Roley/Behind the Scenes

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This is a behind the scenes subpage for Roley. This subpage contains all behind the scenes material relating to said article.

Background Information

Roley is a fictional green road roller created by Keith Chapman and Diane Redmond. He was the fifth machine to join Bob's team, as shown in When Bob Became A Builder.

In 1998, Roley made his debut in the Series 1 episode, Scoop Saves the Day, and had appeared in every series since.

Roley appears to be based on a Zettelmeyer diesel road roller.

Behind the Scenes

Stop-Motion model

Roley's original stop-motion model was scratch-built for the original series by Mackinnon and Saunders. The model was constructed from plastic, diecast and fibreglass, and painted in a glossy finish. His eyes were fitted with the ability to spin around.

Concept art by Curtis Jobling (October 13, 1997)

Basis

The model’s first appearance in “Scoop Saves the Day”

The model in the second series.

One of Roley's models at Mackinnon and Saunders

Six different mouth-plates were sculpted for Roley and used on-screen between the original series and Project: Build It, one of which was seen upside-down to resemble a different expression. His mouth-plates would also be used for Flex.

Roley's neutral mouth that appeared throughout the entire stop-motion era (1998-2008)

Roley's worried/panicked mouth that appeared throughout the entire stop-motion era... (1998-2008)

...and was also seen upside-down to resemble a joyful mouth, but only in Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games (2004)

Roley's happy/smiling mouth that appeared throughout the entire stop-motion era (1998-2008)

Roley's sad/upset mouth that appeared throughout the entire stop-motion era (1998-2008)

Keith Chapman owns one of the models as for the others. It's unknown what happened to the Roley models, it's presumed that the models are currently in storage in HiT Entertainment's archives.

CGI model

In 2010, the series was relaunched as Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!. It introduced Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing stop-motion animation. Roley was recreated from scratch in CGI by SD Entertainment. Photographs of his stop-motion model were used for referencing.

Final render

Roley's sad mouth was mistakenly turned upside down and used on one of Scoop's models when it was on display along with one of Bob's puppets at the Waterside Arts Centre for the Mackinnon & Saunders: 30 Years And Beyond event.

Voice Actors

• Neil Morrissey (UK)
• Maria Darling (US; Series 1-14)
• Lorelei King (US; Series 15-Ready, Steady, Build!)
• Anneli Martini (Sweden; 2001-2011)
• Johanna Landt (Sweden; 2011-2015)
• Timo Tuominen (Finland)
• Raúl de la Fuente (Series 1 original dubbing) (Latin America - 2001)
• Ernesto Lezama (Series 1 redubbed) (Latin America - 2001-2013)
• Rafał Żabiński (Poland - 2000-2012)
• Wojciech Paszkowski (Poland - 2011)
• Hidenari Ugaki (Japan)