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    Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby

    Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits
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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    07/10/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    "first real robot for girls." is a totally false statement. They're 20 years too late. I had a Teddy Ruxpin and loved it. As far as I knew, it responded to my "voice commands" and would move around (aided by me). I also loved my brother's Transformers BEAUCSE they weren't pink.

    And since when am I a starred commenter?
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    Image of popepeter popepeter
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    "Penbo responds differently to different color babies"

    So the Penbo is racist?
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    Image of TonyTriple TonyTriple
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    Boys: Aw cool! A robot that activates on voice command and shoots lasers!

    Girl: Aw cool! A robot that...activates on touch...and shoots...babies? Where's the bike I wanted?
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    Image of PurplePenguin04 PurplePenguin04
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    If they make one in purple I'd be begging my wife to let me buy one.
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    Image of Richard Charles Hudson Richard Charles Hudson
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    Never mind the boys vs girls issue - why does the robot penguin give birth to a hedgehog??
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    Penbo, an adorable interactive and waddling penguin robot who surprises little girls when she lays an egg...a perfect robot companion for little girls to nurture.
    Oh. My. God. Did we just fall through a perilous timewarp back to the '50s? I can only hope that this pink, gender-ghastly monstrosity lays an enormous fiscal egg for its incredibly backwards-thinking misogynist developers.
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    Edited by bosskev at 07/09/09 7:07 PM bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    Really? For girls?

    I'm not sure which is more irritating, the idea that a girl would naturally be drawn to this because it's pink and has babies or the fact that somebody might keep this away from my nephew (who would love it - because it's awesome, and he's three) because he is not a girl.



    *middle finger*
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    Edited by 92BuickLeSabre at 07/09/09 6:50 PM 92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    07/09/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: It's a robot penguin: Who *wouldn't* want one?
    I must admit I'm tempted to buy one for myself.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    That's right kids... the difference between things made for boys and things made for girls is their ability to ovulate. So for those keeping score - Snakes = for girls. EZ Bake = boys.
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    Image of burninator burninator
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
    How smart could this robot be if its already knocked up.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/09/09

    @burninator: You make an excellent point. Perhaps the developers could think more educationally and include a set of cute little bright pink condoms to go with it.
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    Image of Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds
    07/09/09

    @bosskev: Don't forget the super-happy-glitter birth control pills.
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    Edited by Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds at 07/09/09 7:26 PM Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds was starred Duckspwn:Loves Approving Reds was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/09/09

    @burninator: If "Juno" taught us anything, it's that clever does not equal smart. It probably was all snarky and ironic, but at the end of the day, just self-absorbed.

    Of course, I'm talking about Diablo Cody, not Ellen Page's character.
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    Image of Nutchromeo Nutchromeo
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits
    Fast AND he kind of looks like Optimus Primal meets Bumblebee.
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits
    Is this really considered bipedal just because there are leg-like things that pop in and out? The wheels disguised as arms don't really make it any more amazing than all the remote control cars out there that do the same sort of acrobatics. I was expecting to see the thing actually using its legs to move.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits
    What about Robosapien (v1 and v2)? Does it not count as a bipedal robot? And seriously, "To make this kind of technology available to children is unprecedented..." Seems as though WowWee beat them to the punch, in my opinion.

    WowWee has been pushing the boundaries of interactive robotic toys for quite some time now. Robosapien v2 and Roboraptor are both fairly advanced for toys, as well as the Robosapien RS Media model.
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    Edited by met2art at 07/09/09 5:52 PM met2art was starred met2art was unstarred
    Image of smegz smegz
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits
    I see those big silver fists and Cock Knocker from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back comes to mind.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/09/09

    In reply to Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits
    This reminds me of one of Dr Robotniks many attacking forms..
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    Edited by Skeetz at 07/09/09 5:49 PM Skeetz was starred Skeetz was unstarred
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