The Disney Store has a version for $35 (This one only rolls by a wheel on the bottom. If this seems a little much for a younger child there is a remote control version for around $80 at Target stores. I will have to wait for Christmas to try mine out - assuming the big guy in the red suit thinks I was good this year! You can use a smart phone or iPad to control it.ĭisclaimer: It is a bit pricey at $149, but if you know a huge Star Wars fan, I am sure it's on their wish list. What seems to be the hot item of the year especially for holiday shoppers is the Sphero BB-8.Ī baseball sized version of the real one used during the filming of the movie. His image is on everything from food products, T-shirts and coffee mugs. This little droid is getting a lot of attention leading up to the movie release next month. Based on gyroscopic motors and magnets it is able to move in ways that seem impossible. It looks like some magical trick to have a moving ball with head that stays on top. How in the world could they possible make it move like that in a practical effect? JJ Abrams made it a point that he wanted to do more real world sets and effects like we were used to seeing in the original Star Wars movies.ĭuring the Star Wars Celebration convention it was revealed that BB-8 was a real moving robot. Sorry Kylo Ren, this little droid looks like a soccer ball with a version of R2-D2’s head on top.īack when the first images and footage of this droid were released everyone thought he would be a CGI character. He appears to be the face of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.
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