Originally mentioned by Missy2U in this thread but ignored.
So…
http://www.roboraptoronline.com/
Aw, man…tell me THIS isn’t the gift of the century!
(No, no…don’t actually tell me that…it’s an expression.)
Pictures are at the website, including a video.
Geek yer hearts out.
I must have one!
I thought I was the ultimate fusion of technology and personality… 
I saw a raptor sitting on a fence the other day. There are lots of Haliaeetus leucocephalus around here, but this wasn’t one of them. Could’ve been a merlin, I suppose; but I’m not schooled in such things. I just refer to them collectively as raptors.
I have seen the roboraptor and lusted for one.
You know what would be cool? If your little kid misbehaves, you tape that laser tracker on him and set the roboraptor to “hunt”. Hilarity and nightmares ensue.
I wanna know what makes the Robosapien II worth $250! They didn’t have a display sample out.
My son got one of these for his birthday in November. He played with it for about 2 weeks and it has been under his bed, forgotten, ever since.
It’s a noisy toy, for sure. Also, it doesn’t go from flat floor to carpeting very well and falls over easily when it tries to get onto the carpeting.
Oh yeah… One other thing. It TOTALLY FREAKS out my 2 yr old daughter. She thinks it is acutally a montser. That right there makes it worth it. 
My husband has last year’s model of Robosapien… quite a character, that guy. I bought my father a Robopet for his birthday this month, have to ship it out soon.
Roboraptor looks friggin’ cool.
And I, also, would like to know what the heck makes Robosapien II so expensive. I’ve never seen one work…
What a coïncedence. I gave one to my brother, yesterday. A roboraptor and his [her?] baby.
Wow, Dragwyr, my brother has two year old twins. [ànd a newborn, ànd a large dog, ànd three cats]
I hope I’m still welcome in the family.
Well if you’re not, then you can start your own family and exclude them! 
I have a Robosapien. The last year model, anyway. I use him to steal socks from my roommate. He is a nefarious one. . .
hehehehehe Johnny L.A., I’ll explain to them that you suggested that, okay? 
Of course! I enjoy being an instigator!
If the best the commercial can do to showcase it is show the three modes that all look the same “wobbly unstable wiggly head mode!!!” I don’t think it’s got, as it were, legs.
My daughter wants one of these for Christmas. They’re even for sale here for $109. But I don’t know… This strikes me as the kind of toy that’s really cool to watch and play with - for about an hour. Then it’ll be a $100 paperweight.
We got her a robot dog called ‘Boomer 2.0’ last year. It’s pretty neat. It does some tricks, plays with its ball, has moods, etc. She hasn’t touched it in months.
We thought so, too…but now we know better.
Sadly, your days of glory are over.
Ooh, someone else has seen these things. I played with one of these in a department store (Marks & Spencer, for the Brits) the other day! Lots of walking around slowly and turning its head on one side to look menacing. I managed to accidentally send it over the edge of its display stand and only just caught it by the neck in a swift and dextrous manoeuvre that elicited only slight tutting from the sales clerk.
If I were 12 I would love it for at least three days!
Question is, should I get one for my 8-year-old nephew/godson for Christmas, and if so how can I engineer excluding him from playing with it until I leave?
That, good sir, would (out of context) make a very smashing sig.
Personally, I think I’d find the thing interesting for about ten minutes, and then wonder why I hadn’t spent the money on something useful like beer.
[Insert image of a kid opening a six-pack for Christmas.]
Has memories of holidays spent in Georgia with my rural extended family…