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"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way...", Star Wars is going to make a metric buttload of money this Christmas. We aren't just talking about ticket sales, as merchandise is a cash cow that never ...

Unsurprisingly, one of the hottest toys of the holiday season was Sphero's BB-8 App-Enabled Droid. It's a scale model of the droid that appeared Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and can be controlled ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sphero’s toy robot version of BB-8, arguably the star of the latest Star Wars movie, apparently did its part in helping nation’s toy industry grow sales last ...

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If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of BB-8 ever since the adorable little droid made his debut on the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’ve got good news for you — Disney has ...

In the wake of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toy and action figure unveils this week, the internet's been abuzz with the lovable, controllable, rolling BB-8 droid. We've seen it rolling around ...

Although countless toys, games and novels hit shelves in the months and weeks surrounding the launch of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, few received quite as much attention as Sphero's BB-8 app-enabled ...

Star Wars' BB-8, the new member of the Sphero family, is not only the "coolest toy" on the block. It is also a little droid that really moves and beeps and was developed to capture the hearts of Star ...

BB-8, the adorable yet heroic droid who made his debut in the latest Star Wars film, is now also the poster child of a hot youth-focused tech trend: toys that improve over time. In this case, the toy ...