Quick Update on the Sphero BB-8. On the release of the movie or shortly after my iPhone got an update for the Sphero app. It added some new moves to Sphero such as figure eights and other cute little movements. The only other update I've seen is the sounds sound a lot closer to the film than they did before. In fact he sounds a lot more like his big hasbro brother.
It also has been brought to my attention the Sphero had nothing to do with the Stage BB-8 as once thought. It has now been confirmed to be made by Lucas Film after the film was created, for promotional purposes.
The Stage/Red Carpet BB-8 is also to be believed to be axle driven as opposed to hamster driven like the Sphero and Hasbro models. This information comes from the BB-8 builders club that I have joined on Facebook for the past two months.
I will update my blog when I get around to building BB-8 in the near future. It is one of my goals for this year.
Thanks for reading this short update!
-Bordon
