Sony Rolly busts a color move
By Thomas Ricker 
posted March 31st 2008 1:20AM
posted March 31st 2008 1:20AM
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They remind me of those funky energy drink cans.
Well I thought it would make a great toy for my cat. If my cat were still alive (damn).
and still nobody wants one
I think it'll sell because of 2 reasons:
1) The device itself... Cute, Fun, Crazy, Sure its a small market to please, but people out there (including myself) will buy it.
2) Its got Sony's name on it... If you were to slap an Apple logo on this, it would sell like hotcakes, we all know that
In other words, if you dont like it, move on? Why does the internet have to be filled with teenagers who just love voicing their negative opinions...and then of course lie and say they aren't teenagers.
Make it beep like a thermal detonator and it will sell millions. Especially at duty free shops in crowded airports.
what does it do?
no idea, but it's good at being expensive.
lol@brian
nice1
This answers all. And it's not a Rick Roll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxdKi77G20
@ Chris
Did you see it do the helicopter?! Did you?!
That thing is awesome. Want.
i want one. i hope they come stateside soon
nice! would they just release it already, im dying to buy one of these here in the states :(
They look like they would be entertaining for about 5 minutes, and past that i would have the buyers remorse...
what is it?
It's a small MP3 player that lights up and rolls around as the music beats by. Nothing good, but it looks cute. And stupid.
Set a few of these beeping, ticking, rolling and flipping all over the mall or airport and you'll invite the SWAT team for lunch.... In jail.
Instead of having a mp3 player that rolls around to your music, why doesn't Sony do something useful, like bring back the QRIO. I would've bought one, and I'd much rather have a humanoid robot dancing to music than a little piece of plastic with rubber crap wheels that a toddler/pet will break within the year.
In case anyone is wondering (like i was) about what this thing does, heres a comment from the other article:
Chris Macdonald @ Mar 22nd 2008 12:48PM
yeah.. bring it to your friends house, put it on the table, and watch it.. roll.. and.. play music?
I would assume that it won't roll of the table?
i hope it's loud and sounds good for the price.
and dog-resistant.
Why exactly are those worth ¥1,500? That's about ¥1,500 more than two seconds with some spray paint..or some metallic colored Sharpies
I could stick some glitter on it while I'm at...that's got to be worth $30
Cost. They cost $400, they aren't worth $400.
Because they make lots of money on accessories. Those little plastic bits have such a high profit margin it's insane (little injection-molded plastic pieces made 10,000 at a time like that cost just pennies), so why not? People like you and I would just paint the damn things (or better yet, NOT buy a Rolly at all), but i know some Louis-Vuitton wearing suckers that would spend the money on that. And hell, if they have the money, maybe they're not suckers after all? (the guy i'm thinking of is though... he's deep in debt because of his designer clothes and new mercedes he can't afford... heh.)
-Taylor
I think they had some big party with marketing and the engineering team and everyone did waaay too much coke that night, and all of a sudden they'd invented Rolly. They must still be on that coke high 'cause they seem to be committed...
-Taylor
Don't do drugs kids.
Hah, well, i think that's obvious after seeing what it made the sony team do...
-Taylor
From peripheral vision I thought your avatar was a pot leaf, Danny.
my mp3 player is stationary... witch is fine with me
a witch! where?
nice!the player seems to be good source of entertainment & will soon spread in the market.People will luv 2 buy it.
Danny Choo (the Japan storm trooper guy) wrote a blog post about Rolly. Should clear some stuff up.
http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/1334/Rolly/
Even the cat got bored of it, and that was in less than 5 minutes.
nice!people will luv 2 buy it.
reminds me of clocky, the alarm clock that rolls around your room when you hit the snooze button, forcing you to get up
"The traditional black-white color, add body, and the only color available free to arm付け替えるit, "Rolly" customize their own preferences拡がりましたfun."
Did you understand that?
Now all we need is some one to enter this in a battle bots competition
Hmm those speaker flaps will last at least 5 mins!
Sony is really good at making expensive crap no one wants.
A cute toy...I might buy it for two hundred...two fifty tops. Four is just outragous.
The Rolly comes with 1GB music storage, last I checked. That 15 bucks they charge for new plastic sure would be better spent on 1GB of extra storage, I say. But you know, profit time and all that.
Not that storage is of any concern to those buying this.
It is definitely one of those (innovative) niche toys that Sony can sell to those who want something different. Everyone knows additonal colours is stage 2 of the marketing process, after the early adopters have done their deed :)
This thing is Awesome, can't wait!!!!!!!