Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,063: BB-YOU (2023 Pride Collection)

BB-YOU Pride Collection Disney Exclusive
Star Wars Droid Factory
Item No.: ???
Manufacturer: Disney
Number: n/a
Includes: n/a
Action Feature: Comes apart
Retail: $14.99 $9.98
Availability: May 2023
Appearances: n/a
Bio: In celebration of Pride and the company's Pride collection, The Walt Disney Company is giving funds as part of our ongoing commitment to organizations around the world that support LGBTQ+ communities. (Taken from the packaging.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

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Commentary: While other Pride droids have been colorful and pretty distinctive BB-YOU is the one I could've missed and not been upset to have missed. At $15 it's a little pricey - it's on clearance now - and it looks like BB-8 was entered in a coloring contest. You can make out various colors from the Pride flag(s) on it, but it's effectively a normal white BB-8 with some minor changes. It's boring - and I've looked at pages and pages of awesome, colorful flags for all sorts of things. There's no reason for these to be dull when they could just have reissued R2-RNBW and made a lot of people happy with zero effort.

 The same mold has been sold for years, so you can put a hat on him, pop the head off, or split him apart to see a weighted silver ball inside. The head turns too, but that's all there is to it. As of right now BB-8 (and friends) feel like the Ewoks as the 1980s went on - the time for this is over, there will be a day in the future will people want BB-8 again, but people are probably very over it and Grogu may not be far behind given his lack of standout mischief on The Mandalorian last season.

Once you get past the significance of a Pride figure, of which there are many better options unless this particular one has specific significance for you, I'd say spend your money on the Astromech set (also on sale) or something else. I'd still buy a BB droid painted like the heart on the packaging - red on top, violet on the bottom, other colors in between - but I don't want another white BB-series droid with color highlights ever again. I've got plenty. I want something else now.

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Shop Disney at full price, but as I write this it's on clearance. $10 or under is a fair price for it, $5 really would be ideal given how small the BB figures are.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,063: September 12, 2023