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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Products Coming on September 4". ComingSoon.net. May 3, 2015 . Retrieved May 3, 2015. Vejvoda, Jim (January 12, 2016). " Star Wars: The Force Awakens Dominates Visual Effects Society Nominations". IGN . Retrieved January 15, 2016. a b McFarland, K. M. (September 3, 2015). "The Story (And Tech) Behind That Awesome Star Wars BB-8 Toy". Wired . Retrieved September 5, 2015. LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises to Debut on Disney XD February 15". Oh My Disney. February 2016 . Retrieved April 22, 2016. Taylor, Chris (July 3, 2017). "Watch Rey and BB-8's first thrilling adventure in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny". Mashable . Retrieved July 5, 2017.Watercutter, Angela (February 12, 2016). "This New Animated Lego Star Wars Short Looks Legit". Wired . Retrieved April 25, 2016. The horizontal motion is facilitated by a rubber band found within the body so the head will always return to the centre as long as the model is displayed on a flat surface. If BB-8 is placed at an angle then the head will dip in the direction of travel, just as it does when BB-8 moves at speed in the films! This function is a lot of fun and gives the droid a great deal of personality based simply on the range of possible poses. Breznican, Anthony (February 11, 2016). "Maz Kanata action figure among new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 27, 2016.

This is a tremendous feature and it works very smoothly as the extending arm pushes the hatch open while concurrently folding out the trans-medium blue flame. Ideally, I would have liked the flame to extend a little further and I should mention that only a small section of the panel opens to reveal the torch in the film. However, that would be impossible to recreate precisely at this scale and I am quite satisfied with the current design. Rothman, Lily (December 3, 2015). "See Every Star Wars Cover in Time Magazine History". Time . Retrieved December 16, 2015.Walsh, Michael (September 3, 2015). "Hot Topic Force Friday Boasts Funko POP! Figures and Other Star Wars Goodies". Nerdist.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016 . Retrieved December 6, 2015. Burton, Bonnie (September 4, 2015). "Force Friday furnishings: New Star Wars decor from ThinkGeek". CNET . Retrieved December 4, 2015. The welding torch is retracted simply by rotating the panel in the other direction and it folds away as smoothly as it opens. Unfortunately, the hatch is not connected to the extending arm so it must be closed manually but this is still an excellent feature and I like the spear tip which is used to depict the flame as the standard flame piece would be the wrong shape.

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