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[allosaurus]

About it being a baby Trike.... Not NEARLY the correct proportions with the horns, and the eyes should be smaller. judging b the size, perhaps up to a year old, but probably much less. Yeah.... The horns really need some fixing. And don't you literally have to "press" the sensors? Like a furby? And what kind of music (stupid sounding music, I'm guessing)? And the plush skin really doesn't bother me much. What DOES bother me is that the fact they can wiggle their horns! How stupid is that!? Yes, I know it's for little kids, but it's a crying shame what people are teaching kids aout dinosaurs nowadays! If today's dinosaur education was better, I really wouldn't mind most of the Kota inaccuracies.... Nor would I mind most of the other dinosaur robot's inaccuracies.

I swear, and they only do a kindergarten class on dinosaurs, and they depict them as the tail-dragging giant lizards with tiny brains and snake skin! And they keep referring to the pterosaurs all as "pterodactyl" and they keep making Land before Time references. yes, many kindergarteners are stupid and wouldn't understand anything of that sort, but later on in life they don't teach anything at all about prehistory (Except for the occasional, lucky, Neandertal leson) since "dinosaurs are for babies!" AUUGGGHH!!! I can't stand it when people do that!

Please try to ignore me. Let's get back on topic. 

[Pleo Power]

About it being a baby Trike.... Not NEARLY the correct proportions with the horns, and the eyes should be smaller. judging b the size, perhaps up to a year old, but probably much less. Yeah.... The horns really need some fixing.  And don't you literally have to "press" the sensors? Like a furby? And what kind of music (stupid sounding music, I'm guessing)? And the plush skin really doesn't bother me much. What DOES bother me is that the fact they can wiggle their horns! How stupid is that!? Yes, I know it's for little kids, but it's a crying shame what people are teaching kids aout dinosaurs nowadays! If today's dinosaur education was better, I really wouldn't mind most of the Kota inaccuracies.... Nor would I mind most of the other dinosaur robot's inaccuracies.

that's exactly wye I consider all of the Dino's alive now to be different speeches then the ones that are now all extinct.

I swear, and they only do a kindergarten class on dinosaurs, and they depict them as the tail-dragging giant lizards with tiny brains and snake skin! And they keep referring to the pterosaurs all as "pterodactyl" and they keep making Land before Time references. yes, many kindergarteners are stupid and wouldn't understand anything of that sort, but later on in life they don't teach anything at all about prehistory (Except for the occasional, lucky, Neandertal leson) since "dinosaurs are for babies!" AUUGGGHH!!! I can't stand it when people do that!

They Don't?!? Then what do they teach?

[allosaurus]

But they label it as a Triceratops! T.T

[Pleo Power]

But they label it as a Triceratops! T.T

  so they didint know how to make an accurate trike.    but as for now its the only Triceratops robot, that's like this and not RC.   (and its the only one because Sara(in the Triceratops encounter) is no more. ) 

what kind of music (stupid sounding music, I'm guessing)?

you can hear it at one point in the video I posted before. (its some cind of a jungle toon )

don't you literally have to "press" the sensors?

yes you do, like a Furby.

the eyes should be smaller.

Its so they stand out more. (like with D.rexs big eyes. )

What DOES bother me is that the fact they can wiggle their horns! How stupid is that!?

I'm not sure but I think that's a way for them to emote. like D.rexs with there various facial expressions.   (and it is kinda cute. )



and who said "dinosaurs are for babies."    (obviously they've never seen a pack of Deinonychus ambush a large herbivore, jump on it, rip it open, jump of and back on over and over again until its down, and begin to eat it wall its still alive. (sorry for the not so pretty picture in your head right now. )   Or a T.rex literally rip the leg of a Triceratops! (saw that one in a painting in a book about them. and the Deinonychus one from the episode "GANG KILLERS" on JURASSIC FIGHT CLUB. ))

[allosaurus]

At least the D-Rex is not technically marketed as a T-Rex, and its emotions are actually pretty dang awesome.


I love gore. Especially dinosaur carnage and dinosaur vore. It's the "big lizard" label. It puts everyone off.


Think about this:
A large herd of ornithomimusaurs ("ostrich dinosaurs") are grazing on the tall ferns nearby. Little do they know that something is ambushing them, something about as fast as themselves, and far more cunning. The creature ambushing thm happens to be a Utahraptor. To be more specific, a small pack of four Utahraptors. When the time is right, the Utahraptors rush out of the bushes, and screech to eachother in complex calls, picking out an old and weak individual in the ornithomimusaurs. Two of the Utahraptors dart in front of their prey, using their feathers for an extra speed boost. They chase the ornithomimusaur to the other two Utahraptors, lying in wait in some very tall plants. They both jump out. The ornithomumisaur is surrounded. The lead Utahraptor jumps onto it, and even though it's still very well alive, they eat it anyways.

Of course, there's also my favorite scenario, about an Allosaurus smallowing a primitive ornithopod whole without even killing it...... You can tell I reeeeaaaally love vore. Light vore is good for large carnivores, hard vore is my fave for small carnivores.

call me cruel, but as long as its done right and as long as there's a good reason for it, killing can most definitely be a beautiful process.

[Pleo Power]

what is Vore?     

At least the D-Rex is not technically marketed as a T-Rex, and its emotions are actually pretty dang awesome.

yes they are, and they can be quite funny sometimes   and D.rex is marketed as a "Roboticly recreated predator"

[allosaurus]

Hmmm, let me think of a good definition for vore....

Think of carnivore. Vore is pretty much just when something is eating something else, from leftover potatoes to a Massospondylus.

[Pleo Power]

Hmmm, let me think of a good definition for vore....

Think of carnivore. Vore is pretty much just when something is eating something else, from leftover potatoes to a Massospondylus.

Oh, that's Vore.



and to stay on topic hears the add for Kota.(I know I know, Its for little kids.)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10RTgbPlgqU  (If you want a funyer one then look at the Remix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTKThzreMAk&feature=response_watch

call me cruel, but as long as its done right and as long as there's a good reason for it, killing can most definitely be a beautiful process.

no, you dont sownd cruel, you sownd like a Ninja.

[degers]

Definition of the suffix -VORE

English
Etymology
This suffix comes from the Latin vorare (to devour), and is used to form nouns indicating what kind of a diet an animal has. Equivalent adjectives can be formed through use of the suffix -vorous.

e.g. carnivore

[allosaurus]

Definition of the suffix -VORE

English
Etymology
This suffix comes from the Latin vorare (to devour), and is used to form nouns indicating what kind of a diet an animal has. Equivalent adjectives can be formed through use of the suffix -vorous.

e.g. carnivore

You're forgetting the "phagous" group. As in galactophagous, or coprophagous.

[Pleo Power]

D.Rex 2 is out?!? look here
 http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-R9415-D-REX-Interactive-Dinosaur/dp/B002GJUU4O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1254271588&sr=8-2

and here
 http://www.walmart.com/D-Rex-2-Interactive-Dinosaur/ip/11991712

if you can find any other sites saying they are out please post a link here.

[InmemoryofRomeo]

What a pity you can only program 30 actions I was hoping for a bit better than that.

[allosaurus]

IT'S FINALLY OUT!!! 

Huh, I have a whole bank of names of my favorite characters to give him or her (Axel, Sasuke, Peacock, Yuffie, etc.)....

[Pleo Power]

for those of you that don't already know, I have one of them now!

here he is.

More details...

[allosaurus]

What differences in programming, sound, etc. are there?

[mweed]

The Target flyer in this Sunday's paper Had D-Rex for $129, with a coupon for an additional $20 off.  And Monty Rex for $59 with a coupon for an additional $10. off . . .

What is a Monty Rex?

[Pleo Power]

The Target flyer in this Sunday's paper Had D-Rex for $129, with a coupon for an additional $20 off.  And Monty Rex for $59 with a coupon for an additional $10. off . . .

What is a Monty Rex?

I saw that, I don't know what Monty is, other then its the next in the Kota and Friends line. (Ill look on the website to see what they are.)

What differences in programming, sound, etc. are there?

programming : if you press on a tooth, insted of just eating or not they will sometimes take a bite and growl. (its a game, you put your hand in his mouth and pull it out before he closes it.) and to "program" the movements into them you hit the Seek button and press the head sensor and all fore teeth sensors at one time and hold them all until he chirps three times fast, then you use the sensors to make him move around. (I still don't know how to make them move after telling him what to do.)

sound : theres not much difference in the sound between the 2008 and 2009 D.Rex's.

etc : the eyes are different, the paint is a slightly different color then Rex. (but its the same as Roxanne.) and the mouth seems to close a bit more then the 2008 ones.

[grin06]

DREX:
How long does the battery last?
Is it really autonomous like pleo?.As it comes with a remote control, it serves more like a toy for a kid
Why is the feet too big as compared to its size? the feet makes drex unrealistic

i really hope the manufacturer would consider a major modification for drex if they wish to introduce 2010 version/model, compare to pleo as a good example to begin with, an autonomous dino ; not a remote control toy then i may consider buying it since it is my favourite dino.
   

[Pleo Power]

I think the battery's last a few howers. ((I don't know how long exactly, because Ive never had them on that long all at one time.))

the remote is ONLY for controlling their mood. ((and not all the time, and not compleat controll over it. it can just make them attack, answer questions, belch and fart, try to come to you, and become a room guard.)) but you don't need the remote to play with them. ((unless you want to do any of the things the remote is for.))
the big feet are needid for balance. if they didn't have them they would be top heavy and fall over.  

[grin06]

Is it really autonomous and fulfilled the criteria set up by UGOBE initially to say it is really autonompous, like pleo for example, pleo could explore and interact with its surrounding on its own and pleo continue to evolve over time? Pleo would undergoes a different stage of development from birth, hatching to juvenile just like a living creature and that is why it is called a lifeform or life like. Does drex have all these?

Whe DRex is alone, does it walk and , pleo for instance when it bumps on something, it would say huh, then take a few steps backward. Pleo also could identify danger ahead for example, it could detect an edge of the table to prevent it from falling.
Does drex comes with a camera and infrared sensors?

The manufacturer should really study about tyranosaurus and then only attempt to recreate TREX, the king of lizard because it is really disappointing to see how disproportionate drex body parts.

[allosaurus]

Heck, I'm not even going to comment on the "king of the lizards" thing about T-Rex.  If no one has noticed yet, I am NOT a major fan of Tyrannosaurus.  I do not have anything against Tyrannosaurs, just against Tyrannosaurus.

I personally think D-Rex resembled Albertosaurus much more than Tyrannosaurus.  It is not very accurate and it is quite disproportionate, but Pleo has its accuracy quirks too (of course no one ever pays attention to me when I say so). 

And as for the questions.....

Is it really autonomous Yes, it is

and fulfilled the criteria set up by UGOBE initially to say it is really autonomous It is autonomous, but not as UGOBE has dictated.

like pleo for example D-Rex and Pleo always make a difficult comparison subject for me... Can't say I love one over the other. D-Rex is not as advanced however, I will clearly state that.

pleo could explore and interact with its surrounding on its own and pleo continue to evolve over time? Pleo would undergoes a different stage of development from birth, hatching to juvenile just like a living creature and that is why it is called a lifeform or life like. Pleo is undoubtedly excellent, that is true.  D-Rex is, again, not as advanced.  D-Rex does not really evolve as Pleo does.  If you would like my opinion....I enjoy the personalities in Pleo, but Pleo is just too pliable. As I have said more than one time, I dearly love the unpredictability of D-Rex.  It does not do the same sequence over and over like Pleo does.  To this day, I still find many new movements and sounds coming from my dear Reno and Rude.

Does drex have all these? No.


edit: Looking back over this, it seems that it could possibly be considered offensive.  Pardon, it's one of my long rants.  Do not take offense.

[OzPleo]

I bought a D-Rex today. I just don't see how it could be considered autonomous. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but unless I use the bone controller all he does it stand there occasionally turning his head to a sound and then going into sleep mode. He doesn't roam around the room, he barely responds to touch (which is only on his head). He seems very toy like without personality, just a remote controlled object. So like I said unless I'm doing something wrong with it, it just doesn't seem like anything special to me.

[InmemoryofRomeo]

Yeah I don't find them all that appealling either, looking at videos on you tube led me to the same conclusion. D-rex is not autonomous in the way that Pleo is. Of course those of you on here who own them are the younger members, hence you will appreciate them more.

[Crewella]

I've not seen many of the other dinos but I did adopt a Roboraptor a while back and it really wasn't for me as I like my robots to be cuter.  I appreciated some of it's functions, especially the very quick reaction times, but I found a lot of its movements a bit clumsy and like IMR, I prefer the autonomy that Pleo has (and i-Cybie and Aibo) and think it's worth the higher price tag.

And apart from anything else, Roboraptor really freaked out my cats!

[Comarorobotcollector]

The collar on d-rex can be removed carefully.My d-rex is a girl so i cut the collar off and put a pink bandanna around her neck.=)