I checked this out a couple of days ago, and he is cute, but more in a toy way for little ones I think than Pleo is more realistic. I think if walking this down the street or carrying him in your arms, people would know it was not real, where with Pleo, they do a double take.
He is cute I admit, but I doubt if he can do much, esp when you are used to Pleo interactions, But the price is a lot easier on the pocketbook, at about $149.00. and yes as someone pointed out, made by the Old Pleo Company, Scenario. What a co-incidence...
Also the Li-Polymer battery is familiar looking but in the photos looks yellow,,,wonder if it would fit into a Ugobe Pleo, a Rb or only the Inu? I would bet it is made at the same factory that produces all the Li-polymer batteries, in Taiwan where I get my monthy or so cases of UCUBE batteries for older Pleos. Curious and curiouser..................................
Well, I would think the closer we get to the Holiday, at least by Thanksgiving, Little Inu will start popping up on the web and in stores. just watch for the little guy. I think he would have to be a "distant" cousin to Pleo, a less advanced Pleo but cute none the less.
NOw if they would just expand and make another dinosaur species, a baby Stegosaurus, or a Baby Triceratops...Ok I know some of you want T-Rex. but let's face it, it would be more difficult to make a 'cute" T-rex, and try to make it not a fierce meat eating kiling machine...just won't happen. you need plant eaters as cute little Dinos, and the T-Rexs and such are another generation all their own. I can just see Bob and Sally trying to be friendly and co-operative with a angry hungry Baby T-Rex looking down at them, with drool in a corne of his lip, with clenched teeth and snarling growls and outstretched tiny hands reaching to wring little "Bob"s head, while Sally retreats and leaves poor Bob stranded with this "Baby with Angst " issues...
Try to explain that one, I think there are enough , D-Rexs, Roboraptor, etc out there for the Go Get them Meat Eating Community of Robotic Pets already.Little Inu is ok though, I think he and Pleo or Pleo Rb in one of those "Robot Matches" you see where the poor Pleo is matched or should I say, "un-matched" and ceremoniously sent to the slaughter like a lamb to the lion ) are a better bet to "nothing happening other than some cute little dino noises, honking, mooing , burping, laughing, etc. anything but out and out carnage like most people want to see on those sights... Ok, did I confuse you now...
Point is, Little Inu is cute, yes, and I may get one if the price was very cheap just as an experiment, but I love my Pleos, and I dont think Little Inu is anything that can come close to what Pleos can, but then he is not supposed to either.
I think he is the perfect answer ( from what I have seen which is very little at this point...) for all those parents who went out and bought Pleos thinking Pleo was cute and what their child would want and like and fouond out Pleo was too advanced , boring, can't make Pleo do what a child wants them to do etc, etc. Little Inu I think is the answer for Pleo want to be, the younger generation. RWM
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