26 responses to “Toybots: A future toy”

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   Chris Miller September 30th, 2009 at 09:09

   Definitely an interesting idea. It’s cool when companies can bridge different technologies together to make one successful product.

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   Shawn Tomlinson September 30th, 2009 at 11:09

   This is a prime example of the technological and content convergence that we have been going through since the 90’s. It is a very interesting and novel concept.

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   Emily Wetterich September 30th, 2009 at 13:22

   toys are just not made for children anymore…

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   Lyndsey S. September 30th, 2009 at 13:25

   Creepy. Just plain creepy. I don’t like it.

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   Sanford C September 30th, 2009 at 13:26

   the marketing skills of the toy industry is amazing, making something that’s meant to be toy looks interesting to us or even adults

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   David Uhlenhake September 30th, 2009 at 13:51

   This idea sounds like and early version of AI. I could see a movie being made of this where the toys break their controls and revolt against their owner. Also the Woozee looks Super Creepy.

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   Phillip Jenkins September 30th, 2009 at 13:59

   Giving a physical appearance to a digital message is not something practical. It lowers response time, looks like a Kirby, and is just too gimmick-like to be of any interest to me. I’m sure kids and grandparents would love it, but as for the gaming market I do not see it making a big impact. I don’t think it will last long.

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   Alex Selby September 30th, 2009 at 14:58

   Jeez that thing was kind of creepy looking, it’s like a furby on roids. In the end I think what they will charge for the product will remove it from fadability like beanie babies or furbies. I’d rather have grandma tell me a story over skype or something like that, not through some deranged doll

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   Emily Wetterich September 30th, 2009 at 16:24

   Honestly, this kind of creeps me out. I was never much of a doll person, and I think this would have just scared me when I was younger. But, I guess there are a lot of kids who would like it, and, besides being creepy, it is pretty interesting.

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    Jennifer Cook September 30th, 2009 at 16:31

    that was really creepy. i would never buy that for my child.

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    Zacheriah Ruggles September 30th, 2009 at 16:38

    The toys of today are becoming very complex. This may be a very good thing for the future of the world though because it is starting younger kids out with what they are going to need for life. It is like a jumpstart for them.

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    Paul Kweon September 30th, 2009 at 18:52

    It is no doubt a brilliant idea, yet the toy surely looks pretty creepy. It will definitly take some time for people to get used to these toys.

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    Joshua Johnson September 30th, 2009 at 19:21

    This is an interesting item and I will be interested to see is it is a success.

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    Jenna York September 30th, 2009 at 21:05

    Wow, this toy can do everything. Although it does worry me that parents will start to communicate with their children via a toy?! But otherwise I think this i a very neat concept!

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    Sree Harsha Uddandam September 30th, 2009 at 21:32

    its really cool.
    i am rally amazed how people get such great n innovative ideas

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    Nathan Ferguson September 30th, 2009 at 21:36

    This idea seems pretty ridiculous to me.

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    Ankit Buti September 30th, 2009 at 22:03

    Its very unique, but i don’ think that many parents will be happy buying it for their children cause this might widen the gap between them and also nobody would want his/her child to be depending upon such a thing.

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    Allison Weilbaker September 30th, 2009 at 22:06

    Well I really like this idea. I would rather it wake me up than my cell phone, which does now. I also agree that it looks creepy but I think if they get a toy manufacture-er they can make it much better.

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    Ross Peare September 30th, 2009 at 22:16

    Wow this is crazy…its almost kind of scary that it has a gps installed and it can track where a person is. I dont know if i would want to purchase a doll that people can talk through and it knows your location. This is almost a way where the company can track where most of the products are purchased and where people travel too the most.

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    Kyle Chen September 30th, 2009 at 22:58

    Very interesting concept… but not sure it is something I would like to own one…

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    Brian Lee October 1st, 2009 at 00:50

    I agree it’s an nice concept and it’s very cool to combine all this technology, but I just don’t know. I think it’s one of those things that you read about and just a few people will own; i don’t see it taking off just now.

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    Rohan Thakkar October 1st, 2009 at 11:50

    That is just weird, what happen to the good old toys for kids, action figures, and stuffed animals tickle me Elmo! things just aren’t the same these days.

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    Marisa Nakajima October 1st, 2009 at 11:53

    I wish my teacher were a teddy bear…lol lectures wouldn’t be as boring that way…and if you could change the voice features I would listen to it over and over, but in different voice pitches. Tickle your teacher haha!!

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    Eugene October 1st, 2009 at 22:39

    Defiantely an interesting concerpt,but i think they might be trying to do too much with one toy. And with all that actual hard ware in the toy, it might be too pricey as a kids toy.

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    Bin Lin October 2nd, 2009 at 02:40

    The concept of this business was really unique and high-tech, it combines the robots and barbies together, which made the toy even more interesting, and the customers not only for little kids but also for many adults. All in all, it was a good innovations of toys! Go toybots!

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    Sung Jae October 2nd, 2009 at 14:56

    This toy bot company reminds me the movie small soldiers. Also, this toy is not that innovative because about 5 or 6 years ago at Korea, i bought a similar toy named Furby that had similar concept. Reacting, interacting and responding to people’s actions. It is scary how toys can be microchipped with very precise technology and interact with people. I know there are some very high tech chips that can be inserted to toys that can act like robots like the movie terminators which can be dangerous for humans. I personally wouldn’t buy this product. However, toy bot company showed great ideas about their technology part. Although, the toy woozy is not perfect it has good features such as GPS, changing contents they received, and sensors. But i was little dissapointed and the toy woozy looks like it needs much more improvement. The toy looks a little crappy.