Even months before the Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie is going to be released in cinemas, we have seen a lot of related merchandise available like plush robots, desktop lamps, Angry Birds Star Wars plush toys, glassware sets, lightsaber selfie sticks, necklaces, sweaters, chargers, towels and many…. many more. Throughout all this merchandise, we have found some which are really iconic and notable regarding the Star Wars universe; one of them is the BB-8 droid from Sphero, which is quite a nice robot that gets controlled to our smartphone/tablet via Bluetooth Smart BLE. The product has upgradable firmware via the mobile software, comes with voice recognition and does also have an independent operation mode named “Patrol”. Sphero has proven to bring a lot of attention to details, and this begins right with the box itself:

A closer look on the top cover will inform us that the droid is operated via our mobile device, with both pictograms and text:

What we do learn if we lean the packaging on one side? Sphero is talking about the Authentic Movement, “Listens and Responds”, Holographic Communication, Autonomous Behavior and Adaptive Personality features:

Some words on the hardware and software components of the droid are available on the opposite side:

A product description is also available on the bottom area of the box and here we will learn that applications are available for both Android and iOS platforms:

After we have unsealed the box and removed the top, we will get to see that Star Wars box art is still present on the following layers:

The manufacturer did not forget to remind us about them by placing the nice Sphero logo in the middle:

A small leaflet is available which describes the main steps we need to take in order to get the droid up and running:

The tiny cute robot is available on the bottom layer, along with its bundle:

The bundle consists of the charging dock which is also fully themed and also a separate black cardboard enclosure which we will open right away: