Anyone actually bought Pleo?

[swissroll]

I saw Pleo at Audio House. Woah expensive but cool anyone bought it?



Pleo is a robotic dinosaur designed to emulate the appearance and behavior of a week-old baby Camarasaurus. It was designed by Caleb Chung, the co-creator of the Furby, and is manufactured by Ugobe.
Ugobe develops robotic technology to animate robots into lifelike creatures with organic movement and adaptable behaviors. Ugobe calls its robots "Life Forms," powered by its "Life OS".

[Ashlene]

Not very aesthetically-appealing to me else I would seriously consider getting one.
I've always wanted a pet but might not commit enough to ensure it's survival so I think a fake pet would be great for me.

[swissroll]

Not very aesthetically-appealing to me else I would seriously consider getting one.
I've always wanted a pet but might not commit enough to ensure it's survival so I think a fake pet would be great for me.

Here a video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94CBFuFgqS0
Did i mention it retails for around $699? haha but i guess it has an education value for children

[swissroll]

Look at KOTA! Was searching for pleo videos when i saw this dino . Looks cute and furry . It so much bigger and it cheaper than pleo :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5c3Wq0jpps&feature=fvst

[Ashlene]

I saw this Japanese seal pet while searching for Pleo vids on youtube! Did you see it?
My sister is so in love with it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLiyxsg2TQ4

[Strawberrykiss]

i think i ever saw this on yu le bai fen bai, show and xiao gui were playing with it. it really looks real and alive! haha.. but the price tag!

[swissroll]

How come the toys are soooo cute these days!!!! Okay - i want a pleo, then a kota, then a seal...and then i'll have my very own zooo

[swissroll]

I saw this Japanese seal pet while searching for Pleo vids on youtube! Did you see it?
My sister is so in love with it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLiyxsg2TQ4

The seal looks like a female one haha the eye lashes so long and the think at the end of the whiskers make it look abit fake

[swissroll]

i think i ever saw this on yu le bai fen bai, show and xiao gui were playing with it. it really looks real and alive! haha.. but the price tag!

Is it which episode? taiwan ? Pleo ? Is it cheaper in taiwan?

[ashleymae]

Does anyone have any more information about the rumors that Pleo will have a USB connector and/or a SD card slot? If so is it clear yet whether Ugobe will plublish an API that provides access to the sensors and actuators inside of the beast?

I saw somewhere an applicaton that allowed you to fiddle with some emotional dimensions but it would be nice to see access to a full blown API and/or the microcontrollers inside. The promotional 'buzz' they would get from hackers 'upgrading' this artificial life form could be very useful for marketing.

[lornaabella]

I am just curious and started thinking the last three or four days. I thought from everything we had been told that Pleo rb were going to be such a very very ( exact words...) limited supply, that there was going to be only a few that made it out before Christmas. ( and we thought that we here on the forums were going to be the first ones to find out and it sounded like they would all be sold out before the general public even got the " e-blast.". Well things do not in my humble opinion seem to be the way I thought they were. We have known about Pleo Rb now for awhile and I would have assumed that more people here on the forums and certainly through the e-blast , that Pleo rb would be sold out now, But if you look at the Pleo world site, it is still letting people order Pleo rb? NOw I may be wrong, but does that mean that NOT AS MANY PEOPLE AS ANTICIPATED are actually buyng or pre ordering Pleo rb , or that there are more Pleo rb then we thought, or that there will be enouogh Pleo rb arouond to fill the order in January, that everyone who wants one can get one?
I was under the impression it was going to be so hard to maybe even get one of these, that I thought I may not be able to get one for months... Does anyone or has anyone else wondered about Pleo Rb and how many there really are and if people are buying them the way anticipated, or are more people perhaps buying them overseas, like the blue and pInk ones that other forum members are getting because they want one in time for Christmas? Just curious what the rest of you think, or am I off target and the only one thinking this is odd? Dont get me wrong, I am glad I got my Pleo Rb with no problem, just didn't think they would still be selling them at this point, I thought they would be in such high demand and a low amount of them, that they would all be sold out already and no more orders being taken. Hope to get myne soon no matter what.