Easily recognisable. The main body is a roughly spherical piece with the characteristic orange and grey markings, and the "head" is more of a hemi-sphere, with what feels like a piece of rigid plastic keeping it in shape. It's got the black "eye" and a few more markings. The marking is all printed, and continues the whole way around BB-8:
He is exceptionally cute. He's not quite as cuddly as Catwoman, because of the piece of plastic in his head. See this picture?
That's the plastic there in the bottom. It does a great job at giving him shape though.
As with almost all things, there's labels! Here's what the label says:
Yeah, boring stuff, but it does have the Hallmark logo to prove it's credentials. The other side has washing instructions, so maybe some day soon I'll see about returning him to his former whiteness.
The design is pretty much perfect. It might have been interesting if the markings were done by embroidery rather than printing. Could be cool if they do another version with an extra piece added to make BB-8's welding torch. A fair number of Itty Bittys have extra bits like that.
I got my BB-8 when I got my Catwoman, and I love both of them. I am of the opinion that Itty Bittys are one of the best lines of merchandise available - they're high quality, a versatile design, and Hallmark are doing a pretty good job. I'll probably talk more about my opinion of the line another time.
Of course, my fondness for them might be influenced by my being of the female persuasion. I love Star Wars, and superheroes and Star Trek, which are traditionally more masculine, but I also love the soft toys, more traditionally feminine. It's interesting, isn't it? Most stereotypes have a degree of reality in them, so I won't discount the possibility of my female nature influencing my preferences. That said, I don't particularly care. I like what I like, no matter why I like it. Just amusing to speculate.
Well, I'll be talking about Itty Bittys again soon, I'm sure. 'Til next time.
