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more about #pleo Pessimippöpötåmus: Time for it to die again! Good ole' ole' Gizmodo. #pleo more » anexanhume: Ok, so company A makes product x and goes out of business. Company B buys rights to product x, doesn't change it, and re-releases it. This makes sense... more » SuppleMonkey: So Ugobe went under trying to sell these things, and now another company is all excited to get them and sell them themselves. Yeah, that's a killer bu... more » ArcticLotus: My poor girl is one of the last of her kind? oooh! more » Kaiser-Machead: Dinosaurs lasted millions of years before they eventually disappeared. This abomination was a flash in the pan, and not meant to be. Velociraptors wou... more » -
#toys
Pleo Lives!
The manufacturing company that heroically snatched the Pleo from the edge of oblivion has finally gotten around to re-releasing the curiously expensive plush robot. To preempt any reticent Pleo fans, don't worry: it's exactly the same as it was before. More » -
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Pleo Snatched From the Brink of Extinction By Its Former Manufacturer
After Ugobe shut its doors and auctioned off all its assets, most assumed that the Pleo, our Pleo, was doomed forever. Not quite! More » -
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Ugobe Folds, Pleo Goes the Way of the Dinosaur
You can blame it on the grim economy, or you can blame it on the fact that Ugobe's entire business depended on plush robotic dinosaurs. Either way, the Pleo has antagonized its last Labrador. More » -
#robotwars
Pleo Gets Thrashed at the Hands of a Battlebot
At Maker Faire 2008, a group of carnage-loving individuals pitted the 2007 Holiday Toy Darling Pleo against the heavy duty battle bot, Vicious Verdict, in a no holds barred competition. Needless to say, the sniff-n-grunt capability of the Pleo was no match for the blade-equipped bot, which turned Pleo into fillet meat. But the funniest part of the video (below) might be the background shrieks of little kids, who were forced to watch their Christmas present get shredded. Mean, perhaps, but undeniably funny. [DViCE via Tech Digest via Bot Junkie] More » -
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#pleoreview
Playing With Pleo the Pet Camarasaurus (Verdict: Neat but Pricey)
Ugobe's Pleo is the latest "electronic pet" to hit the consumer market, and as such, has received plenty of attention from media and consumers. At $350, Pleo is more expensive than a Furby but cheaper than an AIBO. After spending the last few days toying around with Pleo, as well watching it interact with real flesh-n-blood pets, my verdict is that Pleo is a neat piece of tech, but a bit too expensive and limited for mainstream popularity. More »
