Not sure if this is old news but a Taiwanese website has some details (in Chinese) on 75187 BB-8. The packaging does not seem to have the UCS designation.

http://www.loserlab.tw/2017/07/lego-75187-bb8-firstlook.html

 

Edited July 28, 20178 yr by brickinfinite
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Not a huge deal because the set looks good but...

Let me get this straight.  The Sandcrawler was an UCS set w/o the sticker plaque.   Same goes for latest 10188 Take II $500 set.

BB-8 isn't an UCS set but comes with the sticker plague. 

Ok, I'm good and totally understand TLG's logic

Perhaps following the outcrry from AOH, TLG decided to ditch the UCS branding to give them "more flexibility in their product offerings."

Since it doesn't appear to be UCS or exclusive, I'll pick one up at >50% off down the line. To be honest, I was expecting a dreadful set, but this isn't as bad as I expected.

9 hours ago, brickinfinite said:

 

The body doesn't really look round - but I do like the lighter effect.

LEGO wants pics down 

 

I think a UCS to LEGO is a Star Wars D2C. This isn't a D2C

What does D2C even mean any more though since they are available from Amazon, TRU, Walmart, Target, B&N, etc?  LEGO is not consistent with using the UCS label and we know that.  My hope is that this set scales properly with the UCS R2.

Snagged this at Wal-Mart in Canada this morning. 

3 minutes ago, Harley Quinn said:

Snagged this at Wal-Mart in Canada this morning. 

This morning? What's the street date?

Pics or it didn't happen ....

$95 purchase price with 2 in stock at most of my local walmarts. Not sure if that is on the shelf or not though. Will be checking tomorrow.

Pics!!!!

Box has 6 numbered bags and small plaque sticker sheet.

Slowly liking this set more and more...

Bag 1

Bag 2

Bag 3

Couldn't ask for a better Xmas flip 

Bag 4

Edited August 23, 20178 yr by Harley Quinn

Here we go.

 

Love it! Can't wait to get one. This will be the hot seller this xmas?

48 minutes ago, tacsniper said:

Love it! Can't wait to get one. This will be the hot seller this xmas?

Kids love BB8 and more than a few adults too. It´s the only desirable set that isn´t a rehash and the price point and play features are attractive.

Hmm the review showed me it had a lot more movement in the head than I thought it did. I love the rubber band! 

 

I think I'll get it. Maybe not on Force Friday but at some point. 

It's a nice set, especially at the price point it's at.

Size Comparisons

Those Jawas are gonna need a bigger Sandcrawler

31 minutes ago, Migration said:

It's a nice set, especially at the price point it's at.

At 60% off, it will be even nicer.

Thoughts

• Overall, it is a very solid build. Every thing locks in nicely. It is basically the gimmick mechanics surrounded by technic bricks with all of the sides attached. Head is attached with one technic pole. Contains mostly white plates of varying sizes. Has quite a few of the 1/4 circle flat tiles in the set in white.
• I don't have R2 anymore (otherwise I would have posted a photo), but this build had the same sort of feel, but was definitely more streamlined. I found the head assembly on BB-8 more solid than R2. Granted it is smaller but all of the pieces are locked in much better.
• The thumbs up gimmick is smooth and works great. I wish the blue arrow tip tilted just a little more outwards like it does in the movie but that is a nitpick.
• Head gimmick is good. Hard to control it since the dial on the side operates both rotation and up and down movement. I guess the idea is for his head to bob around a little like in the movie. Uses a single yellow elastic to achieve it. 
• I am not a fan of the stand. It is basically a cross of plates with four slope bricks "holding" BB-8 in place. BB-8 is super solid standing on his own and the stand is really just decoration. No spelling errors on the sticker as far as I can notice this time. I always found display stands with name plates for anything to be quite silly. I mean if you spent all this money on the item, I would hope you would know who the character is. Would have preferred the specs in the manual like the other UCS sets in the last few years. The stand is probably only 50 pieces or so not a big loss, I won't be displaying it. Could have been cool if the made a sand Jakku base to go with it instead.
• As far as I can tell, it is the same BB-8 minifig as the Force Awakens set.

 

I think this one is going to be very popular with kids and collectors. R2 was a great set, but this one is half the price and will be available at more stores (In Canada I could only get R2 from shop at home or Toysrus.ca). It also has the luxury of coming out in between two huge movies where as R2 was only riding on the Clone Wars cartoon at the time.

21 hours ago, Phil B said:

Pics or it didn't happen ....

i saw many at my local walmart too