Well, for entry-level humanoids, I don't think it's that unreasonable. Not something you'd buy a kid for Christmas, but then neither was RS Media! I've been wwaaay put off by the RoboNova kit prices of ~$1000, so this is coming closer to where I'd consider getting into humanoids. Anyone know if they're available in North America?

Visit my Roving RoboReporter blog!

altwolf said: Yay! I want one. It looks alot like the Bioloid: http://robosavvy.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=81 Also reminds me of the MechRC (this link opens the PDF brochure; its about the only thing out there on it)http://kablamm.com/mechrc/images/brochure.pdf I can't wait for robo kits to become more affordable as they get more popular. i can totally see, in the future, teenage boys pimping their bots like they do their cars nowadays.

It's a basic servobot, they're all gonna look pretty much the same..... and i don't see them getting much cheaper in the future because most use off the shelf hobby grade digital servos made by Hi-Tec, Airtronics, or Futaba(which can cost anywhere from $40 to a few hundred dollars per servo)..... so unless the price of servos comes down signifigantly, these type of bots are always gonna be on the expensive side, since about 90% of the cost is servos.

 If you wanted to scratch build one of these you could do it pretty easily with a few digital servos(you'll need anywhere from 10 to 20 servos depending on how much articulation you want)....which you can purchase from towerhobbies or just about any other R/C hobby distributer, and some sheetmetal or plate aluminum to act as linkage frames........... one other thing, you'll need a custom control circuit to link up all the servos.

We'll be carrying them very soon at Trossen Robotics. :-)

Get your robot fix at http://www.trossenrobotics.com/