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You'll be able to buy a toy version of that cute little ball droid from the new 'Star Wars' movie (DIS)

BB-8 is one of the new droids in the next "Star Wars" movie, "The Force Awakens."

He's only appeared in two trailers and a live "Star Wars" event so far, but BB-8 is quickly becoming a new fan favorite.

BB-8 looks like this:

<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/55367883ecad045215514ef9/bb-8.gif" border="0" alt="star wars bb-8"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Sphero, a </span>startup that makes smartphone-controlled ball toys<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, announced this week that it helped develop the BB-8 puppet used in "The Force Awakens."</span>

This one:

<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/55316a7469bedd98398b456c/bb-8-gif.gif" border="0" alt="BB-8 Gif"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The company also teased that it'll have a new BB-8 toy coming soon. So far, you can only </span>sign up on Sphero's website for more information<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span>

<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/553677ac6bb3f7d73267867d-978-483/screen-shot-2015-04-21-at-12.14.40-pm.png" border="0" alt="star wars sphero bb-8 toy"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">According to a leaked product page </span>spotted by Gizmodo<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, the BB-8 toy from Sphero will cost $150 and look like this:</span>

<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/553679506bb3f7054167867d-636-548/ew3s9vj94q6xckm3gtmz.jpg" border="0" alt="bb-8 leaked toy image from sphero">

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