| With Christmas not too far away, thoughts are turning | | | | the real thing and his feet look a bit too big to me, but |
| to finding the ideal present for the kids. The craze for | | | | other than that he looks like a T-Rex. |
| the last few years seems to be robotic toys. And this | | | | You will have plenty of fun with this toy. You can set |
| fascination with silicon buddies gets stronger, as | | | | him in various modes. For instance, he can guard your |
| children add a Zhu Zhu hamster or a FurReal kitty or | | | | slice of Christmas cake or mince pie from any |
| pup to their gift wish list. In a similar vein to these cuddly | | | | unwanted attention. Set him in guard mode and place |
| critters are interactive dinosaur toys. They aren't so | | | | him next to the plate. If anyone tries to take a sneaky |
| cuddly (well, actually they are when you get to know | | | | bite, he will roar. This will work with real pets and will |
| them) but they are just as much fun and will fascinate | | | | raise a few chuckles from the rest of the family. |
| the kids just as much. | | | | He even has a burping mode when he has been |
| Most kids go through a phase where they are | | | | eating a few too many mince pies himself. You can |
| completely intrigued by dinosaurs in some shape or | | | | set him in search mode or you can tickle him under the |
| form. Maybe this fascination stems from the fact that | | | | chin. All this will get a response from D-Rex. |
| dinosaurs look so out of this world. In my time, it might | | | | Pleo is even more complex than D-Rex. He is a baby |
| have been building dinosaur models. Today, kids can | | | | Camarasaurus and is probably the most intricate |
| choose to have a walking, talking (roaring, to be | | | | robotic dinosaur toy on the market. He is constructed |
| precise) dinopet. | | | | from heaps of small motors that make his movement |
| Two of the more popular interactive dinosaur toys are | | | | look true and varied. He has software that ensures |
| the D-Rex and the Pleo toys. | | | | that he can learn and have a certain personality based |
| The D-Rex toy is a lot of fun. As the name suggests, | | | | on how you bring him up. He is very charming and |
| he is a replica of the Tyrannosaurus Rex (so called | | | | responds to stroking with coos and will even snuggle |
| king of the Dinosaurs). He's obviously a lot smaller than | | | | into you if you hug him. |