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LITTLE GUY,Flotsom and Jetsom - 2020 BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED

UPDATED 2024

Welcome to the UPDATED 2024 Batteries not included webpage!!  This film holds a special place in my heart, having grown up with this movie.  Working as a professional FX artist has afforded me many occassional to visit the film-used animation puppets at ILM. 

UPDATE FOR 2024!!!  THE BABY ROBOTS ARE NOW as resin 3D printed parts AND, for the first time from me, DIGITAL STL MODELS you can 3D print at home.

 

Both Parents, CARMEN AND KILOWATT, are also available as both physical kits and digital file sets.  Read on...


More news to come in Feb 2024.

This is a preview of the new updated parts:




**wheems now ships with 3D resin printed IMPROVED legs!   As always the bodies for wheems, flotsam and jetsom are all molded from the ILM film use puppets.


 **come check out THE PARENTS!



 TO SEE MORE OF THIS FILM-USED ILM PROP RESOTRATION CLICK ME THE PHOTO ABOVE.

 

WHEEMS NEW PAYPAL BUTTON UPDATED 2022:

ALL PARTS SHIPPED ARE IN KIT FORM, meaning they are untrimmed, unpainted and unassembled.  Electronics packages are loose parts that require soldering and previous electronics knowledge.  I have video tutorials linked on this page to guide your building.

WHEEMS kit (little guy) KIT U.S. BUYERS ONLY


These cute kits are primarily madedirectly from the film-used animation puppets, with missing components being carefully reproduced to match their film-used counterparts.  They are a tribute to the fine art of model making for PRACTICAL SPECIAL EFFECTS!

 UPDATE 2020 - I HAD THE EXTREME HONOR OF RESTORING A FILM-USED FLOTSOM.   HERE'S THE VIDEO ON MY PROCESS:


SAMPLE OF ALL 3 KITS BUILT-UP WITH ELECTRONICS

WHEEMS TUTORIAL

FLOTSOM &  JETSOM TUTORIAL

This is the base that was created for these baby robots.  The are cast in durable designer resin and measure 5"X5".  They are cast with a block cavity designed to store a battery pack & wiring if you plan on installing LEDs.


ALL PARTS SHIPPED ARE IN KIT FORM, meaning they are untrimmed, unpainted and unassembled.  Electronics packages are loose parts that require soldering and previous electronics knowledge.  I have video tutorials linked on this page to guide your building.

Batteries Not Included ROBOT KIT!
 

And here are the kit sets:

WHEEMS

"Little Guy" aka "WHEEMS"  kit includes:

1.) Upper body shell (hollow cast)
2.) Lower body (hollow cast)
3.) Metal armature wire
4.) 1 large bead, 1 medium bead, 2 tiby beads
5.) 2 clear eyes 

 6.) left and right legs

7.) waterslide decal set

JETSOM

The JETSOM KIT INCLUDES:

  1. upper body shell
  2. inner body shell
  3. lower body shell
  4. metal armature wire
  5. beads
  6. clear eyes (yellow tint is requested)
  7. 2 'ear ring' detail castings
  8. 2 legs


 

 

FLOTSOM


The FLOTSOM kit includes:

1.) Upper body shell (hollow cast)
2.) Lower body (hollow cast)
3.) Metal armature wire
4.) beads
5.) red tinted eyes

6.) left and right legs

 

 

There is a TERRIFIC photo gallery for painting reference HERE.

Batteries Not Included ROBOT KIT!


 

 

HOW THEY WERE MADE

These parts were received in very poor condition.  Though they are from film-used components, they were poorly cast and warped and in general miserable condition, with all the shells being separated into sections.

So it was basically a game of 'let's figure out how to put this puzzle together!'.  Many parts needed to be scratch-built and all of the shells needed shaping modifications.


 

 Very slowly and with no small amount of patience, the parts starting coming together over the months.

  

I even 3d modeled some of the missing parts, 3d printed them, and completed the shapes with traditional modeling techniques:

Parts almost ready for molding:

The little tasks for fully restoring these robots seemed endless.  But now you can enjoy the final results of this year-long restoration project!

 


VISIT THE STUDIO SCALE MODEL PAGE


 

 

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