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a b Chitwood, Adam (November 17, 2016), Watch Ben Schwartz Provide the Voice of BB-8 in New 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Featurette The horizontal motion is facilitated by a rubber band found within the body so the head will always return to the centre as long as the model is displayed on a flat surface. If BB-8 is placed at an angle then the head will dip in the direction of travel, just as it does when BB-8 moves at speed in the films! This function is a lot of fun and gives the droid a great deal of personality based simply on the range of possible poses. 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.

Wong, Raymond (September 19, 2015). "Hasbro's remote-controlled BB-8 is bursting with charm, even when it fails". Mashable . Retrieved December 24, 2015.The first mechanism is activated by turning one of the tool bay discs which causes the head to rotate. This works brilliantly and the motion is quite realistic as there is also some transverse movement so the head appears to bob up and down, as if held in place by several magnetic casters. In fact, it is simply connected to the body using a Technic axle but this is very well hidden beneath the centre of the head. Fischer, Russ (April 16, 2015). "Watch Awesome The Force Awakens Droid BB-8 Appear Live on Stage". /Film . Retrieved April 21, 2015. Faraci, Devin (April 16, 2015). "BB-8 Is the Breakout Character of 2015". BirthMoviesDeath.com . Retrieved December 5, 2015. Foster, Alan Dean (2015). "Chapter I". The Force Awakens ( e-book). Random House Worlds. ISBN 9781101965504.

Breznican, Anthony (February 11, 2016). "Maz Kanata action figure among new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 27, 2016. Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees for the 14th Annual VES Awards". Visual Effects Society. January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on June 7, 2017 . Retrieved January 15, 2016. LEGO pieces are ill-suited to building spheres so BB-8 presents a considerable challenge given that the droid consists entirely of a large sphere which forms the body and a hemispherical head. However, the designer has made clever use of a Lowell Sphere to form the curved shape and I think it looks brilliant, particularly when viewed from a distance as the inevitable jagged edges become less apparent. a b McFarland, K. M. (September 3, 2015). "The Story (And Tech) Behind That Awesome Star Wars BB-8 Toy". Wired . Retrieved September 5, 2015. Another tool hatch is hidden underneath the model. It does not house any functions but looks great and offers surprising stability as the tiles cover a reasonably wide surface area. BB-8 is therefore very unlikely to tip over accidentally and I would be confident in displaying the droid without its stand, although it looks marvellous in either configuration.Li, Shirley (February 12, 2016). " The Force Awakens characters to appear in new LEGO Star Wars series". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 23, 2016. McMillan, Graeme (August 26, 2015). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens Toys to Be Unveiled During 18-Hour YouTube Marathon". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 27, 2015. McNary, Dave (August 26, 2015). "Disney Sets Massive Star Wars Toy Promotion". Variety . Retrieved August 27, 2015.

Otero, Jose (April 16, 2015). " Star Wars Celebration: Why Star Wars 7 uses practical effects". IGN . Retrieved April 21, 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.

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This is a tremendous feature and it works very smoothly as the extending arm pushes the hatch open while concurrently folding out the trans-medium blue flame. Ideally, I would have liked the flame to extend a little further and I should mention that only a small section of the panel opens to reveal the torch in the film. However, that would be impossible to recreate precisely at this scale and I am quite satisfied with the current design. 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.

McWeeny, Drew (December 15, 2015). "Wait a minute... who played the voice of BB-8 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?". HitFix . Retrieved December 16, 2015. BB-8 is a point of view character in both the 2015 novelization of The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster, [21] and the 2017 novelization of The Last Jedi by Jason Fry. The droid also appears in the comic book series Star Wars: Poe Dameron, published by Marvel Comics in April 2016. [22] Merchandising [ edit ] Couto, Anthony (December 13, 2014). "Mark Hamill Says Star Wars: The Force Awakens' BB-8 Is a Prop, Not CGI". IGN . Retrieved April 21, 2015. a b Kooser, Amanda (September 22, 2015). "Hug this life-size plush BB-8 Star Wars droid". CNET . Retrieved December 4, 2015.

Russon, Mary-Ann (April 17, 2015). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens – The BB8 robot droid is a real machine, not a puppet or CGI". International Business Times . Retrieved December 4, 2015.

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