Takara Tomy released the Robo-Q, which they claim is the smallest walking bipedal robot in the world, in February. They're just 3.4 cm tall, and they're super cute. Also, from the promotional videos and pics it looks like they're geared towards couples and kids, not hard core robokit fans. He can do things like walk around your desktop without crashing into things, or play soccer with his mini-robot friends. Do any of you remember playing with the tiny toy cars called Choro-Q? My brother used to collect them. Anyway, this is the sister brand of that.
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March 30, 2009
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do you have any idea where i can buy this in the states? i want two or more so they can play soccer.
Posted by: skim | March 30, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Don't worry...if it's in anyway a hit in Japan (or it seems if I buy it for people when I'm there on my business trips) it will end up on Thinkgeek.com (>_<)
Posted by: Nobita | March 31, 2009 at 01:06 PM