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WowWee goes out of its way to make one thing very clear about the Rovio: “this is not a toy.” That being said, it doesn’t make the patrolling sentry any less fantastic, as critics over at Robots-Dreams proclaimed that it was “intuitive and a pleasure to use from the moment you first open the box.” From the painless setup process to the unparalleled mobility, reviewers sounded like they were grinning from ear-to-ear during the entire writeup process. It performed its robotic sentry duties with vigor and valor, and the review crew couldn’t help but note that this bugger was “positioned to be the hottest robot for the upcoming holiday season, and for a long time to come.” In other words, if you’ve been on the fence about dropping three bills on this thing, all your worries about it potentially sucking just got thrashed.

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Indoor flying toys aren’t hard to come by these days, but WowWee’s hoping you’ll still be willing to drop a little bit of coin on indoor aerial supremacy. First introduced at CES, the $50 FlyTech Bladestar has helicopter-like blades for hovering, and built-in infrared sensors to avoid obstacles. You can control the Bladestar with the included remote, or stick it in autopilot mode to watch it avoid obstacles and even “push” it yourself by walking up to it. If it’s war you’re after, you can put the toy in “dogfight” mode to use the infrared signal as a weapon against an unfriendly Bladestar: three hits and you’ll be testing WowWee’s claims of crash-resistance. The Bladestar is available now. Cheesy Saturday-morning advertisement is after the break.Continue reading WowWee’s FlyTech Bladestar can govern your home autonomously

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Turn away before it’s too late, we beg you. Don’t make the mistake we did by watching WowWee’s Alive Lion Cub get splayed for the chuckling amusement of ol’ Pig Eye Jackson. Should you choose to proceed, choose to hit that read link then be warned: you’ll never eat bot-sausage again.

[Thanks, Robert O.]

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It has been a hot minute since WowWee let the Alive animals out of the zoo, but this particular White Tiger Cub has just recently been loosed from its cage. Although it’s just dying for an I Can Has Cheezburger? caption (feel free to drop your best in comments below), this cute cat looks to be the perfect play toy for small children or adults hoping to rekindle some of that youthful innocence. We’re also told that the eyebrow and mouth movements are “quite realistic,” but its the individual personality that really makes it worth coming back to. Check out the unboxing and a brief review in the read link, and peek a video of the feline in action after the cut.Continue reading WowWee’s Alive White Tiger Cub gets unboxed, showcased on video

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We wouldn’t have believed it, either, but the WowWee Dragonfly is attracting some unusual attention — owners are reporting their bots are being attacked by hawks. WowWee says 45 people have reported hawk attacks in the past two months, and there’s even a few pictures of the birds with their robotic prey out there — like this one taken by a fifth-grade named Danny McGorry. We always knew the Dragonfly was fun, but this takes it to another level — all we need now is a remote squirt gun mounted on the thing and we’ll be ready to go. Check the whole article below.

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We caught up with the WowWee Bladestar in the wild to snag some video footage of this Cylon killing machine battery-powered flying wonder. Hat tip to Veronica Belmont and the Mahalo Daily team for the special CES video coverage, after the jump.Continue reading Video: WowWee Bladestar takes to the (indoor) skies

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Imagi, the animation studio behind the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, and the upcoming Gatchaman and Astro Boy movies, has inked a deal with Wowwee Ltd., makers of the infamous Robosapien (amongst others), which will grant the toy-maker exclusive distribution rights for the studio’s properties. According to the company press release, Wowwee will provide some of its proprietary technology for use in toys related to the upcoming pictures, which will closely replicate the look and story of the films in both design and “play patterns.” As Imagi co-CEO Douglas Glen puts it “All too often, film-licensed toys fail to live up to kids’ expectations, because they fall so far short of what the kids see on the movie screen,” but Imagi and Wowwee will seek to avoid this by having toy designers and filmmakers work closely with one-another. Our personal hope is to see a life-size, fully functional Astro Boy… with feelings. Maybe we’re expecting too much.

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