I think the Alive Cubs are really targeted towards younger children, although, of course, adults can collect them too.

I would definitely purchase it as a gift for a younger child. It would be a welcome change from dolls or stuffed animals that merely make sounds or don't interact at all.  The Alive Cubs are quite realistic :)

Pete 

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In case you haven't been paying attention blabbermouth, when a post is deleted, there is a noticed that a post was deleted. Since there is no notice here, you either imagined posting a comment, or you posted it in a different thread.

However, I am fairly certain that your current post is going to be deleted fairly soon, give your apparent inability to play nice with others, or post without including insults.

btw, the word is fascist, I suggest you get out a dictonary and look it up. 

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That's a nice thought robot.  Having a pet has been shown to both lower blood pressure and cortisal levels, and robotic animals have the same effect on the human body.  Thier has been studies done in retirement homes on the effect of robotic animals and it has all been very possitive, but it for robots like Aibo, a dog put out by Sony, and Paro which was developed for theraputic reasons.  With that in mind, although it is more costly, a pleo would be more appriate.  First real step is to start to treat the elderly with the respect and dignity they deserve.  Go in one of those places one time and see how they are treated and think all those people in thier never thought they would wind up in a place like that when they were young.

Rumor has it that the Cubs are plush toys with a single motor animating the face.

I haven't seen enough video clips to know how much that motor is able to accomplish, but it sounds like these will be stuffed animals that make faces and noise.

Tech Specs

• 1 X Motor
• 1 X Speaker
• 1 X Tilt Sensor
• 2 X Touch Sensors
• Micro-Controller with recorded LION CUB sounds

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As a tennis player I have been curious about the WII.  Im curious if wi can decect the kind of stroke you use or just looks for hand eye coordination.  Regardless, it would help a tennis game if the Wi player used proper technique.  As for companionship, I take pleo when i have allot of driving to do or if i'm cleaning and he does kind of keep me company although he is very depending.  And he is fairly limited to tug of war.  But still he seems so damn real that three people thought he was real.  I had to stop typing because he decided to take a stroll between me and my computer.  But I read about a woman who had to move to a retirment village and she could not bring a live animal so she bought Tencko.  Now this robot is so abnoxious sometimes parents by Tenko so thier kids that are bugging them for real puppies won't want them anymore, and Tenko was this womans companion.  Robopet could be a companion even though he requires remote control and he actually seems disobediant.
1  The one was pleos doing.  walked up and dipped his head on the keyboard.  But to me a real companion robot will be like a vicorias secret model with all the proper antomy.  Now that's companionship.   I could retire really happy with something like that!

I'm curious now, Jax - What kind of bots would you like to see added to the Alive series? 

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I would add a crocodile to the alive series. And NO, I would not want ot buy a cub.

J.T.
A begginer robofanatic!

Hey Peter, I just had a thought. Why don't we make a contest on creating your own Alive series robot using at least 1 part that came from a WowWee robot. All other parts can come from something else. We have alot of tallent out there and lets see what everyone can come up with. This will boost up the site and make everyones mind go in overdrive to win this contest. The winner will be voted by the members of the group and you can not vote for your own robot just to make things fair. The prize can be what ever Robo Community desides on, like maybe a choise of what ever robot WowWee offers. hehe. So what do you think? Also an Article must be made along with the entry so voters can view the process before making their final vote. Give at least 6 months to complete the bot as well.

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!

Thanks for the great idea, Jax - if that's something we can do, I'll keep you posted.  Keep the great ideas coming!

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J.T. you have to remember that the Guide lines for any contest is that you must be at least 18 years of age. If you are at least 18 years old then I would suggest you move out of your parrents house so you can make your own disissions on what you can hack and what you can't. Sorry J.T. but you would not be able to compete in any contest until your of age.

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!

OK! then act like an 87 year old person rather than a teen. lol

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!

W-Whatd you say? I didn't uh whats that word again? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Oh yeah hear you?

J.T.
A begginer robofanatic!

No problem guys, have fun! :)

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