See the following story posted by Bonnie Burton over on the official Star Wars Blog pertaining to the appearance of the R2-D2 Builders Club earlier this month at WonderCon:
"Everyone wants R2-D2 as a co-pilot but very few fans have the time and commitment to build one from scratch. It takes a very special breed of fan to not only put in the time, but the money, blood, sweat and tears it takes to make a bunch of parts into an astromech worth showing off."