Cracked open my BB-8 droid today after it had been sitting on the shelf at home for a month. Pretty fun little toy. I'm hoping its durable as the kids really dig it.
I had planned on waiting until the day of the movie premier and surprising the kids with it, but my 8 year old son called me today at work and said his technology teacher showed the kids the school's new BB-8 droid. They've got a bunch of other Spheros they "learn" with at school, and I guess they added a BB-8 to the lineup.
I wasn't about to let some grade school teacher trump me on Star Wars fun, so we fired it up and sent it rolling around the house. (Eat that technology teacher).
My five year olds picked up the navigation of it quickly as well.
Should be fun if it can hold up.