Muscular Dystrophy Association Muscle Walk

Our family brought out our WALL-E (& R2-D2) to help brighten and support the MDA walkers at the 5K and 2K fun run at Orange County Great Park. It resulted in lots of smiles & photos!

WALL-E at Orange Public Library

Our WALL-E met a lot of great families at the Orange Public Library, after a screening of the film. It was an overflow crowd, so we started by showing WALL-E to the people waiting outside who didn't make it in. I did a show-and-tell slide show about the inner workings of my Wall-E and what it took to build it. We got some great questions from the audience, and one small artist gave me a drawing he had made of WALL-E. We love this stuff! Hopefully it inspired some future engineers or robot builders!

WALL-E was greeted enthusiastically

 "Hi WALL-E!"

 A child shows Mike a WALL-E toy

A child's treasured gift  

CHOC Children's Hospital Visit

Our WALL-E joined Victor Franco's R2-D2 at Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC) to spread joy to the hospitalized children (and of course the staff!). 

Fun story: We ran into a staff member who said her dad played the drums for the Star Wars movies.  We were kind of skeptical, then she said her uncle actually composed the music.  We were a little puzzled, then noticed her last name was Williams.  Sure enough, she was John Williams' niece!

Riverside Robotics article in Press Enterprise

Mike's appearance with his WALL-E at the Riverside Robotics Expo at the Woodcrest Library was featured in the Press Enterprise. There's an error in the article: R2-D2 is the one who recently appeared in TV commercials for Verizon Wireless and Toyota Prius, not WALL-E.

http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20121105-woodcrest-robotics-society-hosts-free-expo.ece?ssimg=775398#ssStory775399

Riverside Robotics

WALL-E appeared at Riverside Robotics to inspire kids to pursue careers in science & engineering.

WALL-E at Walt's Barn, Griffith Park

Our WALL-E appeared at Walt Disney's Barn at Live Steamers in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. We met Disney Imagineer legend Bob Gurr, as well as two little girls who are among WALL-E's biggest fans. Both the Senna and McMaster WALL-Es entertained guests to the railroad museum, where rides are also given on miniature trains.