R2-D2 mailboxes cause wonder in Michigan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16 (UPI) -- Grand Rapids, Mich., is now the home to two U.S. Postal Service mailboxes painted to look like R2-D2, the little droid from the "Star Wars" films.

The mailboxes were recently installed to create a buzz about the release of 30th anniversary movie stamps on May 25th, the Grand Rapids Press reported Monday.

The R2-D2 mailboxes have also been drawing those who moonlight as characters from the "Star Wars" films.

Tailor Pete Filippidis, 61, from Grand Rapids, said he wasn't sure what to think when he saw a woman dressed like Princess Leia with a light saber posing for pictures by the mailbox.

"I thought it was a game," he said.

As it turns out, she was there meeting up with fellow "Star Wars" enthusiast Carl Nelson.

"We even asked an elderly gentleman if she (Princess Leia) could borrow his mail," said Nelson. He went on to explain that they were trying to re-enact a scene from the first movie at the mailbox.