Because this is the special edition version, you will get a few things that you won’t find with your run-off-the-mill bb8. For instance, you get the Force Band which is normally sold separately. Given the possibilities and promises of programmers to expand the performance, we’ve got an almost endless supply of favorable emotions, available even to people from the Star Wars universe.

Go #BeyondCode and enrich your learning experience with engaging STEAM activities that foster creativity and collaboration. When left on free roam, it knows when it bumps into things thanks to the impact sensors. As it zooms around, it shows off its personality. You can control its movement or let it do its own thing.

The Hero Droid is a perfect toy with fairly decent moves, looks cute when rolling around the house, and has some cool interactive features, making it one of the best bb8 interactive toys!

This is a fun little toy to play with, but it doesn’t have interactive features other than making noise and going straight. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room, meaning which is the Droid Trainer. It is a raised platform with a curved indentation for your droid to sit in and roll around without running off all around the house.This programmable, trainable, app-enabled droid is a masterpiece from Sphero. This is the same Sphero model, but this time around, it comes with a Droid Trainer. Sphero makes remarkably cool, programmable robots and STEAM-based educational tools that transform the way kids learn, create and invent through coding, science, music, and the arts.