Hello All!
Omnibot #1 arrived today.
I'm still waiting on Omnibot #2 to arrive. Soon hopefully.
Going with a Black / White Spy vs Spy theme.
The wife and I decided on their personalities. The "evil" black Omnibot will have Mr. T audio clips and the white "good" Omnibot will have Pee Wee Herman Audio.
Here are some quick pics. The electronics were DOA. Thankfully the drive motors are all good.I want to preserve the original look of the front so I gutted everything. Clipped off the front of the PCB to preserve the switches. This Omnibot will be wet sanded and painted white.
I'll be adding a few things along the way. Fricken laser beams too!
Omnibot #1 (White)
Omnibot #1 (White)
Next to his decapitated pal R2.
About 5 minutes later. 
PCB chopped!
Stare into his eyes!
The Saga Continues...
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I'm on page 67 of my omnibot build going since I received it in January. You can take out just the purple lense ans use led holders from radioshack @ 1.79 pair to mount in your choice color of LEDs , maybe blue for the black bot green for your white one? Spy vs spy? Give each of them a gun arm .) Play airsoft or lasertag
. On eBay I found 9.8 amp hour batteries that are excellent , just search for 12v lithium ion. If you want to use your heavier lead acids you can fit two in the bottom of your torso. I did a YouTube video testing the base with 40 pounds , best weight would be keeping it under 30 pounds. Take in mind those lead acid batteries are 6 pounds each. Also over the years the rubber on omnibot treads my crack but you can carefully paint or spray on a couple coats of black tooldip and they are good as new
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@Lumpy For some reason I can not see or click on any of the pictures that you post. Does anyone else have this problem? I would really like to follow your build.
Nice, it will be like R2 had twin boys.
Omnibot #2 "Higgins" arrived today.
He's got yellowing on his front end. Electronics look to be functioning.
I guess his name was "Higgins". He also came with a 1983 Julio Iglesias in Concert cassette tape!
Only glitch is he's down 2 tracks. I don't think they are repairable. I'll have to figure out some new ones.
Not too worried about the yellowing as this with be the black "evil" Mr. T omnibot.
Just waiting on the wife to get home, then I'll scoot out to the garage and tear him apart.
Then off to the dishwasher they will both go.
Such a great idea....spy vs spy......would make a cool video to have them interact and smack each other around a bit.....of course not to damage...but so they have personality!
This looks like being a great idea. Good base to start with too. Perhaps if you painted the evil one RED, rather than Black, then you can use the color tracking with the camera, or even a 'GLYPH' camo paint ? I would love to see a Mr T mohican hairstyle on a Omnibot
Looking forward to further updates
Ya we thought Spy vs Spy / Mr. T vs Pee Wee Herman would be a good contrast.
Dang! That's a great idea. I'll do a Mr. T mowhawk / beard on the dome. The other I'll do a red bowtie.
Awesomeness.
Mr T. can chase Pee Wee's bowtie.
I'm collecting .mp3's for the trigger boards now.
What you talkin about fool! I know you are but what am I?
All naked and ready for the spa.
Off to the dishwasher they go.