BB-8 Toy

[newmagrathea]

RC BB-8 made by sphero.

[video]https://youtu.be/i3OkEpkwC4E?t=4h4m41s[/video]

 

[bartek]

Here are all the details! It looks fantastic:

http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/3/9254769/star-wars-bb8-toy-150-sphero

 

[Jeyl]

Here's Toyland's review of it.

Got some adorable GIFs in it too.

 

[Kylash]

Wish it was bigger, but you cant deny that's an amazing engineering feat.

 

[Megamicrofish]

More Video over at Sphero's website http://www.sphero.com/starwars

 

[MCM]

I'm excited for someone to get one of these and then reverse engineer a bigger version :cool. I kind of want one of these. I imagine it would be quite entertaining chasing my dog (the guy in my avatar) or my father-in-law's cat around :devil

 

[jkno]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34137704

 

[Jeyl]

Sphero BB-8 vs. Puppies

 

[Megamicrofish]

UK buyers getting ripped off again at £129 :angry

 

[Gimpdiggity]

I ordered mine tonight. RC and gadgets is one of my main hobbies, and I've owned everything Orbotix has released. They've all been top notch, well designed products that withstand plenty of use.

I'm sure this BB8 will be no different.

 

[Apollo]

My cat will enjoy destroying this! :lol

 

[newmagrathea]

My cat will enjoy destroying this! :lol

You should dress your cat up like Kylo Ren and make your own fan film.

 

[VeryExciting]

has anyone seen this move?

http://www.target.com/p/star-wars-t...b-8/-/A-16879679#prodSlot=medium_1_5&term=bb8

 

[LTsmash1200]

has anyone seen this move?

http://www.target.com/p/star-wars-t...b-8/-/A-16879679#prodSlot=medium_1_5&term=bb8

It looks decent in the little video they posted. I'm definitely getting the Sphero one for myself, but this one might be a nice Christmas present for my little brother.

 

[VeryExciting]

I was thinking of the Target one for my Daughters that way they don't need to use my iPhone to play with it.

 

[Gimpdiggity]

I've seen the Target one move.

When it comes to a stop, it wobbles around a LOT. It doesn't have nearly as good of balancing technology. For a kid, I'm sure they'd enjoy it, but for an adult the Sphero will be a much better product.

 

[Prototypical]

OK People

Time to admit it... How many of you are buying this to take it apart to see how the mechanism works? :ninja

I know at least a few of you BB-8 builders have to be tempted. :darnkids

 

[Edraven99]

And bought

 

[MastahBlastah]

has anyone seen this move?

http://www.target.com/p/star-wars-t...b-8/-/A-16879679#prodSlot=medium_1_5&term=bb8

Looks like this one is just your basic balancing ball robot (brain/wheels in the head) judging by the movement. Could be wrong though. Definitely not as cool as the sphero but pretty good for half the price!

 

[Gimpdiggity]

Looks like this one is just your basic balancing ball robot (brain/wheels in the head) judging by the movement. Could be wrong though. Definitely not as cool as the sphero but pretty good for half the price!

Here is a .gif of Hasbro's BB-8.

https://vid.me/A6dn

You can see how wobbly it is. I don't think there's any way it's one of the designs where the brain and wheels are in the head...the head would fall off based on how wobbly it is.