$500 AMP Music Droid Dances (and Looks) Like a Bot Outta Hell

Benny Goldman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:52:11 EDT

Move over WALL-E, take a hike Rolly, Automated Music Personality—from Hasbro's Tiger Electronics and Sega Toys—has come to claim the throne of dancing robot music speakers once and for all. Video after the jump

Its Segway-esque legs dance to the beat of any MP3 player via 3.5mm jack, and its 49 LEDs stay shining like some kind of cybernetic Rhinestone Cowboy. The A.M.P. has touch-sensitive DJ scratching pads and 62 sound effects built in so you can spice up your songs with a little "wiki-wiki", and an IR sensor so he will follow you (and his remote) from room to room and keep the music playing in your direction.

Too bad the A.M.P. costs 500-f'ing-dollars, which won't even buy you a Li-ion battery, since you either plug the knee-high bot into the wall (huh?) or fill it full of D cells. What's this thing made of? SOLID GOLD? It sure dances like it. Bring the price down to $99, and I will buy it. Available in October. [A.M.P., Gearlog]

Tiger Electronics is the Dr. Moreau of Interactive Pets

Noah Robischon — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:05:09 EST

Dr. Gizmodo: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to buy $20 electronic monstrosities, that is the law. Are we not men?
Readers (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Gizmodo: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to buy multi-colored wriggling, singing, flashing, mewling I-DOG, I-FISH, and I-CAT that is the law. Are we not men?
Readers (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Gizmodo: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to buy I-CY, an electronic performing penguin toy that will be released in March 2007, that is the law. Are we not men?
Readers (in unison): Are we not men?
–Noah Robischon

I-CY [Product Page (via ChipChick)]

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$500 AMP Music Droid Dances (and Looks) Like a Bot Outta Hell

Tiger Electronics is the Dr. Moreau of Interactive Pets