Yes I want info on Mr. personality too!

I'd like to see the Bug Bots in Action since I can afford them :)

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For me it has to be the Rovio and then Tri-bot If we could have more video of these two in action and details that would be great.

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Since WooWee has done a great job of making it almost easy to hack and make mods on all their toys, I would like a schematic on them. So we don't have to make them ourself. I'm not saying put them in every box, but make them available to those who wish to make mod's so that mods would be comming out faster an a better product would be made for which the owner would be more pleased. Even selling them with would bring WooWee a bigger profit line. This too would bring the non hacker or non modder into doing it their self and learing electronics, which I'm finding out in the community that their are a lot of people that want to to it but don't know where to start. And  I think this would be a good start.

As of all Mr Personality, I can't wait to get my tools one this one.

Know Rovio I think this it the bot with the spy cammera? Correct me if i'm wrong. It looks like a turtle and for what I have seen of it, It's only a base with a camera that can transmit and move via the web and move around at a price of 400.00 US. I can make one for a lot less, with attaching a camera to other toys like RQ and V2. I just don't have enough info on this one to justify the price.

GWJax

GWJax, To Hack and make mods on robots is a life style and comes natural and not by choice. If a robot has a screw to open it then it must be opened!

I want the Bug Bots.  The rest of the new stuff in my opinion isn't appealing at all (in other words, the rest suck).

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-BG
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"It looks like a turtle and for what I have seen of it, It's only a base with a camera that can transmit and move via the web and move around at a price of 400.00 US. I can make one for a lot less, with attaching a camera to other toys like RQ and V2."

I think you're selling the Rovio a bit short.

The attraction of the Rovio for me is not that it's a Web Controlled RC car. It's got more function than that. The robot knows where it is, and you can transmit go to oven and the Rovio will find its way from wherever it is to the location it knows for the oven. You could then check the video to see if the oven is on. Next you could have it go to laundry and it will find its way to the laundry where you could check to see if the current load of wash is ready to be moved.

The ability to transmit "go to special location X", and not have to deal with the robot again until it gets there, is a something you'd need to spend some money on to add to an existing robot.

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MrScott: I wasn't refereing to the Rovio as a bug, The Rovio is in a different class to the bugs that BG was talking about. Rovio is one of the best robots to hit the market as far as I am concerned.

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Opps, Sorry MrScott wasn't looking.

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As for what got my attention the most? 

1. Femisapien!  I am curious as to how well she can manipulate things with those small hands.  Can she really pick up objects just like the other Robosapiens?  Or are they more for show and expression?  And can we see more of her emotive functions?  

2. Tri-Bot!  It may seem simpler than the Mr. Personality,  But this one has a cheaper advantage.  It also has a nice and comical design.  I would like to see just how much it can do (Hopefully alot).

3.  Few will ask about this one since it is a kids toy.  But what about those Alive Animal Cubs?  How will the "going limp" work when you lift it up?  Can it walk, sit, lay down, or roll up into a ball and sleep?  Will it be hackable?  How many motors are in it? And how expressive will the face be?  (Hopefully it will be alot more animated and lively soon.  The prototypes looks stiff as a board!)

Rovio didn't really get my attention that much.  Maybe its because it semed more like a business item than anything else.  It is nice though.  But probably not for me.

Mr Personality would have been up there.  But everyone already asked about that one since it is the more advanced version of Tri Bot.

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Femisapien is still cool though. =)

But what saddened me was the mention of a single motor for the Alive Cub.  =(  I was hoping it would be a bit more animated.  But it may not come to be.  Now if that single motor was geared in such a way to control many actions independently via an electromagnetic clutch system, then it would work out better.  Because now you don't have the noise of multiple motors running and have the freedom of controlling more features individually.  But since such a system has yet to be seen in a toy (to the best of my knowledge), it should have at least 20 sounds and 5 motors.  1 for walking, 1 for changing the body position from walk to lay to limp to sit, and 3 for the facial animations.  I wouldn't mind paying more if it had more to offer.

I'm still trying to figure out why they downgraded the Alive series with this.  This one should have been smothered with animation and interactivity just like the Alive Chimp or the Alive Elvis.  It should have been made to rival or top UGlobe's Pleo.  Meh.  I guess there's always next year.

Fastenjaw 

Since robots will one day populate every aspect of your life, its a good idea to make friends with all of them. Otherwise your shower bot might decide to play around with the water temperature while you are showering...