Sphero R201ROW R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid Star Wars Action Figure, White

As a mid-late forties man I am not ashamed to admit that I got this for myself. Huge fan of Star Wars, love geeky toys and tech and loved the look of what they've done this. The price drop and availability made me decide to go for it. I have to say it's an impressive piece of kit. It's not huge, standing less than 7 inches tall, but not tiny either. It feels solid and well put together and it looks perfect (perhaps not the finish you can get with build you own models costing ten times more but good none the less). It comes beautifully packed in a solid premium box (that i will be keeping should it store it at some stage). Set-up is very easy; simply plug the usb into a usb charging plug or device, download the app on your device (I used an Ipad Pro) and connect it. It updates the firmware and then Artoo is all yours. Using it is very easy. There are various modes including a remote control mode, a patrol mode where Artoo will wander around by himself, an AR mode (which feels fairly tacked on really) and a viewing mode where he will react to key moments in the movies. Thee is also a sphero education app that allows you to control r2 via a block based code editor or JavaScript. I’ve yet to play with this but will be messing with the JavaScript based editor soon. Artoo himself is lovely. His movement is spot on and the retractable third leg adds a real air of authenticity. His sounds and head movements feel totalkly authentic. He's a truly great fun toy for fans of all ages. Overall I am delighted with it, it will get lots of attention and look great on the shelf when it doesn't. I have given it 5 stars because I do love it but my one caveat would be the price. It is quite a lot to pay and i can understand this makes it a premium product and not for everyone. If resources allow though and you love Star Wars and Artoo? Well worth it!

For any Star Wars fan this is a great purchase. The detail and quality is very impressive. The setup is really straightforward. You can download the app for the iPhone and Android. I brought this as a Christmas present and added the app to both Android and iPhone. Once connected go into your phone/ tablet settings and turn on Bluetooth and scan for devices. The droid has no on/ off button so it’s always ready once you start the app. It’s a lot of fun and it’s quite fast and easy to control. It comes with multiple gestures and also an AR mode. R2D2 allows you to roam around the Millennium Falcon which is cool. In the box you get a USB charging cable which needs to plug into a usb slot. There’s no plug for charging but that’s not an issue. Really impressed and has all the gestures you’ve seen in the films. Takes about 30 minutes to charge.

R2 arrived and it looks great, if only it was a little bigger. Pros. It does look fantastic, the patrol mode is very good, he will move around on his own and map out the room, as he goes he makes noises and you can also set him up to interact with humans or other Sphero's, how good the interaction is I have yet to test., I got R2 on an Amazon special, with this in mind I would still say that this is a very expensive executive grown up toy, I don't think that it has enough features to keep a child entertained beyond an initial cool factor. If you can get a dev kit to programme R2, that would take it to another level Cons: although the app looks good, functionality is a bit limited, for example I haven't found a way to use the app on my iPhone and also take a video of R2, as soon as you swap apps, Sphero loses connection, this limits the experience in my opinion.

I love my little R2, he's great fun!. He comes in a nice looking, sturdy box and was perfect apart from one little scratch in the paint which is not that noticeable. I'm sure I'll drive him into enough furniture to scratch off more paint shortly so I didn't think it was worth returning it for such a small scratch.Once you install the app he is very easy to operate but using a tablet is easier than on a phone (although if you have a large phone it's probably fine). They seem to have made an effort to recreate R2's personality as when set in human interaction mode he whistles and warbles to get attention. I haven't tried watching a Star Wars film with him yet but I'm confident he will be entertaining! Overall I think it's money well spent and I'm tempted to get a BB8 to see how they interact together.

Great product. Let down by a poor app. From the moment I got this I knew it was going to be a quality product. The box is nice, strong, and holds the device well. And it actually felt nice unboxing this. The droid is well made, quite heavy, and doesn't take too long to charge. It stands up by itself, and really looks the part with the attention to detail that is second to none. It really does feel like a quality product, and not a cheap piece of plastic. And now the now the not so good. The App, it's just awful. You start by downloading it from the Google Play Store, it's a free download, and around 128Mb in size - so use Wi-fi to get it. This is where it gets bad. First off, if you like and enjoy your privacy then (like myself) you won't like the fact that this app will NOT work offline. You need to be online, and have Location Services switched on. If you go offline/Airplane mode and switch off Location Services then the app simply refuses to work. Quite why, is beyond me. The devs say they don't track your actual location, ok, so why the need for my location on a app that is used locally ? The app also requires access to your files, photos, etc.. this maybe just for saving/loading - not 100% sure. On to the app itself. It starts, every single time, with a pointless Star Wars loading screen, music, sounds, that just takes too long to load. If this was a once off, then fine. But it's not, it's every damn time. You then get to select your droid, the app is used by all 4 of Sphero's Droids. Now this is where is either works or crashes, same place, every time. Either works or doesn't. If it works you're taken to the first part where you can rotate the droid to test, click the bottom icon and you're on the main screen. Because there is no help with this you can get lost in what does what. The icons do have graphic pics of what they're supposed to do but often it's not what you "think" it does based on the icon picture. Controlling the droid is from the left-side via a large circle. This makes little sense because there should be directions like a compass but there isn't, and you often go in the wrong direction to where you think you are going. Really frustrating. Comeon, Sphero, add compass points to the control circle then at least you have a idea where you want to go. If you're a Star Wars fan then I would recommend this since it is a quality product. Just let down with a poorly written, poorly though out app. If Sphero can fix this app and keep decent patches coming then this would make a perfect product.

Ok, I normally wouldn’t give an item 5 stars if I have had to send it back to get a replacement like I have had to do with this one. However, this is a special case. Let me explain. When he (yes he, you can’t help it in the end) arrived he unfortunately went all over the place when connected to my iPhone. I contacted the Sphero help desk and I have to say they were VERY helpful and supportive. They unfortunately couldn’t solve the issue and recommended I return him. I did so and now thanks to Amazons equally swift response, I am now the proud owner of a fully functional R2D2! It has to be the best Star Wars toy out there. Everything about R2 is there and just makes you smile whenever you switch him on. I’m giving 5 stars as 1. He’s great! Loads of functions, watch’s films with you, drives like a maniac and is programmable to boot! 2. Excellent service support from Sphero (seriously impressed. That’s what all support should be like) 3. Worth every penny (for a Star Wars fan anyway) Have fun and may the force be with you :)

Absolutely love this little R2, the attention to detail is brilliant enough to have him as a shelf ornament, if thats your thing. However, he really comes to life with the 'droids' app, Sphero have proper nailed the movement and the R2-D2 reactions sounds etc. Even have the Jawa electrocution nose, then R2-D2 falls over! 🤣 I was unbelievably lucky as got mine yesterday and had an android device, so I accepted that you couldn't use the 'watch with me' functionality on the driods app. But to my surprise its been sorted on the 14/05 so happy days. I've just watched Episode 4 with my little R2, which was fantastic. Only downside is if you have pets no matter how much you vacuum, he still gets dust and hairs in his tracks, I just use a small paint brush to clear them out after every use. A must for every Starwars fan, young or old! 👍

Now this little gods gift toy is one off the best things I’ve brought it does everything it says it does but don’t go for the cheaper ones it needs to be the proper one As there are some cheap ones and they won’t do what this little fellow can do it’s an amazing R2D2 all in all I would deffo recommend you might think it’s a bit pricey but trust me it’s worth every penny he’s just so phone and it’s all controlled from your phone through a app or he can just explore on he’s own he talks to you. would be a lot better if he had a camera inside of him so u could control it from larger distance but that’s the only problem I think it’s got brilliant all round

Excelente producto

Der R2D2 sieht aus wie aus dem Film gegriffen. Er klingt wie im Film. Er bewegt sich wie im Film. Er kann per Aufruf ganze Szenen/ Choregraphien darstellen. Er kann sein drittes Fahrbein aus- und einfahren. Er kann auf zwei Beinen stehen und nervös/ traurig/ ungeduldig/ aufgeregt watscheln/ von einem Fuß auf den anderen trippeln (dazu brauchte man im Original einen Kleinwüchsigen, der diese Bewegungen ausführte für mehr Immersion). Er kann mittels App eine augmented-reality-Fahrt durch den Rasenden Falken begleiten. Er kann neben mir auf dem Sofa sitzen und mit mir Krieg der Sterne ansehen (die Synchronisation zum Film erfolgt über die App, die per Handymikrofon mithört und die Szenen zuordnet. Wie ich also den Film sehe ist egal)- er hört zu nu piepst, blinkt und bewegt sich passend zu den entsprechenden Szenen. Interaktion neu definiert. Selbst für die Zeit, in der R2D2 geladen wird, haben die crazyshitengineers einen Extramodus eingebaut: R2D2 merkt scheinbar, wenn ich mich ihm nähere und wenn ihn berühre oder anhebe gibt's weitere Interaktionen wie Geräusche, Bewegungen oder drehungsausgleichende Bewegungen des Kopfes- schwer zu beschreiben aber sehr beeindruckend...Wenn ich in diesem Modus R2 über Kopf halte, schüttelt er z.B. protestierend den Kopf. Dieser R2D2 ist bis oben hin vollgestopft mit Platinen, LEDs, Chips, Kabeln, Mechanik, Motoren und Sensorik. Bis-oben-hin. Mehr geht nicht. Allein auf dem Kopf: Projektorlampe, Auge vorne, Statuslampen, dazu hinten Auge und Statuslampe. Alle einzeln ansprechbar in Helligkeit und zum Teil auch die Farbe programmierbar. Wer es mal mit eigenen Augen sehen will: einfach mal nach einem Video suchen mit den Stichworten "ee world online sphero r2d2-toy". Detailliert wie eine tumbe Statue zum Hinstellen, bewegt sich aber wie ein unfassbarer Animatronic. Details wie die Kabel an den Füßen (aus Gummi) oder das kupferfarbene USB-Ladekabel zeigen den Verliebheitsgrad des Herstellers zu diesem Produkt: Level 10+++ von 10. Per App kann ich R2D2 steuern- meine Familie liebt diesen Burschen. So niedlich. Kann lustig oder traurig piepsen, dazu passend den Kopf drehen und mit den Lampen blinken. Eigener Lautsprecher. Jetzt noch der Clou: Hersteller Sphero baut eigentlich keine Spielzeuge. Spheros Haupttätigkeit ist seit Jahren die Herstellung von interaktiven Lehrkonzepten, um Schülern den Zugang zu EDV und Programmierung zu erleichtern. Der Lehr-Roboter Sphero (ein Hightech-Ball) sah 2015 dem BB-8 so ähnlich. dass man sich entschloss, einen getunten Sphero (angemalt und mit Magnetkopt etc.) BB-8 herauszubringen, der mehr kann als jeder andere Apparat. Resultat: Atemstillstand vor Begeisterung beim Publikum. Nun hat sich Sphero mit diesem R2 nochmals selbst übertroffen: mehr Details, mehr Funktionen mehr von Allem. Der komplette Unterbau der Lehrfunktionen (Programmieren in verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsgraden (per Zeichnung, per Block oder per Code), Turorials, Foren etc.) steht auch beim R2D2 zur Verfügung. Wenn ich also lernen möchte, wie ich den R2D2 programmiere (und nicht nur auf einfache Funktionsknöpfe tippe, um etwas auszuführen), dann geht das wie beim Sphero-Ball. "Lass R2 ein Quadrat fahren mit vier Einzelanweisungen", "Versuche, das Programm effizienter zu gestalten mit einer Schleife", "Fahre einen Kreis" etc. etc. geht das auch noch. Nicht nur so ein stumpfes Hasbroteil, sondern richtige Programmierung. Sprachausgabe hat die App auch (dann aber Sprachausgabe nur übers Handy), eine Positionsanzeige und Sensorikdaten in Echtzeit (Gyroskop, Beschleunigung etc.) und und und. Es hakt minimal mit der App bei mir mit Android 7 (nach einer programmierten Animation stoppt die Programmausführung; keine Sensorikdatenauswertung- Luxusprobleme), aber ein Android 6 Handy läuft absolut rund. Odometrie, Trägheitsnavigationssysteme, Rollen, Nicken, Gierung... hier ist alles an Bord. Raketenwissenschaft auf zwei Beinen. Drei. Fazit: ich glaube nicht, dass hier auch nur annähernd kostendeckend gearbeitet/ entwickelt/ produziert wurde. Das ist viel, viel mehr Leistung als der Preis (der nun offenbar um die Hälfte reduziert werden musste wegen der vermeintlichen Hasbro-Dummikonkurrenz) vermuten lässt. P.S.: wer den kleinen Wunderapparat auch ausgeschaltet in der Dreibeinposition verharren lassen will, um ihn so noch ikonografischer ins Regal zu stellen, kann dieses mit einem kleinen Kniff erreichen, der auf meine HP zu finden ist... (habe ich zufällig beim Filmen herausgefunden...). ;-)

Absolutely awesome. It was a birthday present for my neice and she loves it. Couldn't find this anywhere they were sold out. Then I found it here on Amazon Australia thank goodness. Thank you Amazon

Lo compré de oferta porque le tenía el ojo hace tiempo y cuando mi hijo me lo pidió aproveché para comprarlo como regalo. Está súper bien. Es muy real, habla solo, se mueve, hace las típicas voces de la película y gestos, los puedes controlar y con otra app de sphero (spheroedu) puede programar acciones de una forma visual y eso se me ha hecho muy interesante para hacer circuitos y esas cosas. A los niños les gusta, y a los padres más jeje.

Solo per i veri appassionati consiglio davvero l'acquisto, R2 è riprodotto davvero bene e nei minimi particolari, materiali di ottima qualità, riproduzione dei suoni fedelissima, questo è il primo articolo della Sphero che compro ed è stato subito amore. Package davvero sublime, bellissime finiture della scatola, plauso anche al cavo davvero di ottima qualità e bello da vedere, in tinta con i suoi circuiti. Il droide funziona alla grande, risponde perfettamente dallo smartphone tramite l'applicazione apposita, non ci sono configurazioni all'infuori di un aggiornamento, il resto è tutto puro divertimento, mi è piaciuto praticamente tutto è davvero la replica del film, se siete super fan non potete non comprarlo. Complimenti a Sphero ha realizzato un super prodotto.