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An R2 Of Your Own
skywalker404 writes: "Hasbro is releasing a 15" tall, functioning R2 unit. 'We built in all the feistiness of R2D2,' said Jeff Popper, director of marketing for Hasbro. 'He has the same charisma and charm that we have come to know in R2D2.' And apparently 'Hasbro also has programmed secret commands into R2D2 - putting an emphasis on the upper end of the "8-and-over" target market.' Rocky Mountain News has this article on it. You can also go to the (very meager) website that Hasbro has made just for it."
The possibilities would be endless.
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There is one, and only one, reason to buy this droid. Sell for megabucks in twenty years to those Star Wars fans who have played it to pieces long time ago.
Oh, and don't forget to keep it in the original package together with the original manual. Sigh...
Must be C3PO simply on number of orifices available
Whoever buys this should get one and ride around with it. That would be awesome.
In Episode III Anakin asks C3PO to impregnate Amidala on his behalf.
Mix:
A bunch of computer geeks
A toy like this
"Secret commands"
I have a feeling that there are going to be a lot of calls from concerned parents after some of these commands get discovered.
The R2 Droid has memory archives of many Star Wars characters, and will react at the mention of their names.
Kid: I saw The Phantom Menace last night. Jar-jar is so cool!
R2: Whee-a-whoo! KILL DESTROY KILL DESTROY...
#define sig "Every social system runs on the people's belief in it."
hmmm, sounds familiar, remember this story?
Um, isn't this the same story as this one? Hi ho.
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Actually, this is so interesting that I will try and approach Hasbro about whether they could publish the complete specs for the hardware on board(or if someone from Hasbro reads this, publish it here). Then, if we get the specs, I will publish a "R2D2 new brains challenge", at this site.
Does it run on Linux? Can I get Linux to run on it?
Seriously, once main-stream household accessories such as this start running on open-source software people will realise how much they've been screwed by Micro$oft.
From the article:
R2D2 operates on eight batteries...
Sheesh. What *kind* of batteries? AA? Car? Anti-aircraft? What?
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If it doesn't have a little saw for rope nets, a shocker-thing for annoying aliens, a hologram playback for secret messages, can't serve drinks, and can't fix my hyperdrive then I don't need it.
Does it run on Linux?
"Toss me my saber"
"Get me a beer"
"Handle mah bidness, yo"
"Call one of my bitches"
"Turn around and make me a sandwich"
"Plot a course to Skywalker Ranch"
Hmm...can't seem to get mine to fly. Guess I got the Episode I model and not the Episode II model. Darn.
(Actually...whenever someone advertises a robot as "fully operational" or "fully functional" I can't help but think of Data from Star Trek saying "Yes, I am fully functional." You have to remember the context to get that...)
You could put videos on it and have it play them back in holo form! You can only see "Where the Boys Aren't: 7" so many times in 2d.
~D:
C3PO
Father: I'm looking for a Star Wars christmas gift for my son.
Salesman: We have this R2 droid toy.
Father: No, this looks cheap, I'm looking for something real impressive.
Salesman: This is the droid you're looking for.
Father: This is the droid I'm looking for.
Salesman: You want to pay cash.
Father: I want to pay cash.
admin@vmadmin.comm admin.com
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Anyone got any great ideas how to get these on some serious spam mailing lists?
Maybe the open source community could get the rights to make one???
I clicked around and got to the Amazon.com preorder page and watched the video...What was their big deal about how it's "every boy's favorite droid" and "every boy needs a droid." I'm not the kind of person that really cares, but it's almost like they were trying to draw heat from numerous upset mothers.
Bleep bloop whir whistle. Whir whir bleep whistle woot woot. Toot bleep whistle chirp. Bloop whir whistle beep.
So what are these secret commands ?
Deliver hologramatic mesage to wussy jedi who's been hiding on Tatooine for so long that he's forgotten a) that the force is created by micro-organisms, b) how to fight with a light-sabre and not look like a girl.
?
Or maybe, since these commands at aimed at "older children" it's stuff like beating you off, finding good pr0n you don't need a credit card for, "boosting" cars and getting you good deals on crack.
graspee
That one of the secret commands isn't:
sucky sucky
This thing will just suck. I wonder if anyone had a Heathkit Hero and upgraded it's brains?
Gorkman
Does anyone else think it would be cool if you could get R2 to serve drinks at your party like in Jabba's air ship? [Forgive me for not knowing the correct name of Jabba's vehicle *waits to get crucified*]
" 'Hasbro also has programmed secret commands into R2D2 - putting an emphasis on the upper end of the "8-and-over" target market.'"
"R2, go get me a beer."
british. :-)
The Adult Happy Meal - "I'm lovin' it!"
Just the perfect thing for the back of my C-172!
Pilot: R2. Set flaps to 10 degrees for initial approach & maintain 90 kts.
R2: bleeeep bleeeep whoooot whoooot fuzzor bling woooooo shuninng duuurk duurk wheeee woooo
Pilot: Maybe I should of got just the simple yes or no option....
The thing is a bin on wheels and beeps...
no sig.
Last line of the article is.
Owners should operate the robot indoors only, the company says - and never in Jundland Wastes, home of the dangerous Tusken Raiders.
If it flips out when you ask it about Vader, I want to see what happens when mention the only place never to operate it.
Hey R2, for our vacation we are going to Jundland Wastes.
Fat Eugenia Loli's Friends Ban all electronig games by mistake. Its people like Eugenia Loli that show that the formerly great state of Greece has erorded into a festering inbred, stupid hairy totalitarian fucks like herself. Now is the fatty greases sweltering out of her cellulite that makes it seem like Grease would be a more apropro name than Greece.
Greeks ban electronic games by mistake
Beware Greeks writing laws
By Adamson Rust: Sunday 01 September 2002, 17:40
ONE OF THE SO-CALLED CRADLES of European civilisation appears to have got its Aristotles all in a twist over computer gaming. And mobile phones, for that matter.
The Greek government appears to have lost its marbles.
The government wanted to prevent its people from wasting their money by using electronic slot machines but the democratically appointed government has banned all computer games everywhere by mistake.
And now the cops are raiding Internet cafes to enforce the said SNAFU.
The law, according to our Greek correspondents, prohibits any kind of game that is played on any kind of electronic equipment.
And it appears to have been drafted so loosely that that includes mobile phones.
Theoretically, the cops could bust into people's homes but so far apparently they have arrested Internet cafe owners and customers who were fighting a few rounds of Q3 CTF.
Next thing, the cops will be creeping up on people using their mobile phones just to make sure they're not playing a quick game rather than using them for their real purpose.
Here are some details of the cock up in Greek.
And there's more details about this at the Greek Net Cafe organisation.
Give us a glass of hemlock, Socrates!
Not completely on-topic, but interesting nevertheless...
There is a story and pictures about Kermit, the Grass Valley-designed (Grass Valley was the original Atari's research facility) robot that former Atari coin-op designer/programmer Owen Rubin rescued after it was abandoned. You can read the story and view the pictures here.
"You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic."
"Thank you, Master Control"
-Sark and the MCP
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Why would I want to buy an R2, when I can just build my own droid.
Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon
I knew I'd seen something very much like this before.
Anyone remember Omnibot?
"Even though he is stubborn at times, you can trust this dependable Droid to be your devoted helper and friend."
What do they mean, he can be stubborn? Oh. I see. They mean that his programming is faulty and he just plain isn't going to work correctly at times.
Guess that's what you get for a $100 robot.
Site slashdotted already?
"Curse my metal body! I wasn't fast enough!"
What are you talking about? I've had just about enough of you! Go that way! You'll be malfunctioning within a day, you near-sighted scrap pile!
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.
1: Write free software.
2: ?
3: Buy R2D2 robot.
4: Profit!
Check these guys out. Came across this while searching Google. It's a fully-functional light saber. Of course, by fully functional I mean "has a glass blade" instead of a laser one, and "would break in actual combat" instead of "kicking ass." But still.
What exactly is the "upper end" of an "-and-over" market? 110? Will Hasbro start running advertising materials in rest homes?
Man this thing is ripe for crazy ass nerdy modding!
How about a wlan and web cam that can email you pictures of intruders when the movement sensor kicks in..
or R2D2 that recharges itself from the mains so is able to lock down any stabilisers 24/7
obviously size is gonna be the only constrant but I can't wait for:
a. mine to arrive
b. ripping it open and making R2D2 rock!
...will it have this as a secret feature?
Note to M1-ers: a curt but otherwise insightful message is not "Flamebait" or "Troll".
'Nuff said.
Another re-post... I know they're probably counting on everyone here having short attention spans, but geez...
People will pass up steak once a week, for crap every day.
I always wanted a trashcan on wheels that would follow me around and makes funny noises that would make a Game Boy blush...
- Can be submerged in a degoba swamp
- Can interface with major computer systems via rotating phallic appendage thingie
- Projects holograms of hot chicks in mid-air
- Has a built-in stun gun
- Repairs space ships in mid-flight
- Can traverse miles of scorching desert
- and of course can fire a light saber out of it's head
Schweet.Now why would a geek want a fully functioning Princess Leia? ;-)
15" tall
WTF? Why not make them the correct size?
CRUSH KILL DESTROY
:)
right?
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Must be for the lonely female geeks.
Oh, it's a toy robot. Nevermind.
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
How is this offtopic, moderating moron? Timothy the idiot didn't bother to check that it was already posted.
IIRC, this has already been posted
From the website: "The droid who helped the Empire!"
I want to see the PR spin on this. "Oh, no, we mean before it was evil. I mean, really evil. I mean, we wiped his memory so we're sure he doesn't remember anything, but just in case, remember to take the batteries out before you go to sleep."
This now concludes our broadcast day.
American.
A little heads up for the cubicle dwellers... it's Star Wars pr0n.
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It starts to shake in fear if you ask about Vader, eh?
So what happens, in passing, when you say 'hey R2, what do you think of Ralph Nader?'
Oh the fun.
The Internet is generally stupid
"Imagine a Beowulf cluster of R2D2s"
Looks more like a $100 cat toy.
"Light saber not included"
'Nuff said.
Hot grits! H07 gr175?!?!?!
Wonderful! A metallic Furby! (Pre-orderable to boot)
Just what I've been waiting for... I can see it now:
Da-loo-laah, C3PO {whistle whistle} Hmmmm... No..see..you! {launches into twee little song}
Techno-Polly eat your heart out.
I remember seeing a goatse.cx link moderated as Insightful. That is really sick.
Shhh your feeding the bots!
Yeah! You could probabky actualy maybe play an MP3 on a cluster of.. uh.. thirty or so.. MAN THATD BE SO COOL! An army of R2s. "R2, play." and they all start working on reading em..
Following the link to the toys-r-us page for purchase (via amazon) lists the following specs:
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
Box Size (in inches): 10.5 x 7.5 x 17.5
Shipping weight: 0.039198 pounds. -----
ASIN: B000063KCP
SKN: 527772
It seems R2 comes with an anti-gravity module. Figure a 15" metal robot should weigh a few pounds at least. The packaging and box should weigh a few ounces to maybe two pounds. Yet the shipping weight of the entire deal is just over 1/2 of an ounce. R2 must be generating a hover field that supports its own weight and most of the box and packaging. Hope it doesn't get blown away when I open the front door!
Article X: The powers not delegated... by the Constitution...are reserved...to the people
You are an asshole fucking yank and a stupid fucking brit.
i know there is nothing noteworthy onthe news lately that relates to being a geek and technology.. but you posted this shit not too long ago. WTF? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/28/235924 0&mode=nested&tid=159 on Sunday 28 July 2002
Lizard "Never let them set limits on your mind!"
yeah but can i run linux on it?
that's all i want to know..........
Come back when it projects holograms. If such holograms can then be downloaded from internet, we know where that's headed to. R2 units projecting pr0n. ;-)
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
From Amazon : Shipping weight: 0.039198 pounds.
Cut the fucking gay fscking , please.
If your fucked-face would use a real filesystem, such as the one provided by FreeBSD, Solaris or JFS or XFS for Linux, you wouldn't be associated deprecated shit utilities with the word fuck
You are also a fag for using cliché, jargon and diminutive when talking of lame shit. Just say fucking. its a fucking robot. Carlin uses fucking. Its a refreshing word, try it sometime. Fucker.
I happen to agree without your point of view, but your gay fuck nerd shit language makes me sick.
Complete with 50's-style announcer assuring you that "every kid in the galaxy will want one". The video offers a pretty detailed look at the droid's capabilities, including sound effects. Here's a direct link to the R2 site on Wal-Mart: (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?produc t_id=1819726)
The video's in a link on the middle of the page.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!
...a beowulf cluster of these.
- every girl needs a droid.
Imagine a BEOWULF CLUSTER of those!
Settle the fuck down! There's no fucking need to use that sort of fucking language around here. If the stupid fucker wants to use fsck instead of a good old fashioned fuck, then let him. The cyber-nanny on his mommy's fucking computer probably won't let him send anything with the word fuck in it anyway.
Besides, what the fuck does his post have to do with you anyway, asshat?
I'd rather have a pair of motorised AT-ST - at least then I could watch them getting it on scoutwalker.com
Asshat? I'm offended....