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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. R2 as copilot by unsinged+int · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whoever buys this should get one and ride around with it. That would be awesome.

  2. Secret commands, eh? by lavaforge · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. This is a dangerous toy by paladin_tom · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    hmmm, sounds familiar, remember this story?

  5. 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.

    1. Re:At $100, this could be a good platform by jukal · · Score: 3, Informative
      > whether they could publish the complete specs for the hardware on board

      So far, the marketing video gives best source for quesses on the hardware.

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. Obligatory... by Ozan · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  8. Or if you prefer your own light saber by revscat · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  9. fully functional? by cosyne · · Score: 4, Funny
    so it
    • 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.
  10. WARNING, LINK IS NOT WORK-SAFE by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 5, Informative

    A little heads up for the cubicle dwellers... it's Star Wars pr0n.