I know there has been a lot of lamenting about this being a kids toy. Its not accurate enough for collectors. The Nerf stuff is stupid.
I pulled the trigger and ordered this the other day, and it showed up on my doorstep yesterday. My kids (8, 5, 5) saw it and thought it was the coolest thing they've ever seen. Granted we didnt' open it, but they were looking at the box and features advertised. They absolutely loved the Nerf action feature and were pumped to get a BB-8.
These are the same kids that have an opened BMF (and other toys) laying around that they don't interact with much.
I'll be interested to crack this open and see how they play with it. They love the action features on the Clone Turbo Tank, and I think they'll love this as well.
I'll hold my full on kudos for Hasbro until this is opened and fully assessed, but honestly, these are toys and should be designed for 8 year olds, not 40-something year olds. I'm hopeful my kids are as excited to continually play with this as they seemed by the promise the sealed box holds.
I get it that collectors won't be as interested in this, but that is okay. We've got a BMF. I'm glad they made this one for the kids.