You
must be living under a sound-proof rock (with no access to Twitter)
not to know that today was the day that toy companies around the
globe launched their new Star Wars merchandise, in anticipation for
the forthcoming Episode VII The Force Awakens. We've been inundated
by press releases and tweets today, but here are a few fun things
that really caught out eye.
Sphero's
BB-8
By
far the most new-worthy Star Wars-themed toy revealed today was this
new offering from the maker's of Sphero (which we reviewed here). This plucky little toy captures the look of the new movie
droid perfectly, essentially being a Sphero with what we assume to be
a magnetically attached head on top. Check out the video below, and
keep an eye out on this site as we're mad keen to review one soon.
LEGO
Star Wars sets
There
were several new sets announced by LEGO (yesterday, weirdly enough),
but the one that has garnered the most attention has to be the
Millennium Falcon. This certainly isn't the first incarnation of Han
Solo's iconic ship in LEGO (with one such set still holding the
record for the highest number of parts), but this does offer the
first proper look of the Falcon from the new trilogy of films. Ooo,
new radar dish! Again, we've high hopes to review this beast, so
check back soon.
Millennium
Falcon drone
Yes,
it may just be a small quadcopter wrapped up in Falcon-shaped
plastic, but by golly we'd love to be able to fly this baby. On the
Kessle Run.
Hasbro
Kylo Ren Lightsaber
Toy
giant Hasbro released lots of new Star Wars stuff today, as you might
imagine, but the one product that really caught our eye was the thing
that made us look up during the teaser trailer – that lightsaber.
Sure, the toy version looks a little less threatening than the one
being wielded by the mysterious assumed-to-be-a-Sith-Lord Kylo Ren,
but still it looks awesome good fun. We remember excitedly snapping
up Darth Maul's double-ended blade back in 1999, so this will also go
on the want list. There is also a more expensive Force FX version
planned too. Cool.
Star
Wars bed. Christ.
