Collectors young and old will appreciate the details of this Star Wars Interactive Electronic R2-D2 Astromech Droid. Complete with movie-accurate messages and flashing lights, this droid responds to voice commands and has a special arm designed to keep your beverage handy. This friendly robot is designed to be a fun companion for kids aged eight and up.
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Bring Home Your Own Astromech Droid
Celebrate Star Wars 30th Anniversary by inviting this movie-accurate droid into your life. Once the loyal companion to Queen Amdala, this utility droid is programmed to be your devoted helper and friend. Help him get ready to serve you by snapping his steering legs into place and attaching the projector piece to his domed top. You’ll need to use a Phillips screwdriver to insert four “AA” batteries and four “D” cell batteries in his side.
More than 15-inches tall, this sophisticated R2-D2 model boasts a secret cargo compartment, a unique swing-down utility arm that’s also a beverage holder, a removable sensor scope, a working light beam, sound-processing microphones, and an adaptable droid mood-status indicator. Sonar navigational technology and infrared location sensors help make him one the most advanced droids around.
Take Advantage of Three Interactive Modes
Intergalactic missions will be more fun with a reliable droid at your side. In companion mode, R2-D2 responds to commands like “Go on patrol,” “Light Beam,” and “Play Message.” Star Wars fans are sure to appreciate the accuracy of the messages, which are culled from famous missions he remembers.
You can even ask R2 about friends including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, Darth Vader, and Jabba the Hutt. He has a different reaction to each name based on his “feelings” for the characters. And if you hit R2 on the head, he’ll make irritated beeping sounds and try to move away from you. As you get to know your droid, you’ll realize that the noises and motions he makes correspond to his “mood.”
In game mode, R2 responds to more complicated commands. He’ll act as a sentry to protect your important stuff, dance to cantina music, spin around, or play light tag. The third mode is the most complex. This command mode lets you give pointed directions that control R2′s movements. Tell him to turn left and right or go forward whenever you want, or set a preprogrammed course for him to follow.
While R2 responded to simple commands with no problems, we had difficulty getting him to respond reliably to more complex requests. We trust that, like with any voice-operated electronic system, over time it will get easier to produce a wider range of commands that R2 consistently responds to. Until then, his movie-accurate look, the way he responds to simple commands, and the convenient beverage holder make him a fun comrade.
What’s in the Box
Droid body, two steering legs, projector piece, telescope piece with sensory array, and an operation manual.
R2-D2 can respond to commands. View larger. |
And can double has a beverage holder. View larger. |
Customer Review: Nervewracking
I was given this as a Christmas present, and for a few brief moments I was in a blissful future world where robots wait on my beck and call. Then my fantasy crashed around me as R2, like NS-5 from “I Robot” refused to respond to my commands and fulfilled his true metaphysical purpose. In R2′s case, this meant shaking his head and wandering about until he got stuck.
R2 resembles his Kenny Baker-driven counterpart down to each blip and responds exactly as he does in the movies–that is, if you’re C3PO. From the moment you turn him on, you become R2′s very own golden, mobility-challenged whipping boy. Make no mistake, R2D2 is in charge here, not you.
Where R2 represents the pinnacle of budget-priced AI is with his attitude. I don’t know if my deep voice triggers a frequency monitor or if it’s random, but R2 regularly goes into “bad mood” mode and refuses to accept commands with a sassy shake of the head. According to the manual, a command of “behave yourself” will put him back into normal mode, but that only works if R2 thinks you’re Luke, which he doesn’t. Now, call me a pessimst, but when my car refuses to start, I don’t chuckle at its attitude. When my shower drain clogs, it’s not endearing. What sort of sadistic person designs a product that is specifically meant to quit working periodically? If the manufacturers would have called it Windows R2, at least they would have given us some kind of warning.
I have given R2D2 an educational value of 5 stars because R2 teaches us to enunciate distinctly, hones our punting skills, and shows us the error of making robots in our own image.
R2 also receives 5 stars in durability, as he still works as poorly as ever after innumerable kicks, slaps, and body slams.
Customer Review: Star Wars Interactive R2D2
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