Kota the Triceratop Robot

1. Jeremy
   October 16th, 2008 at 12:51 am

   By "ride" you do know it just stands there right? It doesn't walk. At all. Just bounces a little on the back legs only.

   For $300 you get an animatronic dinosaur head attached to a chair.

2. Moira
   October 16th, 2008 at 1:00 am

   It's as ride-able as a hobby horse.

3. Ali S.
   October 16th, 2008 at 2:05 am

   It's all fun and games until it gains sentience and attacks the children.

4. renderanything
   October 16th, 2008 at 9:13 am

   Now all kids can be part of the fantasy of growing up to be a Conan the Barbarian and riding their dinosaur around in a loincloth.
   I can imagine it now, gangs of the future battling for street supremacy while mounted on the back of their Velociraptors. And it started out so innocently!
   Seriously though, any kid would want one of those.

5. Skipweasel
   October 16th, 2008 at 9:35 am

   Just how long will it get played with once the kid works out that it just stands there waggling a bit? I give it a week, perhaps two if the neighbours' kids get involved. Then it'll just take up space.

   Spend the money on Lego instead.

6. CountryCritter
   October 16th, 2008 at 9:42 am

   Well, girls have Buttermilk, or Biscuit or whatever the animatronic horse's name is and now boys can have Kona. Works for me if you can afford these expensive novelty toys.

7. Skipweasel
   October 16th, 2008 at 11:15 am

   Novelty's the word though, isn't it? We teach kids to always want something new, but then it turns out not to be very satisfying. Do we let them draw the natural conclusion from this? No, we go and spend loads of money on something else new.

8. Christophe
   October 16th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

   How long the kids are going to play with that $300 toy?...
   I'm not convinced.

9. ted
   October 17th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

   How long does it take an adult to grow tired of a $300 toy? Sometimes pretty fast, too.

10. Skipweasel
    October 20th, 2008 at 6:42 am

    That'll be why I rarely buy £150 toys! Camera - well that gets used most weeks - sometimes several times a week. Table saw - most weeks, often more often. Chop saw likewise, lathe less often but still monthly.

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