Nikko R2-D2 projector to go on sale: Beep boop woooo

This is what CES is all about. Forget your fancy big TVs, your Lamborghini laptops and the Bill Gates keynote. No, if everyone was truly honest with themselves, the product we'd all like to take home is this.

It's a home cinema system in a box that just so happens to look like everyone's favourite Star Wars character, R2-D2. Remember that bit in the first (or fourth, depending on your age) film where the cute android projects the message from bun-haired Princess Leia on the floor, while Alec Guinness and the whingeing kid look on agog? This does that.

The 'eye' bit at the top is the lens for a projector which, we're told, can put out an image measuring 260 inches diagonally at 2,000 lumens. There's a DVD player inside for watching movies along with memory card slots for displaying pics. There's even an iPod dock, because no self-respecting do-it-all robot would be complete without one in the 21st century. There's also an FM broadcast function, so you can send the music from your iPod dock to your hi-fi.

You can move it forwards and make him do a 360 degree turn, so expect to see plenty of dancing Artoos on YouTube.

If all this seems familiar, that's because it featured at last year's CES, but never actually went on sale. Nikko has tweaked the design ever so slightly and added a digital out to the back. All this Lucas-goodness won't be cheap though -- it will cost $2,700 (£1,350) when it goes on sale in March. Click on for some more details on the best toy in Las Vegas.

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