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• Big Deal: $200 off Pleo the Dinosaur at Amazon

  Pleo the dinosaur grazing (Amazon customer image.) We've gushed about Pleo the robotic dinosaur multiple times here at Droolicious, but in these tough economic times, it's gotten progressively harder to justify the little critter's $350 sticker price. Not this week, however, as Amazon has slashed away $200 to bring Pleo down to (somewhat) recession-friendly standards. $149.99 (plus free shipping!) at Amazon, but you'd better order soon in time for Christmas. Posted Dec 15 2008, 05:34 PM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: big deal, robots, pleo, robotic toys, sales, amazon deal alert

• The Babble Review: My Family's Weekend With D-Rex

  While I don't believe in spoilng the kids this close to Christmas, the allure of a packaged robotic dinosaur is too much even for me to resist. So, yeah, when Mattel dropped a D-Rex robotic dinosaur on the doorstep this past weekend, I gave in and decided to let the kids torture-test the little beastie. Read More... Posted Dec 15 2008, 03:00 PM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: robots, robotic toys, dinosaurs, dinosaur toys, Mattel, d-rex

• Torture-Testing the World's Cutest Dinosaur -- or: Pleo Goes Waterboarding!

  So you've already seen us drool over Pleo, the incredibly cute and ultra-realistic dinosaur that, at long last, has finally started shipping (even if it supply chain is backed up through January). But what happens when you actually drop $350 for the thing and your kids get to it on Christmas morning? Cuddly though it may be, can Pleo really take the abuse a kid can dish out? Well, yeah -- but without that pretext, we wouldn't have this awesome video of some Sci-Fi Channel bloggers torture-testing the thing. Shield your little ones' eyes and get ready to laugh out loud: Pleo gets scattered, smothered and covered. (Video from DVICE.) Read More... Posted Dec 06 2007, 10:02 AM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: dinosaur, pleo, robotic toys, funny videos

• The Babble Review: WowWee's Robopanda

  Until now, WowWee's family of robots has been largely cuddle-free; but with Robopanda, the company known for its animatronic reptiles, biomorphs and disembodied chimps delivers a first. Not only is Robopanda the first WowWee robot that doesn't require a remote to interact with it; it's also the company's first bona-fide robotic pet: a smart, adorable (well, subjectively speaking) interactive pal that you can actually imagine a child loving. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2007, 01:02 PM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: stuffed toys, gadgets, robopanda, robotic toys, wowwee, roboquad, roboraptor, robosapien, holiday, panda bear, wow wee, roboreptile

• WowWee's Roboquad Packs Cold, Deadly Stealthiness (and Sweet Dance Moves)

  From the dino-riffic Pleo to Erector's upcoming Spykee, robotic toys are claiming a nice chunk of the holiday action this year, and with Roboquad, which has already snagged four international toy awards, WowWee adds yet another winner to its formidable droid army. Read More... Posted Oct 18 2007, 12:32 PM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: geek toys, gadgets, pleo, spykee, robopanda, robotic toys, wowwee, roboquad, roboraptor, robosapien