Disney / Thinkway Toys' Ultimate WALL-E robot cleans up on camera

Alright, so maybe the recently announced Ultimate WALL-E robot doesn't actually get down and dirty on video, but he does maintain a pretty positive attitude after being poked, prodded and generally invaded for a full five minutes. The latest collaborative effort from Disney and Thinkway Toys was spotted recently at Maker Faire, and if you're interested to see what exactly $190 will net you later this summer, head on past the break and click play.

[ooglek @ May 6th 2008 8:27AM]

He's gonna talk, right? There's no sounds from the thing, which is kind of, IMO, necessary for it to "come alive."

[Clinton @ May 6th 2008 8:33AM]

because all things living in this world speak with eloquence.

[Bad Beaver @ May 6th 2008 8:37AM]

@ Clinton: Ever seen a Disney movie?

[Dan S. @ May 6th 2008 10:08AM]

If you listen to the video, you can hear the robot DOES make noises. The audio is low to begin with, and the sales guy is wearing a lav mic, so ambient noises hardly register.

The character in the movie is essentially incapable of speech, speaking in R2D2-esque beeps, purrs, etc.

[Llefenni @ May 6th 2008 8:49AM]

It's like someone lopped off Jonny 5's head and stuck it on a deformed tonka truck - disturbing/fascinating, a bit like Sid off of Toy Story's fantasy bot...

[Magallanes @ May 6th 2008 12:33PM]

Agreed, it's just a deformed Johnny 5.

[Stephen Cosgrove @ May 6th 2008 9:35AM]

Well, for sure I am going to buy one!

[LiqwidZero @ May 6th 2008 9:42AM]

Hells yeah! Me, too.

[CubeGuy @ May 6th 2008 9:58AM]

Will it blend...my drinks for me? I want a robot butler.

[Heather @ May 6th 2008 10:04AM]

Anyone else find Wall-E kinda of reminiscent of BOB, the little robot of "The Black Hole" who spoke with the voice of Slim Pickens ?

... a Slim Pickens voiced robot ... ahhhh

[Paul @ May 6th 2008 11:02AM]

Read in Slim Pickins' voice:

"We're the BEST..."

[John Stracke @ May 6th 2008 10:37AM]

There's something odd about creating a consumer toy modeled on a robot whose job is to clean up after consumerism destroys the Earth.

[Bad Beaver @ May 6th 2008 10:57AM]

Irony.

[silverblackvoid @ May 6th 2008 12:11PM]

"generally invaded for a full five minutes"

...umm, what exactly do you mean by that guys?

[Austin @ May 6th 2008 12:15PM]

This sucker needs to be modded to kingdom come. a few ideas:

-Gamecube (i think that's been done though)

-eee PC

-Mac mini (or G4 Cube) with dual external iSight cameras

-Wii

-The first artificial video liveblogger

-A weapons-grade lazer, Garmin GPS System, lock-pick, and road-ready tread (To stalk every person who has ever asked if a post-2007 product "plays doom")

-Whatever Ben Heck feels like

[Dave @ May 6th 2008 12:19PM]

It needs a camera. I want a $1,000 super-ultimate version!

[Rick @ May 6th 2008 12:27PM]

For $190, I can take my kids to Disney World. I'll pass no matter how cool it is.

[Nick @ May 6th 2008 1:17PM]

So really $190 doesn't get you anything accept a personal companion cube with a head, arms, and tracks. I'll be more interested when they come out with a version that can actually pick something up.

[Paul @ May 6th 2008 1:21PM]

"More input, Stephanie"

[g3n3tix @ May 6th 2008 4:26PM]

So basically it's an Aibo, but lamer ? And a derivate product of a movie.

[Mark L. @ May 7th 2008 1:23AM]

Roomba should have made it.

[Lucius @ May 7th 2008 2:06AM]

I didn't get to watch the vid cuz my laptop sucks... but the impression i get from the comments is that it sucks. This disapoints me, there was so much potential here.

[JH @ Jul 22nd 2008 7:26PM]

For the life of me I could not find any mention of it in the video, just a bunch of grungy folks plugging stuff that most people would not be interested in. Did I miss something?