LEGO 75187 Star Wars BB-8

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Calling the robot a " Swiss Army Knife that shouldn't be trusted", he noted that while each of the BB-8's panels has a specific purpose, like a port or tool, not all of them have been absolutely defined to leave options for future films. [4] Voice [ edit ] BB-8 appeared with several other Force Awakens characters on the December 2015 cover of Rolling Stone, [57] [58] and alone on the cover of the December 18, 2015 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. [59] The droid was also featured alone on one of two alternate covers of the December 14, 2015, issue of Time (the other cover featuring R2-D2). [60] [61] [62] This was the first time the magazine has offered two covers for editions worldwide. [60] The Time cover photographer, Marco Grob, said, "The moment you meet BB-8, you almost build some form of weird human connection. It has this really cute way of looking at you." [60]

Nakashima, Ryan (August 15, 2015). "Disney's support for start-ups led to one new company winning a dream Star Wars contract". The National. Abu Dhabi . Retrieved September 5, 2015. Travers, Peter (December 16, 2015). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016 . Retrieved December 21, 2015. Breznican, Anthony (February 11, 2016). "Maz Kanata action figure among new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 27, 2016.Hornaday, Ann (December 16, 2015). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets the nostalgia-novelty mix just right". The Washington Post. p.T29 . Retrieved January 15, 2016. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Products Coming on September 4". ComingSoon.net. May 3, 2015 . Retrieved May 3, 2015. BB-8 proved to be among the most popular new characters to emerge from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and was an enormous merchandising success in 2015. Many LEGO fans created their own models of the famed droid and an official rendition has now been released which seems certain to impress and may prove to be the best selling of the eleven Star Wars: The Last Jedi sets released on Force Friday II.

McMillan, Graeme (August 18, 2014). "Rian Johnson Says Next Star Wars Will Have Less CGI, More Practical Effects". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 18, 2014.Fischer, Russ (April 16, 2015). "Watch Awesome The Force Awakens Droid BB-8 Appear Live on Stage". /Film . Retrieved April 21, 2015. Lee, Josh; Denton, Matt (April 10, 2017). Puppetry of BB-8. The Hobble & Stitch Show. Event occurs at 6:54 . Retrieved April 13, 2017. McNary, Dave (August 26, 2015). "Disney Sets Massive Star Wars Toy Promotion". Variety . Retrieved August 27, 2015. Asher-Perrin, Emmet (December 21, 2015). "One Fan's Blow-By-Blow Reaction to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, or, How Episode VII Made Me Sob Continuously in Front of My Friends Forever". Tor.com . Retrieved December 29, 2015. The official September 4, 2015 launch of all merchandise for The Force Awakens [23] [24] [25] included an 11.4-centimeter-tall (4.5-inch) mobile app-enabled BB-8 robot toy developed by Sphero. [9] Sphero had participated in a Disney-run startup accelerator program in July 2014, during which Disney CEO Bob Iger showed Sphero executives on-set photos and imagery of BB-8 before anyone outside of the production team knew of the robot's existence. Sphero acquired the license in November 2014, completing the development and production of the toy in time for its September 2015 release. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] Wired called the BB-8 toy "the only truly cutting-edge item" in the Force Awakens collection. [26] In 2015, Sphero sold over 1 million of the robots. [32]