Sega Toys' dancing I-Spin: like an I-Dog with a woofer orifice

Move over Rolly, there's a cheaper, craplasticer bot ready to stomp out your game. Sega Toys just announced their ¥5,250 ($51) I-Spin dancing robot. Apparently it responds to ambient sounds by rolling around and flipping its ears in time with the beat. After that novelty wears thin, you can directly attach the creature to any audio source where it will live out its remaining years as an external speaker.

[Lemmiwinks @ Mar 7th 2008 8:26AM]

This looks like the spaceship in Pikmin...

[LondonConsultant @ Mar 7th 2008 8:50AM]

But I doubt that spaceship had a woofer orifice...

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Mar 7th 2008 8:31AM]

Move over sony rolly. patent suit pending......

[Cesar Liedke @ Mar 7th 2008 8:50AM]

Looks like Mokona from Magical Knight Rayearth, xxxHolic and Tsubasa Chronicles anime series...

[Lucretius @ Mar 7th 2008 8:56AM]

Fucking. Disturbed.

[Shane @ Mar 7th 2008 8:59AM]

A woofer orfice is fine as long as it doesn't drop little nuggets that I have to clean up...

[silverblackvoid @ Mar 7th 2008 9:22AM]

for its price this device is not that bad. why the sarcasm engadget? i guess thats bcoz its not made by ap***

[Hax Or @ Mar 7th 2008 10:41AM]

emo alert! ID-10-T detected!

Apple pwns you. Nuff said.

[superfresh @ Mar 7th 2008 9:37AM]

I think it's fine. Most new music is shit anyway.

[Pauly @ Mar 7th 2008 9:44AM]

For dogs we prefer Aibo or RobuDog.
http://www.robotliving.com/2007/07/11/robudog-vs-aibo/
This dancing dog speaker looks silly.

[M @ Mar 7th 2008 2:14PM]

looks like a faceless pikachu with an extra large anus.
the sony one looks like a dancing vibrator. with added flaps!

[keslers @ Apr 19th 2008 8:19AM]

I actually won one of theses things from PC Mag. What were they thinking?

I'm amazed they thought this thing would sell... Strange