July 20, 2008 1:04 PM

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RoboGuide - Your guide to hacking all things WowWee

July 30, 2008 4:11 PM

(and other threads discussing rare and historical WowWee toys)

> I was wondering what robots by wowwee is rare
IMHO: Hands down winner - the Wowwee MegaByte, 1999 edition
http://www.aibohack.com/lesser/with_mega.jpg
Also first mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowwee

AFAIK it is first robot released by WowWee. Well before the Robosapien era.
You can't find them on eBay anymore. Someone on this board was looking for a replacement, but couldn't find one.
(not even the later 2002 edition, the initial 1999 edition is much rarer)

So MegaByte 1999 -- first of a Wow Wee era, first true/unique robot form from the company, same era as the very first commercial AIBO, today not available at any price...

By any reasonable definition, that's "rare"

In comparison, RS Medias were originally the most expensive, but have dropped considerable and been sold at bargain basement prices recently. Very easy to find/buy. Not rare.

July 31, 2008 6:27 PM

RobosapienPet said: (and other threads discussing rare and historical WowWee toys) > I was wondering what robots by wowwee is rare IMHO: Hands down winner - the Wowwee MegaByte, 1999 edition http://www.aibohack.com/lesser/with_mega.jpg Also first mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowwee AFAIK it is first robot released by WowWee. Well before the Robosapien era. You can't find them on eBay anymore. Someone on this board was looking for a replacement, but couldn't find one. (not even the later 2002 edition, the initial 1999 edition is much rarer) So MegaByte 1999 -- first of a Wow Wee era, first true/unique robot form from the company, same era as the very first commercial AIBO, today not available at any price... By any reasonable definition, that's "rare" In comparison, RS Medias were originally the most expensive, but have dropped considerable and been sold at bargain basement prices recently. Very easy to find/buy. Not rare.

RS Medias are hard to find in Australia. Price wise, yes they are much chepaer than their initial AUD$800.00 price tag but you have to find one first!! I've seen 2 in the last 2 months. The first one I bought for AUD$350.00.

I started with 2 robots but before I knew it, well, it's a disease I tell you.
RSV1, RSV2, RS Media, Homersapien, Spidersapien, Roboraptor, Robotyrannus and Roboquad

August 1, 2008 6:04 AM

You're in Melbourne right, Nocturnal? Sydney seems to be a black hole for a lot of things lately..

I started with 2 robots but before I knew it, well, it's a disease I tell you.
RSV1, RSV2, RS Media, Homersapien, Spidersapien, Roboraptor, Robotyrannus and Roboquad

August 1, 2008 8:42 AM updated: August 1, 2008 8:43 AM

Actually its cheaper at the moment because they are clearing stock.

If you live in australia you should know who (or what) **** Smith is. Thanks to the naughty word filtering. the **** in **** Smith is blocked.

Here's the website.
http://www.dse.com.au

I suspect the site will block the link to the wikipedia page though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****_Smith

RoboGuide - Your guide to hacking all things WowWee

August 1, 2008 10:45 AM updated: August 1, 2008 10:47 AM

> There was a cyber cougar and spider that I thought were released around the same time as megabyte.
AFAIK those other products came later, eg: http://www.epinions.com/review/Wow_Wee_Remote_Control_Cyber_Spider/content_62...
WowWee has been producing toys for a long time (see the wikipedia article) in various forms.
Robot shaped toys are a more recent trend but that is what they are known for today. IMHO/AFAIK Mega-BYTE was the first one to go that direction (I wouldn't call it a dog, it is a robot in the shape of a dog)
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BTW: The rare 1999 Mega-Byte comes branded with "Wow Wee Int'l Ltd" (not WowWee as one word) and typographical errors (embedded in plastic).
Something that would never happen in the "Robosapien" era, which IMHO makes the older ones much rarer. Your opinion may vary.

August 1, 2008 5:35 PM

Yep. There it was. For AUD$159.69!!!! Oh well, never mind....

I started with 2 robots but before I knew it, well, it's a disease I tell you.
RSV1, RSV2, RS Media, Homersapien, Spidersapien, Roboraptor, Robotyrannus and Roboquad