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Discovery Exclusive T-Rexcavator Game

Hazel Chua — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:41:31 +0000

When I was still in my mother’s womb and my dad thought that I was a boy, he was so excited that he began buying all sorts of toys for boys. Remote-controlled cars, building blocks, toy trucks, and dinosaur figures–you name it, he had either bought it or was planning to. Long story short, he [...]

Remote Controlled DIY Wooden Dinosaurs

James Kelly — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:19:59 +0000

The Remote Controlled DIY Wooden Dinosaurs give you a little bit of everything; you get to build, play with dinosaurs, and even enjoy R/C action. The dinosaur kits come in four different models: T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus. All the kits include everything you need to make you own wooden dinosaur that walks, roars and [...]

LEDSAUR Dino Desk Lamp

Patra Beaulieu — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:25:33 +0000

Hooray for dinos! If they hadn’t existed, we wouldn’t have Inflatable Dinosaur Heads to hang on the walls, Dino Ice Cube Trays/Jello Molds to make edible fossils, and LEDSAUR Dino Desk Lamps. The LEDSAUR lamp comes in Small or Large Regular version, which has a light-up head; and Small or Large Deluxe version, which has an illuminated, color-changing LED spine, a brighter light-up head [...]

Dinosaur Party Ice Cube Tray / Jello Mold

Conner Flynn — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:54:34 +0000

Dinosaurs may be extinct, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a few remnants of them in your drink every now and then. Just use these Dinosaur Party Ice Cube Tray / Jello Molds and when they melt away they will go extinct all over again. This tray comes in either T-Rex or Stegosaurus and [...]

The 20 Foot Animatronic Triceratops

James Kelly — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:59:55 +0000

Do you have $350k that you’re just itching to spend? If so, The 20 Foot Animatronic Triceratops could be yours. This is the same motion-sensing 20′ Triceratops that your see at museums all over the country. This is a finely crafted machine with no details forgotten. It has motion-activated cameras installed into each eye to [...]

Inflatable Dinosaur Head

Conner Flynn — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:36:00 +0000

If you are a hunter who likes to display trophies on your wall, there is one head you have never been able to add to your collection. A dinosaur. They were extinct long before hunters even existed. Well, now you can display the head of a dinosaur proudly, thanks to this Inflatable Dinosaur Head. Sure, [...]

Dinosaur USB Drive

Robert Birming — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:31:12 +0000

This USB flash drive, available in black, blue and pink, will be a perfect accessory for geeks who like dinosaur inspired gadgets like this webcam or this R/C robot. Product Features Capacity: 4GB Dinosaur design Linked cap USB 2.0 Size: 53*33*19mm Weight: 15g The Dinosaur USB Flash Drive is yours for $18 from the Gadget4all.com [...]

Kota the Triceratops – Huge Robot Dinosaur

Robert Birming — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:22:33 +0000

Kota the Triceratops, the 3 foot tall plush animated robot dinosaur that your child can ride (if they are 60 pounds and under), is now available in the USA and Europe. The 37-pound Triceratops robot wags his tail, opens and closes his mouth, wiggles his horns, makes dinosaur sounds and plays songs and sound effects [...]

Pleo Robot Dinosaur at Sea World (Video)

Robert Birming — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:33:17 +0000

If the Alien Stress Reliever doesn’t do the trick for you, maybe this video clip of Pleo visiting Sea World will do a better job to relieve you from stress: The Pleo in the video is Pixie (which also happens to be the name of one of the cats watching as this is written), who [...]

Primeval – Flying R/C Dinosaur

Robert Birming — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:36:52 +0000

The design of this radio controlled flying prehistoric creatures is inspired by ITV’s Primeval – a British science fiction drama television programme. Primeval Flying Rex flies, flutters, soars and glides indoors and outdoors, thanks to its dual-wing design. Take control with the user-friendly digital proportional remote control and launch this fun flying dinosaur into the [...]

Pleo News for Developers

Robert Birming — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:32:16 +0000

A brand new section specifically geared toward Pleo robot dinosaur developers has just been launched over at the PleoWorld website. Here are some of the things you will find at PleoWorld – Developers: A “Pawn Scripting in Life OS” document that provides experienced C programmers information about Pleo’s architecture. A diagram of Pleo’s joints and [...]

Pleo Dinosaur Performance Editing Tools (Video)

Robert Birming — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:32:13 +0000

The AIBO super hackers have entered the Pleo party full strength by porting one of their most powerful and fun AIBO performance tools over to Pleo. “Skitter”, a full featured skit creation tool for the AIBO designed by the AIBO wizard known as DogsBody, has now been reincarnated as “MySkit”. It allows Pleo owners to [...]

R/C Robot T-Rex

Robert Birming — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:16:35 +0000

This R/C T-rex might be small in comparison to the replica we saw a few days ago, but it’s still impressive with its 81 cm (31.9 inches) in length. This remote controlled dinosaur comes with three different moving modes: walking, running and predatory. It also features movable arms, a swiveling head, a sweeping tail, a [...]

Life-Sized Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur Replica

Robert Birming — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:28:29 +0000

So you want to outcool your neighbors Camarasaurus replica? No problem, that plant eater doesn’t stand a chance against this creature. It says Available Soon under the dimensions part of the product description, but the info from Wikipedia should give you a good idea of what to expect: …it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and [...]

Pleo Robot Dinosaur Officially in Production

Robert Birming — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:35:23 +0000

In a announcement sent out to those on Ugobe’s mailing list for official Pleo news and updates, Ugobe stated that Pleo is now officially in production. More importantly, those who place orders with any retailer in the United States or directly with the Ugobe store, will receive their Pleos by the holidays. Ugobe store customers [...]

Pleo Robot Dinosaur in Action (video)

Robert Birming — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:57:54 +0000

Here’s the first professionally shot video that shows tons of people petting, cooing, baby talking, and losing their composure over the adorable baby blue eyed dinosaur we call Pleo. Finally you get to see how people really feel about Pleo as they pet him uncontrollably and treat him like a real pet. There’s plenty of [...]

Pleo Robot Dinosaur Disguised as a Lamb

Robert Birming — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:50:56 +0000

Some Ugobe folk wanted to see if a fully furry Pleo would still function properly (respond to touch, fuss & fidget, etc.). Apparently it did so they decided to show it off in the Ugobe booth at last weekend’s Maker Faire. More photos at Flickr. Over at Robots Rule you can read an interview from [...]

Dinosaur Plush Webcam

Robert Birming — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:10:18 +0000

The day before yesterday we had a post about this cute little Dinosaur Webcam. If you add plush and a portion of extra cuteness you will get the Cam Buddy Dinosaur Plush Webcam ($10). Cam Buddy allows you to enable video chat with your friends via MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger. With built in microphone [...]

Dinosaur Webcam

Robert Birming — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:08:36 +0000

If you don’t like futuristic looking webcams like the wireless R2-D2 and the Robot one, then here’s a chance to get the pretty much the opposite. The Dinosaur Webcam ($25) features a built-in microphone, USB 1.1 interface and a 350K pixel resolution camera with a frame rate of 30 frames per sec.

Pleo Robot Dinosaur at SAAG 2007 (video)

Robert Birming — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:03:49 +0000

At a recent SAAG 2007 meeting (Sacramento Area Aibo Gathering), YouTube videographer and SAAG member EllysDogHouse took this beautiful high quality video of a Pleo, fresh out of the box, taking his very first baby steps. You get to see Pleo squirming about being held in the air by his tail by the Ugobe spokesman, [...]

LEGO Creator: Monster Dino

Robert Birming — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:40:56 +0000

Monster Dino is the name of the latest addition in the LEGO Creator family. A total of 792 pieces is used to build the small dinosaur, which can be rebuild into a spider that crawls or a moving crocodile. Monster Dino ($90) has moving parts, a glow-in-the-dark spine, and the kit includes remote control, battery [...]

Inflatable Dinosaur World Globe

Robert Birming — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:27:43 +0000

Discover the ancient world of dinosaurs with the Inflatable Dinosaur World Globe with Stand ($7). It measures 12 inches (30.5cm) in diameter and includes dinosaur images with names, geological period of their existence, and their habitat locations on the globe.

Top 10 13 Strangest R/C Toys

Robert Birming — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:52:10 +0000

PC Magazine has published a list of the Top 10 Strangest R/C Toys. A lot of good stuff in there but I think some of them easily could have been replaced with these weird R/C toys: Tarantula ($25) Pterosaur ($101) Pteranodon ($50) (Via Gearlog)