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Kota the Triceratops Is Amazing, Eats Deep-Fried Pleos for Breakfast

I'm in awe with Kota The Triceratops Dinosaur, a $300 fully articulated 40-inch-long robot in the shape of a real-sized baby triceratops that, according to Playskool, any kid can ride. Yes. Full size. Baby. Triceratops. Riding. Robot. Really, this thing looks so cool that makes the Pleo look like a bag of bricks.

Playskool says that Kota has sensors in eleven parts of his body that react to the touch and trigger different motions—including some cute horny action—and sounds. They say that the thing will even munch on special leafs, Cookie Monster style. Seriously, this is one of those toys which makes me want to have a three-year-old body rather than just a three-year-old brain. Expect a full butts-on and horny tickling this weekend, live from New York's Toy Fair 2008. [Playskool]

1:53 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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Lavallee017 at 02:02 PM on 02/15/08
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but can it do Jazz hands?
dontforget at 02:03 PM on 02/15/08
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and stand and sit and stand and..
dontforget at 02:10 PM on 02/15/08
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@Lavallee017: hahaha i forgot about lab coat guy. You just made my day.

Back to the topic - does this thing actually walk?
that would be pretty cool.
Lupison at 02:11 PM on 02/15/08
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1) Buy kid baby dinosaur
2) Kid rides baby dinosaur
3) Kid falls off baby dinosaur, bumps head, cries, heals, and rides dino again.
4) Parent notices the kid on the box is not wearing protective gear.
5) Parent calls Lawyer. Offers corrupt Doctor % gained.
6) ....
7) Profit
CafeRacer1200 at 02:13 PM on 02/15/08
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Step 1: Impregnate Wife
Step 2: Buy Kota
Step 3: Wait
Jesus Diaz at 02:14 PM on 02/15/08
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The press release says it's for riding. I don't know if they mean it actually walks or just shakes, mechanic bull style. I guess that if they say riding, it's riding, but we will try it at the Toy Fair.
zenpoet at 02:15 PM on 02/15/08
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I had a freakin Trike. Then other kids got Powerwheels. Now ridable dinosaurs.

I hate you kids! And get the hell off my lawn!
mcg1969 at 02:15 PM on 02/15/08
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Just to be clear, this thing doesn't actually walk. This is just a dinosaur version of the FurReal Butterscotch horse "robot" Hasbro hawked awhile back.
GoatMonkey at 02:17 PM on 02/15/08
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Last time I checked, real Triceratops were unable to move their horns independently of their bodies.
Miranda Kali at 02:19 PM on 02/15/08
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I totally want to hack one of those to walk around with a tray of hors devours on it's back for my next party. I could soooo do a Thundar the Barbarian theme...Minion-beast! Bring to me, my brie and shiraz!
mikecoscia at 02:21 PM on 02/15/08
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Since when can horns move like ears.
CafeRacer1200 at 02:25 PM on 02/15/08
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@GoatMonkey:

Yeah, well, real Triceratops probably didn't let kids ride on their backs either. What's your point?
ANoel at 02:26 PM on 02/15/08
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Call Nick.
OKPC.
forcetrainer at 02:29 PM on 02/15/08
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Originally I called dibs on Elmo for my nieces... now I have to retract that and get them this.

I wonder if they'll make a full size version for us big kids :)
Geisrud at 02:31 PM on 02/15/08
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@GoatMonkey: I don't think any real triceratops are going to complain.
SigmundTheSeaMonster at 02:32 PM on 02/15/08
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I want a Sleestak robot. And a robot Holly. But no Will or Marshall. Just Holly. Maybe two more Sleestaks.
Nintenboy01 at 02:33 PM on 02/15/08
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I want a bipedal theropod version to do battle with horn-face here. Naturally it should be ridable too.
kadaj_sama at 02:33 PM on 02/15/08
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Jurassic park gets one step closer............
sumocat at 02:34 PM on 02/15/08
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@Lupison: "4) Parent notices the kid on the box is not wearing protective gear." -- Ah, but the defense is that the kid in the photo is riding the dino in a featureless white zone of nothingness where falling results in striking nothing. Thus, it is the parent's fault for not following the example closely enough.
Amiash is not allowed at 02:38 PM on 02/15/08
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let that thing walk
HDC at 02:38 PM on 02/15/08
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This will totally freak out my two year old.
leMel at 02:39 PM on 02/15/08
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As mentioned, it's a reskinned Fur-Real Friends Butterscotch horse.

The horns are articulated because that's where the horse-ears armature was located.

This is a product extension to double the target market (the horse was aimed at girls).
leMel at 02:40 PM on 02/15/08
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...and the horse didn't walk. Only the head was animated.
GoatMonkey at 02:43 PM on 02/15/08
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@leMel: Last time I checked real horses can't move their ears either!
eSeL at 02:48 PM on 02/15/08
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i had one of these but it started humping my leg so i had to get rid of it.
Sushiwriter at 02:51 PM on 02/15/08
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I want this not to play with, but to create a mounted calvary of monkeys on mecha-dinos that do my bidding.
McLucky at 02:58 PM on 02/15/08
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USELESS! Unless they add the red plastic hand brake that big wheels had... then this would be AWESOME!
DeCerbo at 03:08 PM on 02/15/08
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i want to see this thing in a fight vs. that mechnical horse thing, butterscotch. first one to die (or run out of batteries), loses! HA'JIME!
brianhatch at 03:09 PM on 02/15/08
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Knight Rider Powerwheels > Kota the Triceratop
Andy123 at 03:24 PM on 02/15/08
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The egg costs extra
Y2KGTP at 03:25 PM on 02/15/08
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My wal-mart had a broken one for sale for 80$ (horse)
peterlarson233 at 03:29 PM on 02/15/08
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imagine the mods...
Kaiser-Machead at 03:37 PM on 02/15/08
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@Jesus Diaz: "including some cute horny action"

It's only cute because it lacks genitals.
lunarstreaker at 03:40 PM on 02/15/08
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@GoatMonkey: DAMN SON--------You got to be a city boy!
FYI: horses not only CAN move their ears, they can use them to hear. Is that not amazing? They can even have one ear pointed forward and turn the other backward. I sure hope you are not an MD. No way in hell are you gonna get me to cough.
Nintenboy01 at 04:01 PM on 02/15/08
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@lunarstreaker: I think he was just being sarcastic...
sakko at 04:08 PM on 02/15/08
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The first company to make this thing walk for the same pricepoint gets rich beyond your wildest dreams!
madcitybrit at 04:13 PM on 02/15/08
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Just the other night I paid $1200 for some woman to let me ride her while she groaned. This is $300. Forever. What a steal!
FernLaPlante at 04:15 PM on 02/15/08
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I had a trike, these kids have a Trike!
Kaiser-Machead at 04:16 PM on 02/15/08
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@madcitybrit: Expensive way to walk between the VD raindrops.
Pixelantes Anonymous at 04:28 PM on 02/15/08
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I want one and I'm over 35.

Is this the midlife crisis people talk about?
IrisMR at 04:29 PM on 02/15/08
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Oh my GOD, being a kid nowadays is frickin' AWESOME!!!
Simpsons-Movie-ruled at 05:12 PM on 02/15/08
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@madcitybrit: COMMENT OF THE DAY!!!(does Giz even do that anymore?)
strider_mt2k at 06:54 PM on 02/15/08
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Does it have the Chaka seal of approval?

SAREESA TAKKA!!
Szin at 06:57 PM on 02/15/08
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You know, I'd like to pump my fist in the air and yell Big Wheels Forever....but damn that thing looks like a lot of fun.
tweaked at 06:57 PM on 02/15/08
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'awe with?'
skulldriveshaft at 11:46 PM on 02/15/08
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Boys: But why can't I have a real triceratops?

Girls: But why can't I have a real horse?

So you're gonna buy the 25 cent ride at the mall for your house? you could be the richest parent on the block if you put in a coin slot :]
shadaik at 07:03 AM on 02/16/08
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In other news, Playskool is doing a time machine for just $ 1,000,000 so you can buy a Triceratops and send it back into your childhood.
Basically the only real reason to have $ 1,000,300 in the first place.
BigViper at 09:40 AM on 02/16/08
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just one more in a long line of toys that allow our children to play while actually not exerting any real physical or mental energy... breed on the drones...

and for all you big wheel fans out there

MY GREEN MACHINE WAS TOTALLY COOLER THAN YOUR BIG WHEEL! Green Machines FTW!