and all that fun stuff!

If interested in building, please visit the Build It webpage for links to the various resources available in the different builder groups!

As usual we had more droids & display on Saturday but overall we had a really decent booth with astromechs, BB8, WIP DI0, MSE droids, B1 battle droid and Jawa Prop. Also had a front row seat to the wrestling area where Rakishi was posted all weekend signing autographs. A really awesome Gonk even stopped by on Sunday to hang out.

The droid races were near disastrous for 24v RD-2D who smoked everyone on take off but almost face planted after overshooting the cone… eeee!! Mousers popped some parts and need repairs. Had several interviews including KTLA. Hopefully we get some droid builders out of it!

SCUM MUSTER

Krank and RD2D
- Threw a drive chain drive, blew a fuse, some speaker issues
ardyjo and Monster MSE “El Raton” and Jawa prop
- servo drive issues - needs replacement

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San Diego Comic Con 2019 [T44]

San Diego Comic Con 2019

FREE EVENT! No Badge Required!

Meet the Star Wars Fan Groups

San Diego Comic Con Museum

#501stlegion #rebellegion #saberguild #mandalorianmercs #droidbuilders

Meet the Star Wars Fan Groups Program

FREE EVENT ! NO COMIC CON BADGE REQUIRED!

(seating subject to capacity)

Saturday July 20, 2019

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

The Theater - San Diego Comic Con Museum

Balboa Park, San Diego

Program

An introduction to the International Star Wars Fan Groups: The 501st Legion, The Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild, and Droid Builders, with moderator Ramey Chanadet (executive officer of the 501st Southern California Garrison). Hear from the local and international leadership of each club on what the clubs are all about and how to join. Panelists include Todd Mullin (501st San Diego Garrison Commanding Officer), Blair Douglass (Rebel Legion Membership Officer), Victor Silva (Mandalorian San Diego Clan Commanding Officer), Kelley Moreno (Saber Guild Los Angeles Assistant Local Director), and Ashly Jo (Southern California Droid Builder).

Source: https://www.comic-con.org/cci/saturday

Scum Summary

Meet the Star Wars Fan Groups Program @ Comic Con Museum

FAN GROUPS - visit the BUILD IT page for links to the different group pages etc. and learn how to become a member ! THEY ARE ALL FREE TO JOIN!

Representatives from the Droid Builders, Mandalorian Mercs, 501st Legion, Saber Guild and Rebel Legion Fan Groups had the awesome experience of leading panel discussion at the pop-up museum event for Comic Con this year! The museum was an incredible place with a perk of being filled with an awesome Batman exhibit. Unfortunately we were in such a hurry to hit the panel and hitch a ride back to the convention center we couldn’t explore — did see an awesome bat signal that I really need in my life haha

The fan group panel was super awesome. Best panel I’ve seen (participated in). Love hanging out with all the different clubs and working together. It adds so much diversity to a program as a unified group of Star Wars fans. Actually learned about how the clubs are the same & different, which is super beneficial as we often discuss it when mingling with fans and encourage joining of any and all clubs.

Some highlights was the uniqueness of the Saber Guild and Mandalorian Mercs in regards to costume customization freedom compared to the screen accurate requirements of the Rebel or 501st Legion. It is so interesting and awesome to have so much variety. Also awesome to learn is how the Saber Guild has practice weekly for their performances (something we haven’t been lucky enough to catch to date). So many great groups and awesome costumes available for anyone to build. Ardy Jo was repping the Droid Builders and didn’t crash and burn … so that was good. The droids added a nice touch to the panel we thought. Hopefully everyone gets some new recruits ! Ardy Jo is still finishing up a Rebel Legion Jawa and 501st Legion Inferno Squad …

Clubs are free to join
Most/all have mentoring groups etc. to provide support in joining and builds

SDCC2019 Museum Details:

Pop-up museum occurring all days of comic con 2019- no badges required and free admission. The Museum is is being converted from a 1935 Federal Building.

Preparations are underway to activate all three floors of the 68,000 square foot building with exciting exhibits, programs, and experiences. Specific features and attractions of the pop-up Museum will include:

Daily panels in the Museum theater, organized by Comic-Con. Four panels per day will give the broader community a taste of the great variety and depth of Comic-Con programming. Full details will be announced as we reveal the complete Comic-Con programming schedule.

Mondo Gallery: 80 Years of Batman, the first ever traveling exhibit from the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas, celebrating the history of Batman through 19 iconic and fan-favorite comic-book covers, reproduced as screen-printed posters.

The Con

After the program the droids made it back to the convention center, which was awesome that the center provided handicap transportation for us and the droid!!!!! Per usual we wander around aimlessly … we did actually make it to the Brian Rood Art booth to hang out with our droid builder buddy and mooch some power for the MSE. Check out Brian Rood Art —- great star wars art! Ate some ok convention pizza and nachos and that was about it!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
- All day without charge & no incidents!
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo
- Recharged once and battery low by end of day - no trip ups or incidents !

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27th Seal Day [T43]

Free event includes seal viewing, food trucks, live music, arts, plus a Halloween in June twist with Trunk-or-Treating and costume contests!

27th Seal Day

Marine Mammal Care Center

Public Event

June 22, 2019

10 AM -4 PM

Marine Mammal Care Center
3601 S. Gaffey #8
San Pedro, CA 90731
https://marinemammalcarecenterlosangeles.com/annual-seal-day/

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Free event includes seal viewing, food trucks, live music, arts, plus a Halloween in June twist with Trunk-or-Treating and costume contests!

If you haven’t been to Los Angeles County’s year-round sea lion hospital, Seal Day is the day that you will want to visit! Seal Day festivities will feature outdoor animal viewing, live music, food trucks, games for kids and dozens of booths from a wide range of community organizations. This year’s theme is Halloween in June, complete with professional costumed visitors, a Trunk-or-Treat experience with world famous Star Cars– vehicles from stage and screen, and a costume contest for those who come dressed for fun!

Seal Day is happening at Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Saturday, June 22nd.

Bring your appetite too! Some of the region’s most popular food truck eateries will be attending! Popular exhibitor booths will include Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, El Dorado Nature Center, plus many local environmental groups that will be giving lectures and demonstrations throughout the day.

Everyone is encouraged to come in costume and join in the fun! Live music performances will be happening all day (sponsored by the Parrot Head Club) plus special appearances by singer/pianist Flaviyake. Seal Day 2019 will also have hand-painted sea lion sculptures up for auction along with a chance to meet and greet with the local artists that created them for the event!

MANY WAYS TO DONATE HERE

Event Summary

Scums 2nd year for this lovely event supporting the MMCC ! It was a lovely day sharing how to build droids with visitors, encouraging donation to the MMCC and sharing candy ! We had an awesome droidbuilder back drop provided by Gears McTinkersome at http://twinlitworlds.com and Road Squadron. Gears also had his super car firghter Red 2 ! Aarre brought her in-progress R2 which really gives guests an awesome look at the building process. Jrbell from the Bakersfield Droid Builders brought his amazing aluminum R2. Had lots of interested guests, hopefully we recruited some builders :) Also out in force was the Saber Guild Jedi, 501st Legion and Rebel Legion !The Kyle Smith band provided some fun cover songs in the background for most the day. Please consider donating to the center. The center operation on donations by organizations and individuals like you! The center treats and releases injured marine mammals through their rehabilitation center.

checkout the built it page for the different groups!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

VIDEO COMING SOON….

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Jethawks Star Wars Night [T42]

Star Wars Night

Lancaster Jethawks VS Inland Empire 66ers

Public Event with ticket

June 15, 2019

Donation to: Jacob Hefter Foundation

https://jacobhefterfoundation.org

Star Wars Weekend June 14 & June 15

https://www.milb.com/lancaster/tickets/promotions

Scum will be tagging along with the host Mandalorian Mercs for Star Wars Nights supporting the Jacob Hefter Foundation this year.

“The mission of the Jacob Hefter Foundation is to provide assistance to young adults in their pursuit of higher education, who have displayed characteristics of leadership, integrity, and ambition, while at the same time maintaining a clear focus towards their goals, as well as supporting the community and raising awareness regarding positive choices and promoting healthy lifestyles, and emphasizing the important practice of safe driving.”

We are very happy to be a part of this event and hope it generates a nice sum of donations!

MAKE A DONATION

Event Summary

Scum droids joined some 501st members and Mandalorian Mercs Saturday for Star Wars Night in support of the Jacob Hefter Foundation. Monster MSE went down onto the field for the anthem and after the 1st 3 outs ran down the 1st based line to pump up the crowd ! We were happy to see some familiar fan faces and meet new ones as we roamed around the crowd and entertained the kiddies. Perfect day for baseball!

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster MSE & Ardy Jo