The Ghost in the Shell movies and the two anime series were admired by a lot of people around the globe, along with the Japanese cyberpunk manga created by Masamune Shirow. Now you surely have watched them and remember the cute and a bit weird tanks called Tachikoma in the Standalone Complex series. Amongst a myriad of plastic creatures/chisels accessible for fans, Bandai has plans to sell a remote controlled Tachikoma in Japan beginning February. The Robot can be connected to your computer via USB. The witty robot would be able to read your email, to create and process applications and fortunately now you can play mini games with it developed by Bandai.
The Tachikomas are expected to start shipping in February 2008 with a price of $199.99 and you can pre-order yourself one of them even if you don’t live in Japan.
Do you want to be the first to own Sony’s new invention called Rolly, Sound Entertainment Player? Well now you can, but you’ll have to prepare $439.99 for the cool gadget Rolly. SEP-10BT is Sony’s new intelligent Aibo like music player. This unique, MP3 player robot gadget features 20mm active speakers that offer an output of 1.2W x 2 Channel. Similar to the much more expensive Miuro, the Rolly will also roam around your room playing back your favorite songs.
Adjusting the volume on the Rolly is very unique – hold the unit and move it clockwise to increase and counterclockwise to decrease. The player also comes with Motion editor, a software which allows you to customize the unit’s motion. Rolly’s onboard ambient lights change from blue, orange to green depending on the music playing. Built-in with a 1GB flash memory and bluetooth enabled A2DP/AVRCP for hours of fun and convenient listening experience. Rolly is not just a high end gadget, but an excellent speaker with two 180 degree vertical speakers for 360 degree of clear sound. This gadget is a one of kind robot, music player, and invention. And maybe the only drawback is its price that is quite high…
Specifications
- Power source: Lithium ion battery / USB
- Battery duration: Approximately 3-5 hours depending on downloading and playback.
- Speaker: 20mm installed capacity: 1.2W + 1.2W
- Frequency range: 20 – 20,000Hz
- Interface: USB terminal: MiniB/Hi-Speed
- Dimensions: Approximately 104 x 65 x 65mm
- Weight: Approximately 300g
- Capacity: Built-in flash memory: 1GB
- Playback capacity: MP3, ATRAC, AAC
- Corresponding Bluetooth profile: A2DP and AVRCP
- Corresponding Bluetooth codec: SBC and MP3
The Sony Rolly SEP-10BT Sound Entertainment Player is available for $439.99.
Is it a car? Is it a robot? Who cares – it’s brilliant and it kicks Transformers’ ASS! The V-Bot is the most sophisticated R/C transforming vehicle ever produced. V-Bot combines the excitement of R/C action with the ability to automatically transform to a robot with the push of a button. In vehicle mode, the V-Bot is a full function radio control car with blazing fast digital proportion speed. In robot mode, V-Bot can perform hundreds of combinations of moves using the six action buttons on the control, or press any of the three preprogrammed buttons and watch V-Bot perform a series of action moves to his own music! Or you can use the MP3 jack to plug in your MP3 player and control V-Bot to your own tunes….
Currently you can get the V-Bot robot-car for $299.95 USD
The Japanese toymaker company Takara Tomy released their new product called “Transformers Sports Label Convoy feat. Nike Free 7.0″. This is actually an new Transformers robot toy which transforms from a pair of plastic half-scale Nike shoes into a robot named “Convoy”. The robot, created as a collaboration between the Japanese toymaker and Nike Japan is already being sold in Japan with a price of 2,625 yen which is roughly about $22. It seems Takara Tomy is targeting this new product more at the adults or at least to the more grown up kids and of course just a few days after its release the Transformers Sports Label Convoy feat. Nike Free 7.0 is already a big hit in Japan.
It seems there are two different versions at the moment – a black and a white one, that seem to be identical except for the color…
