BB-8 Mega Playset

BB-8 Mega Playset

Hasbro - The Last Jedi

 

To commiserate celebrate the home video release of "The Last Star Wars Movie Ever Jedi", let's take a look at what might be the last Star Wars toy I ever purchase...because the Last Jedi sucked!  It's two thirds of a scale BB-8 replica that transforms into a large playset that isn't worth the initial $200 price tag.  Good thing I waited for a $60 sale on Amazon...which was still hard to do considering I saw the movie it's based on.  Pretty cool locale (unlike Canto Bight)...its a shame its only featured in about ten minutes of the film, somewhere in the middle.  It's big, has fair amount of action features, and included 2 exclusive figures:  Joke Snoke and a Praetorian Guard. 

 

For scale...this is all your fault, Jorg Sacul!

BB-8's light up features and chatter are fun, but would it have killed them to throw in some hollow shell pieces to make a complete replica?  Should have been a gimme with that price tag!  Maybe if they had dropped the dated gimmick of the Force Link bracelet/technology?  Or at least saved us a few bucks.  I mean, c'mon...it's the freaking Episode 1 Commtech Chip Reader all over again!  Forget the past...kill it if you have to!

A few action features:



"Exploding" platform with light and sound.

Trap door into holding cell/tourture room.

 

 Rotating gun turret with sound activation.

 

 



Collapsible walkway into trash compactor.

 

Throne room with Force Link sound activation.

 

 



Whoops...more spoilers!  Too bad the Snoke figure doesn't have a cut-in-half feature.  I guess Hasbro wasn't in on that letdown subversion of expectations.

 

It's not a bad looking set, but again, not worth the price.  Like the movie, a disappointing end to decades worth of Star Wars fandom/collecting.