LEGO 75187 Star Wars BB-8

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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. 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.

The welding torch is retracted simply by rotating the panel in the other direction and it folds away as smoothly as it opens. Unfortunately, the hatch is not connected to the extending arm so it must be closed manually but this is still an excellent feature and I like the spear tip which is used to depict the flame as the standard flame piece would be the wrong shape. Otero, Jose (April 16, 2015). " Star Wars Celebration: Why Star Wars 7 uses practical effects". IGN . Retrieved April 21, 2015. Wong, Raymond (September 19, 2015). "Hasbro's remote-controlled BB-8 is bursting with charm, even when it fails". Mashable . Retrieved December 24, 2015. 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. Bond, Paul (December 9, 2015). "How Star Wars Will Change Hollywood (Again)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 29, 2015.Taylor, Chris (July 3, 2017). "Watch Rey and BB-8's first thrilling adventure in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny". Mashable . Retrieved July 5, 2017. BB-8 (or Beebee-Ate) is a droid character in the Star Wars franchise. He appeared in the three films of the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He also appeared as a major supporting character in the animated series Star Wars Resistance, appearing in the first 17 episodes of season 1, and in the 2023 short film Rogue Not Quite One. He is a BB astromech droid serving the Resistance, and is owned by Poe Dameron. Spherical with a free-moving domed head, BB-8 is portrayed by both a rod puppet and a remote-controlled robotic unit. The character has been well received by critics and fans, and has become one of the most beloved and recognizable characters of the Star Wars saga in recent years.

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] 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. Travers, Peter (December 16, 2015). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016 . Retrieved December 21, 2015. Rothman, Lily (December 3, 2015). "See Every Star Wars Cover in Time Magazine History". Time . Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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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. Burton, Bonnie (September 4, 2015). "Force Friday furnishings: New Star Wars decor from ThinkGeek". CNET . Retrieved December 4, 2015. 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.

Lee, Josh; Denton, Matt (April 10, 2017). Puppetry of BB-8. The Hobble & Stitch Show. Event occurs at 6:54 . Retrieved April 13, 2017. Whitbrook, James (February 12, 2016). "Poe Dameron Stages a Daring Rescue in the First The Force Awakens Lego Short". io9 . Retrieved April 25, 2016. Fischer, Russ (April 16, 2015). "Watch Awesome The Force Awakens Droid BB-8 Appear Live on Stage". /Film . Retrieved April 21, 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.Vejvoda, Jim (January 12, 2016). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens Dominates Visual Effects Society Nominations". IGN . Retrieved January 15, 2016. a b Szostak, Phil (2015). The Art of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' . Abrams Books. p.110. ISBN 978-1-4197-1780-2. Abrams and his team of designers and technicians introduce a new star... A roly-poly cueball with a surprisingly expressive half-dome for a head—and a vocabulary of squeaks and squiggles that are more eloquent than mere words—BB-8 is both modernist and old-fashioned at once, a marvelous creation that could have sprung from the imagination of Jules Verne. [56] Foster, Alan Dean (2015). "Chapter I". The Force Awakens ( e-book). Random House Worlds. ISBN 9781101965504. 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.