Crap: $175 Robot Girlfriend and $349 Robot Dinosaur
Posted by Cap in Totally Crap |
- Sega’s E.M.A - Eternal Maiden Actualization (uh.. right), or WowWee FemiSapien… or whatever the heck it’s gonna be branded as.
- $175 or $99 depending on which online specialty retailer is going to screw you over.
- Dances, kisses, walks like a “lady,” and hands out business card — just like a “real” girlfriend (uh, because I’m sure that’s all the other half of the human race does).
- Wow your friends or reinforce your hermit lifestyle by scaring away what little friends you have left.
Tough to hate on a “life form” that probably had lots of engineering going into it, but… eh.
- Spend all or half of your stimulus check (if you’ve received one) and spice up the economy the true American way.
- $349 for an hour and half of incredible fun time. Add another $49 for an extra battery for even more joy (three hours of charging required).
- One up your divorced partner by showering your kid with not one, but two Pleo.
- Help Sharper Image avoid bankruptcy by buying in volumes (oh wait…).
June 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
The robotic dinosaur is actually a good example of why Sharper Image failed. Sharper Image made its mark by selling exclusive and really cool crap. It was crap, but the kind of super cool crap that calls to you to buy it. By selling stuff like the Rip Stik, a good but commonly available product, they lost exclusivity. By selling stuff like robo dino, they lost the coolness. In essence, the became an overpriced purveyor of plain old crap.