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the genius toy makers at sphere are back with another pair of joints from that galaxy far far away coming in town for the holidays the company is rolling out an app controlled r2d2 you remember him the three legged robot that dates back to the beginning of the Star Wars saga r2 is joined by BB nine eight if BB 9a isn't familiar - that's because this droid hasn't made a big-screen debut yet we expect that later this year like other spirit eyes r2d2 and bb9 are control to a Bluetooth enabled smartphone app the app faithfully recreates the look and feel of the Star Wars universe employing the fonts and music that are universally associated with the franchisors sphere I paid attention to details with both of these droids the colors on r2d2 is plastic canister are remarkably close to those you see in the movies the Droid has all the blinking LEDs and glowing disks we're familiar with r2d2 s dome rotates and when he transitions from bipod to tripod mode the third foot pops out with the nicest one my favorite part r2d2 beeps and chirps the satisfyingly event he almost expects c-3po to interpret for you the bb9 a toy is reminiscent of the bb-8 droid sphere introduced ahead of 2015 - the force awakens both have small magnetic heads that allow them to stick to their spherical bodies however this last iteration adds inductive power allowing BB 90s LEDs to light up wirelessly unlike our first ball droid BB 9 a is a glossy black reflecting his use by the first order an evil military hunter in the latest Star Wars movies in typical Sphero fashion they packed these droids with extras both r2d2 and baby 9 a can take you on augmented reality tours of some of the starships featured in the Star Wars saga via the app the droids will also watch a Star Wars movie with you and react along with the plot there's no doubt r2d2 and BB 90 are worthy successes too bb-8 and for hardcore Star Wars nerds that pretty much must-haves