‘Rocobo’ – a moody person’s robot pet
“Rocobo” — a new pet robot from Tomy Corporation will be invading your desktop soon.
As described in Amazon Japan it will go on sale next August for 1,344yen ($10.86 USD). Advertised as “the moody person’s robot,” the Rocobo reacts to how you treat it—It will shake its body, and flap its arms if you yell at it. Conversely, the Rocobo will glad if you stroke or treat it nicely and will sing a song to you, tell your fortune, smile on its LCD screen or flap its ears.
Annoyingly cute, heh?
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June 26th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Cool! My product story was picked up in this report on Gizmodo.com today: “Rocobo” Will Love You Even If You Hate It
June 29th, 2007 at 5:23 am
those are great! and a bargain. i must have one.
June 29th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Can I take it that you already talk to your computer a lot and you want something more responsive, ha, ha?
July 1st, 2007 at 3:03 am
you are correct, taro! it might just be the missing piece i need
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 pm
can I get it ? its just soooo cute!! howmuch it is in malaysian ringgit??
July 4th, 2007 at 9:47 am
In theory, you can order a Rocobo via Amazon Japan or a through one of many Japanese “proxy” ordering services (but there’s no guarantee they are honest) . The Rocobo only costs costs about 38 ringgit.
Read this “Guide to Ordering from Amazon Japan” or check out this guide.