New robot dog from Sega Toys
Sega Toys announced a new robot toy called MIO. I would say that the concept is similar to the Tamagotchi but in a more idog form. The new MIO can show 17 different kinds of emotions by the shape of its pupil which can change into more than 100 variations. A bone-shaped pupil means that it is hungry and if you feed him the bone (which comes as an accessory) he will become happy or love you etc. You can pet it to make it happy and when happy it can start walking too.
MIO is specifically targeted toward "elementary school age girls." Price is 9,240 yen including tax - about $80 - and Sega Toys aims to sell 100,000 of these per year.
I prefer the real dogs.
Posted by: Joe the Dog Lover | September 09, 2008 at 09:40 AM
They should try making mechanical birds that tweet. Dogs and cats are already boring.
Posted by: bird toys | June 09, 2009 at 04:20 PM