You know how much I love Star Wars, right? So you also know how excited I am to share all about our local Best Buy Store to see the all new and exclusive Star Wars products!
We went to experience demos of Sphero’s new R2D2 and BB-8 Droid, and Propel’s Star Wars drones and explore all the new merchandise on Force Friday!
Sphero Droids
BB-8™, BB-9E™, and R2-D2™ are astromech droids from a galaxy far, far away … Powered by the new Sphero App-Enabled Droids app, drive your droids, send them on patrol together, and more. Roam iconic ship interiors and memorable locations from the Star Wars™ saga through augmented reality and the Droid Trainer accessory. Each droid has different environments to explore.
These droids span decades of adventures from Star Wars saga:
- The iconic R2-D2 is a veteran of the Rebel Alliance
- BB-8 is a trusty astromech droid of the Resistance
- BB-9E is the First Order’s rolling menace
The specialized tech in these droids make them unlike any other. Watch them interact together and view films from the Star Wars saga with BB-8, BB-9E, and R2-D2 reacting by your side, to immerse yourself in the Star Wars galaxy!
Key Features:
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Authentic movement:
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- These are the most authentic, true to character Droids on the market.
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- R2-D2 is complete with the signature waddle and retractable foot and sounds are authentic – the same one’s you’d hear from the movies.
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- Patrol – you can send all three on patrol
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Watch With Me Feature:
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- Watch films from the Star War’s saga with your droids and they will react to the movie
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- Only compatible with Rogue one, the force awakens, and new hope
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AR Experience:
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- Roam iconic ship interiors and memorable locations from the Star Wars saga, and more. Each droid has different holographic environments to enjoy.
- As an added bonus, BB-9E gets to roll through a new First Order Star Destroyer from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The droid trainer helps with this experience.
Propel Drones
Bring the magic of flight to a whole new dimension with the Propel Star Wars High Performance Battle Drones. Choose to fight for the Rebellion or the Empire through piloting the T65 X-Wing Fighter Star Ship, The Tie Advanced X1, or the 74Z Speeder Bike drones.
Key Features:
- Key Feature #1: Star Wars Battle Drone Companion APP
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- Releasing on September 1st, 2017 for both IOS and Android devices the Star Wars Battle Drone Companion App will again create a groundbreaking immersive experience for drone pilots. Via Bluetooth connection to your controller the App will provide:
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Major Piece #1: Battle Mode
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- Bridging the gap between virtual gaming and the real world, Battle Mode allows Star Wars Battle Drone Pilots to experience the thrill of multiplayer dog fights that are inspired by the battles and missions of the Star Wars Universe.
- The Star Wars Battle Drones allow up to 12 players to simultaneously battle against one another in flight using actual infrared lasers. Each drone comes equipped with both emitting and receiving laser diodes that register strikes through visual, audio, and vibration feedback in the hobby grade controller.
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Major Piece #2: Flight Simulator
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- Learn to pilot your new drone in the virtual hangers of Planet Hoth, The Death Star or on the Moon of Endor. The controlled training environment will teach you the skills from the basics to advanced laser battling to ready you for actual flight.
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Key Feature #2: Technology
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- The Propel High Performance Star Wars Battle Drones use over 10 patents in their flight technology and communication that will allow the drones to “speak” to one another while battling in flight.
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- LIFI
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- LIFI is an incredible new technology that stands for light fidelity. LIFI is very similar to WIFI as it allows the Star Wars Battle Drones to transmit data to one another using light. The transfer of data using LIFI is 100 times faster than WIFI which creates the foundation of the live drone battling.
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- IAT – Intelligent Awareness Technology
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- Propel’s ground breaking IAT technology bridges the gap between virtual gaming and the real world. It unlocks a brand-new era for the gaming industry. IAT uses four latency-free wireless communication systems to create exciting and incredibly compelling gaming experience.
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- Reverse Propulsion
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- Drones usually pull air down to fly but the Star Wars Battle Drones push! This “reverse propulsion” technology has enabled Propel to pioneer Star Wars Drones which fly like they are supposed to.
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Key Feature #3: Collectors Box
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- The high-quality construction of the Star Wars Battle Drone Collectors Box sets this drone apart from any other drone. The box comes complete with a re-chargeable Light up display base for showing off your drone. From the first time, you open the collector box and every time thereafter it will play famous sound tracks from the Star Wars Universe. Hear the Star Wars theme song or the Imperial March of Darth Vader, listen to the sounds of each ship and iconic Star Wars characters.
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Key Feature #4: Hobby Grade Controller
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- The design of the Star Wars Battle Drone controller will match your ship choice; Black for the Empire and White for the Republic. The hobby grade controller features:
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- A Light Saber Shaper repair screwdriver
- Metal Control Gimbles
- A Headphone jack to immerse yourself in the sounds of battle
- Trim control
- Push button auto calibration for your drone
- Laser triggers
- Push button auto star and land.
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I’m sharing some moments of our adventure with you and we loved everything so much, we brought one of them home! Can you guess which one?
Check it out:
We loved it so much, I brought all the fun home!
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These are soo cool! I want to have drone for my photography and travels.
Wow my husband will be thrilled to hear this. He is such a die-hard Star Wars fan. Thanks for sharing!
How fun! My kids would love this. The drone looks like so much fun.
Awesome Star Wars pics! I’m not a fan of the series myself (yeah, yeah…I know), but my kids LOVE it. They got to meet some of the characters last month at a local event. Good times!
Star Wars are popular among both adults and teens.These are great gadgets for any teen who loves adventures!Also seems like amazing deals you found!
Star Wars never seems to disappear, and these look like toys that will be total winners with Christmas coming.
Any Star Wars lover would love this event! I’ve never heard of Force Friday but, it sounds like you guys had a lot of fun attending.
I need to go pick up a few things from Chewbaca, as that is my pets name.
This sounds like a great event for any Star Wars lover. I love how you can watch Star Wars movies with your droid and it will react to the movie. Thanks for sharing this event.
I am so jealous of the events that they had on Force Friday. I will have to remember this in the future. It’s just so cool and my daughter and I both love Star Wars.
The items look absolutely amazing and even have those cool perks. Wish we had those amazing deals here, I would certainly buy some.
My son is a big Star Wars fan, so we’ve been checking them out as well. Last year he got the B8 Sphero.
It looks like you have fun with the demos! I’ll have to check out these items next time I go to Best Buy, which will be very soon.
Best Buy is a great place to shop. I can always count on them having the latest and greatest! We will have to look for this Star Wars tech next time we are there. My son would love it!
This is such cool gadgets! My kid would absolutely love these! They adore everything Star Wars related.
Those are pretty cool! I didn’t know Best Buy sold anything like those!
My daughter absolutely loves Star Wars! Her birthday is at the end of the month, so I will be heading over to best buy to check these out!
oh my family would love to be part of force day as they are all obsessed with star wars.
who doesn’t love star wars? this looks awesome!
Haha I have a friend who is obsessed with Star Wars and if I told him about this he would get so darn excited and take the first plane out there! x
My husband loves Star Wars! Gotta check out these new products. How awesome is the battle drone!
I wish I could make it there. I geek out over Star Wars.
I am personally not a huge star wars fan. I love the small R2D2 robot replica.
My son is a big fan of Star Wars, he would have a blast on this! I will have to show him this .
My 7 year old would have loved this event! He loves Star Wars. This looked like a great event.
Mine too! My kids are obsessed with all things Star Wars and electronics.
It sounds awesome! Not a Star Wars fan but I would love to see this!
I can see these on a lot of Christmas lists. I think the Battle Drones sound awesome.
Such a cool event! I have never heard of this, but I know my nephew would LOVE it!
Total Star Wars geek here! Love that I can nab all my favorite toys and tech at Best Buy. I need all the BB-8 stuff!
My goodness the type of tech available these days. So much fun, but also keeps us all on our toes, so easy to get left behind!! 🙂
My family is a huge fan of Star Wars and my kids are crazy over these droids. This is the first time I heard about Force Friday. I need to check this out.
I love all things Star Wars and wish I had known about the Best Buy event!! I will have to head to my local store and check out these goodies!!
Not sure if I should tell my boys about this. I think they’d want to go and buy everything. Haha, but gotta love Star Wars.
I guess every force friday is a favorite day by the Star Wars fanatics. They get to see and discover items and enjoy to see how they relive star wars too.
I had to hide the screen while reading this so my husband wouldn’t see it. We are big Star Wars fans. I’ll have to see if they have this available here. Christmas is coming up before we know it and I think they would love to see these items under the tree this year!
My kids wouldn’t stop talking about this event. They love Star Wars
My family is such a Star Wars fan! I’m so glad I stayed out of Best Buy on Friday, LOL! I would have walked out with one of everything! My girls one the BB8 so bad!
I am geeking out at those RCs. How did I not hear about this Best Buy event? I need to swing by and take a look.
These looks really cool! I want my own little R2D2! I’m kicking myself that I somehow missed Force Friday though. My oldest would have loved it.
My husband would love to have these in his life! I cannot believe we didn’t hear about this! They have all the droids that a fan could ever ask for! I love that they react to the movies as well.
Love the drone but I know my husband would totally love it more than I do. A great Christmas gift idea for sure.
We are going to Best Buy this weekend. I am excited to see the all new Star Wars products. We are huge Star Wars fans in my house. We already have a life size R2D2.
Wow. I wish we have these in our country.
I was just at Best Buy over the weekend. I saw some of these products there as well. They looked so neat!
My kids like Star Wars a lot. I bet they would enjoy some of these gadgets for their new rooms.
Those Star Wars drones are going to be so fun! It’s really cool how technologically advanced these toys are.
How cool is this? We are major Star Wars fans in our house, so we NEED this.
These would make great gifts for the Star Wars fan. I know a few people who would love these.
Being a sucker for Star Wars that R2 D2 will definitely fit in my little collection. Just wished it was a little more bigger!
So cool! My oldest son and husband would love this. Huge Star Wars fans!
I come from a family of Star Wars lovers. Looks like some awesome products – my son has been wanting a drone, I’ll have to check this out.
We are so excited about all of the Star Wars products and loving Force Friday! We visited our local Best Buy last month and had a blast testing out these products as well. The kids loved it!
Alright – how did I now know of this? I am going to Best Buy this weekend to grab some of this fantastic fun gear! My husband will love it too!
Best Buy is so awesome! I love all this Star Wars stuff. We can’t wait for the new movie.
I love Best Buy. My husband and I have purchased more than a dozen large ticket items from them and we have never been disappointed in their quality or service.
I missed Force Friday with staying home to avoid the heat wave around here. I need to swing by my store to see if there is something fun still to check out!
My Star War fan has a birthday coming up. I need to check these out.
That mini R2D2 is just so darn adorable! Love the fact that there’s a bunch of Star Wars products at Best Buy! Gotta check it out.
I had no idea that Force Friday even existed, and we love Star Wars! I had only heard about it, the night of, and the stores were almost closed by that time. I’ll have to keep my ears open for next years Force Friday. Those looked like some great items for any Star Wars fan.
My kiddo would have loved to go to this. He loves anything to do with Star Wars. This looks like it was a fun event for you guys to do. Star Wars is such a iconic thing that I am pretty sure every person on the face of the earth whether they’ve seen the movie or not knows with Star Wars is.
Oh wow what some amazing deals were to be had for Force Friday at Best Buy, I bet my other half would have love them!
I love anything and everything Star Wars! The Sphero Droids look crazy fun and cool!
I love the R2-D2 and would love to buy it for my Star Wars fan hubby! May the fourth be with you!
I’ve never heard of Force Friday. I will send this off to all my Star War friends!
Force Friday is the best! I was at Force Friday the last time around, and it was SO AWESOME! I love it!