bb-8 is "one of a kind" because it was never intended to be an astromech. bb-8 was originally intended as an automated soccerball-type game droid that would play against you so you could have 1v1 even by yourself. it was like a combination pokemon/nerf ball. poe's had bb since he was a kid, and tinkered around with bb's wiring so his beloved childhood droid could be his astromech when he joined the academy.
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