Dust off your power tools because you can now create your very own BB8 droid from the new “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” Christian Poulsen, an industrial designer from Utah, found an ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Force is strong with the small Boulder robot toymaker picked by Disney to build a toy based on a character sure to be next R2-D2. Call the force Bob — as ...

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 ...

Tickle Me Elmo. Beanie Babies. Furby. If these words conjure up images of crowds of crazy people shoving each other aside for a chance to grab the last box of the season's hottest toy, then you should ...

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NEW YORK — The new BB-8 droid, which will appear in "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" in December, already has a high-tech mini-me or two — and Sphero's version in particular has a trick or ...

Update: Sphero declined to comment on the listing, though it did say the image posted on the site (shown below) is not official. It is, however, excited to work with Disney to bring the droid to life, ...

In a unique story behind the magic of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens film, Disney's top executive played a pivotal role in bringing one character to life. Tap to view if on News app. Disney ...

The other night my wife and I were invited to dinner by some friends. Their two kids took great delight in showing us one of the favourite toys they had received for Christmas: a BB-8 droid toy that ...