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| WowWee Roboreptile Robotic Reptile |
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WowWee Roboreptile Robotic Reptile
Manufacturer: Wow Wee International Ltd.
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| Product Details |
ISBN/ASIN: B000ENW5Q0
Release Date: 2006-06-12
Sales Rank: 28524
Average Rating: 
Media: Toy
Product Group: Toy
Minimum Age months 96
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| Product Description |
| With his low menacing stride and striking animation, Roboreptile is an impressive mix of mobility, multi-sensory technology and fiery personality. This adventurous beast awakens with a jump, whips his long tail and springs into action. He's capable of high-speed running on all four legs, and he can turn on a dime on two legs. Roboreptile moves in many ways. He can be controlled directly with the remote, programmed to perform a sequence of functions, placed into guard mode, or put into his "Normal Mode" where he will roam the environment. A full array of sensors - vision, touch and sound - allow him to freely roam and interact with his surroundings. When he gets overly aggressive, he can be calmed with a push of the "feed" button on the controller. And when its time to rest, place the cowl over his eyes to put him to sleep. Roboreptile includes more than 30 preprogrammed functions, all handled through the remote. Requires 9 "AA" batteries (not included). Measures 33" long. Colors may vary. |
| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 4.0/5 | | One Year Later: Rating: 3/5 |
I realized that after reviewing this, I had reviewed it while I was still in the middle of the "Wow" factor. However, my Roboreptile is still pretty good after around 14 months. Its main problems are that it goes beyond eating batteries (it drinks them? inhales them?), using a full charge in around 4 and a half hours, and that the vision sensors have a range of less than three inches, in comparison to my Roboquad, which has, after around at least 56 hours of total use, got a sensor range of 4 feet. It also interferes with my Roboquad's vision, and has a tendency to bash its head against things when it swivels the neck from side to side, an animation that annoys me because it seems to interfere with vision. Amusingly, it is JUST the right height to get its head, neck, and shoulders under our couch, but then the lower back gets jammed. However, it also has many things going for it, such as its great speed (for a robot at least) which is not, as I said, 6 mph, but more like 3. A brisk walk outruns it easily, but in comparison to the speed of other WowWee robots, it's very fast. It also has excellent sound sensors, which are on either side of its head. This means it can hear all around it and tell which direction the sound comes from. Roboquad, in comparison, has a single sound sensor at the base of his neck. This robot is also highly articulated, with a mouth, tail, and neck, as well as two sets of legs. It would have been nice if it had articulated knees, but that would have been hard to sychronize with the leg movements, making this cost substantially more. Also, the hood is a nice touch, unlike the remote keycode sleep function of many other WowWee robots. He also does seem to have a believable, if artificial, personality-namely, getting frustrated really easily. But he is not as interesting to watch roam as a Roboquad, because all he does is run forward with a noticeable turn to the right, see obstacles, roar, back off, and do it again. On his own, he might be boring, but with another robot, he's pretty good even so. All in all, he is fun, but it would have been nice if he had better IR sensors and more roaming functions, like Roboquad's.
I've gotten Foodtracking to work as well. It's kind of fun. |
| | Fun~: Rating: 4/5 |
| Roboreptile is a very fun product to play with. Ai system is implemented and letting us know what future toys would be. It covers it's lack of Ai system with it's remote control. Few sensors that would detect the walls and object in its way. Movement of itself and also the tail is very nice made. I personally own I-cybie and robo-reptile and I enjoy very much. This might be a little slow for some of you. |
| | Not what he expected, good entertainment for about a day: Rating: 3/5 |
| My son begged for this so I got it for his 10th birthday. It thrilled him to pieces for about a day and then has sat on his desk for the last year untouched. |
| | Not that fancy: Rating: 3/5 |
As someone who likes the idea of consumer end robotics and technology I occasionally pick up these interactive toys to see how far we've come. Roboreptile is a pretty good toy and a so-so robot.
It moves around by shuffling its four limbs (which do not have bending joints). Each foot has small hard plastic pads for traction and so it sometimes slips in place rather than moves, but for the most part gets around okay. It manages to maneuver over small obstacles like wires fairly well. Sight is pretty poor. It doesn't seem to detect an obstacle until it has hit it. Hind leg movement strongly resembles a dog rubbing it's butt on a carpet.
Trying to control it with the controller is clumsy at best and requires more patience than most children young enough to enjoy this toy will likely have. The roam mode is where roboreptile really shines. It moves forward until it hits something, backs up, turns around and moves forward in another direction; occasionally acting out a few random behavioral patterns like shaking it's tail and making a rattlesnake like noise.
Our cat doesn't know what to think of the thing and just sort of watches it from a distance.
Ultimately I do not find this toy to be very impressive. If someone is very into robots and dinosaurs this might be a good choice. Otherwise a remote control car or helicopter might be a better choice.
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| | Roboreptile vs Spike the Ultra Dinosaur: Rating: 5/5 |
My now 6 year old saw Spike at many stores and wanted it for his birthday. Knowing all the other costs associated with his birthday party and his other presents, I didn't want to spend $130 for a toy that would most likely be forgotten or broken in a month. After do a search and watching some videos of Roboreptile, I purchased. When my son opened it up, it was love at first sight. Once he started playing with it, he looked up a me and said "Dad, this isn't the dinosaur I wanted, but I like this one much better." He loves interacting with it and chasing the dog. The best part is when he attempts to put the hood on and Roboreptile shakes it off and starts attacking. He gets a kick out of that.
Now his little brother, who loves horses, wants a robotic horse. I found a robotic pony online which he will get for Christmas. I can see the battle now, "Robo pony vs Roboreptile". |
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