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An R2 Of Your Own

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the real-r2s-project-holograms dept.

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."

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  1. Too bad there is no bluetooth support. by glrotate · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The possibilities would be endless.

  2. Sounds familiar by bartb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    hmmm, sounds familiar, remember this story?

  3. At $100, this could be a good platform by jukal · · Score: 5, Insightful
    for an open source development project. It seems to be equipped well enough to do all kinds of things, if we just changed the brains to something more intelligent.

    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.