Sega Toys' Yume Neko Smile cat continues to be your waking nightmare

Finally your replicant Owl and Nexus-6 will have a new playmate over at the Bradbury -- namely, Sega Toys' newest iteration of its infamously creepy automaton, the Yume Neko Smile cat. When we last saw this little purr-machine, it was giving blank stares of disapproval while harmfully invading our dreams like a kind of down-coated demon. The new version appears to up the gross-factor to 11 by including even more lifelike movements, all new speech (with moving mouth), and a healthy dose of allergy-irritating dander. Okay, we made that last one up, but with such attention to detail -- including the common cat trait of perfect human speech -- it wouldn't surprise us to see this one causing all kinds of health issues. Watch the charming video after the break, you'll see what we mean.

[Blacknimbus @ Jan 16th 2008 8:11PM]

Do androids dream of electric kitties?

[Sporkinum @ Jan 16th 2008 8:40PM]

Not Data.. He wants real kitties.. named Spot.

[cortes.john @ Jan 16th 2008 8:17PM]

did that man just "massage" that robo-kitty?

[trancer @ Jan 16th 2008 8:20PM]

I want one. seriously.

[Anthony @ Jan 16th 2008 8:29PM]

This cat doesn't ask if it can has cheezburger.

It just takes cheezburger.

[ethana2 @ Jan 16th 2008 10:11PM]

It already took a bucket from a walrus and glued some poor feline to the ceiling. I say it's dangerous.

[Sparky @ Jan 16th 2008 8:32PM]

Can it has cheezburgers or eated ur baybees?

[Sean @ Jan 16th 2008 8:37PM]

this cat should be able to teach me japanese, and where the eff are the claws and jagged teeth?

[Reader @ Jan 16th 2008 8:39PM]

Oh how Sega has fallen. One day they were a leader in the console market, today they make robo-kittens.

[Taz @ Jan 16th 2008 8:43PM]

OMG! It's Boxy from the 1980's Battlestar Galactica :o

[Zam @ Jan 16th 2008 8:52PM]

take a listen to what it sees to be saying between 10-8 seconds left on the counter. let's not sell this in america or parents will go nutz.

[granny down east @ Jan 16th 2008 9:33PM]

Goodbye Kitty.
can't believe I went there...

[ClaMs @ Jan 17th 2008 3:11AM]

I loled! :D

[Ashton @ Jan 16th 2008 9:36PM]

Hey it clicks when it moves just like my cat!
so i am going to get rid of my cat and get this super cool robo cat just think no poop and you only have to plug it in!!!! "honey, did you plug the purranator in?"

[ethana2 @ Jan 16th 2008 10:13PM]

Cut out the middleman. This can doesn't show up at the sound of a can opener.

It /is/ the can opener.

[Sparky @ Jan 16th 2008 10:47PM]

Do Not Want.

(A robot cat is also silly)

[whowhatme @ Jan 16th 2008 11:18PM]

it's not really saying much.. also, do you have to keep poking it for it to talk? really creepy...

[Kalen @ Jan 16th 2008 11:33PM]

Do not want assimilate!

[navstar @ Jan 16th 2008 11:55PM]

Whoa, I totally misread the headline as, "Cat continues to be your *wanking* nightmare"!!

Ummmmm yeaaaaah.....

[kyle allen @ Jan 17th 2008 1:25AM]

i am in ur nightmarez steelin ur sanity

[Ariane @ Jan 17th 2008 4:52AM]

its like a cat furby.
i wonder if itll do the same as the furby, mine shorted out the first day i had it, smoke came out of its ears, now that was truely demonic.

[MJ @ Jan 17th 2008 6:27AM]

That thing is eeeeeevil.

[euclid @ Jan 17th 2008 10:51AM]

I was waiting for it to spin its head around while mouthing off satanic obscenities.

[YouFaceTheTick @ Jan 17th 2008 1:09PM]

The product is called the Neko Smile Cat? So it's called the Cat Smile Cat? WTF? Neko is Japanese for cat.

[toyotaboy @ Jan 17th 2008 1:38PM]

how soon before this is dissected like pleo?

[Tapia @ Jan 17th 2008 10:45PM]

WTF!?