Ty got His Very Own BB-8 and You Should Too
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I very recently just saw all 7 Star Wars movies. I like 4 of the 7, I hated the prequels with a fiery passion, but I'm not going to write more about the movies today. I'm actually going to write about a toy from "The Force Awakens" that I am now obsessed with.
My son just recently got a BB-8 toy that may be the coolest toy that I have ever seen or played with. This thing is absolutely awesome. It has different levels of usage that make this toy even better. You can put it in test mode and it does everything that it did in the box at the store, basically, a mini preview of all of its functions. But, there are two other settings. When you put the BB-8 toy on setting 1, it moves based on sounds. So, if you clap, laugh, yell, talk, cough, basically any noise, BB-8 moves. BB-8 will roll to wherever it hears the sound. BB-8 moves to me when I cough. The first time it happened, it scared the hell out of me. I didn't know what I did, but I know I had done something. My son came out of his room clapping and BB-8 followed him wherever he went, if he was clapping. This too scared my son. When my wife got home from work and was laughing at something, and wouldn't you know it, that little robot moved to my wife. She was the only one not scared, she laughed very hard at it. Then, my dog was barking at some kids or cars driving outside our house and BB-8 made a beeline for him. This terrified my dog. He is still terrified of it whenever it moves. This is quite funny to all of us. Now, mind you, this is all on setting 1 only. This is so cool. This new BB-8 toy is sensitive to noise to a fault, but when it works and moves, it is so awesome to see and marvel at. I love it.
Later I was introduced to setting 2. I did not know that this setting existed until my wife showed it to me. This is the best part of this toy. Setting 2 allows you to operate BB-8 with your voice. This is groundbreaking. This is incredible. The whole point is to talk to BB-8, much like Poe Dameron, Finn and Rey do in the movie. BB-8 reacts so much better to your voice than to the sounds like clapping and the such. You put on setting 2, and BB-8 just sits and waits for you, with the blue light blinking. So, I was sitting there and my wife told me to try it out. I looked at BB-8 and I said, out loud, "Come here BB-8", and wouldn't you know it, BB-8 came right to my feet. Then, my son said the same thing I did and BB-8 rolled on over to him. My wife said it, and here comes BB-8, ready to help out anyway it can. I was enthralled by this. I started trying out different sayings, stuff like, "What's up BB-8", or "How's it hanging BB-8", or even, in my angriest voice, "get over here BB-8", and BB-8 rolls over, ready for it's next instruction. This was so damn cool to me.
Toys have become so much better and so much cooler and way more innovative since I was a kid, and I think it's great. I would have never thought that a toy could be activated by a sound or my voice, but I have to say, I think it's fantastic. This toy is so great to have fun with your family, friends and to harass your house pets. The best part about this toy is how much I can mess with my dog with it. Charlie hates this thing, but it is so much fun to see him try and paw at BB-8, or when he gets really angry, watch him lose his mind and bark his face off at this toy until he gets tired. That alone was worth getting this toy, just so I can mess with my dog. I highly recommend buying this toy. Star Wars fans will love this toy, but I think people that like new age toys will really have a good time with BB-8. This toy is great and I cannot say enough good things about. This toy only makes me like "The Force Awakens" that much more and I loved that movie. Go buy this BB-8 toy now and your life will instantly get one thousand times better. I promise you this.
Ty
Ty is the Pop Culture Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast. This is the second best toy he has ever seen, falling behind his beloved Funzo. Follow Ty on twitter @tykulik.