Gifts and Gadgets

I've been seeing roboraptor just about everywhere lately. It's in all your local stores, and it looks like the retailers are hoping it will be the toy of the season.

- Fluid bi-pedal motion: walking, running and predatory gaits
- Realistic body movements: turning head and neck; whipping tail actions
- Three distinct moods: hunter, cautious and playful
- Autonomous environmental interaction: responds with mood specific behaviors and sounds
- Mood dependent behavior: aggressive/hunting mood; nervous/cautious mood; friendly/playful mood
- Multi-sensory: touch sensors in his tail, chin and mouth; sonic sensors
- Infra-red vision system detects objects in his path, or approaching him
- Powerful jaws that play tug-of war games, “bite” and pull
- “Laser” tracking technology: trace a path on the ground and he’ll follow it
- Visual and sonic guard mode
- Responds to commands from Robosapien V2
- Auto shut-off function
- Video game style controller
- Demonstration mode
- 40+ pre-programmed functions

If you're interested in buying, I might suggest Buy.com. Look for the coupon on the left to get 5% off (expires 10/23). Or you can try Amazon.com (roboraptor) where they're selling it with the Mini Robosapien Robot for only $10 more.

I'm an affiliate of both Buy.com and Amazon.