V3 is actually the RS Media. I searched for the Consumer Electronics fair (google) to see the latest and greatest from Wow Wee, but they are not featured. I was under the impression that this was an ideal platform for them to lauch their new products. I think that we will not see another bot until later 2007 even 2008 since RS did not hit all the shelves around the world.

Thanks Nocturnal, I tried searching but somehow I did not come right. Anyway, how do we know what they are going to display? After the show (or while the show is on) how do we know what is being displayed by WowWee?

Now, now kids. ;-)

Let me give you the scoop from the horse's mouth. Being the Robocomunity editor, I do have contact with WowWee folks. Jeff actually doesn't, although being an employee of Capable, he got a test account on RC pretty early on (lucky him!). So yeah, he's really just asking, and of course, trying to get the rest of the community involved.

As for my plans for CES, I'll be there waiting to see what WowWee unveils. They did give us an idea of the potential products they were thinking about releasing, but even they weren't 100% sure about some of the products. At any rate, we're not allowed to say right now, since we could end up talking about some product(s) that gets delayed for months if not longer. Once we find out, we'll definitely be posting news of it to RC.

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*Laughs* It wouldn't be the first time WowWee has had a little trouble with a product line. The P.E.A Bot is a perfect example.

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Everybody's entitled to their opinion.

Many folks who have been tracking discussions of a potential V3, would consider your opinion to be incorrect. Those people, myself included, would say that the RSMedia is not the rumored V3.

The RSMedia was a gutting of the RSV2 brain, and a replacement of it with a more programmable controller. It was not a significant upgrade of the mechanical portion of the robot. Some people actually prefer the hands of the RSV2 over the RSMedia, and consider the RSV2 mechanicals to be a step backwards.

Since the rumored V3 was supposed to be larger, and more physically capable, the RSMedia does not fit the criteria.

To borrow a page from MicroSoft's product roadmap, the RSMedia is to the RSV2 as XP MediaCenter is to XP. The MicroSoft Vista project would be more akin to the rumored RSV3.

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I too think that RS media should be considered the V3. I was thinking on this same subject before I even came across this thread. Before I even came across RoboCommunity even.

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