Sega adds Dream Hamster to its Dream Pets collection, girls say "kawaiiii!"

Sega Toys has been up to all sorts of shenanigans lately, what with its rolling speaker robots, kissing bots, and workout headsets. Now the Japanese toy maker has drummed up a new addition to its Dream Pets collection. The Dream Hamster, a tiny furry thing that moves when you hold it, will be available in Japan on August 8th for around $11, and Sega fully expects to win the hearts of lonely women everywhere with these balls of puffy love. We mean, c'mon: it's a furry cute thing that wiggles. What's not to like? [Warning: read link is a PDF]

[Via Akihabara News]

[Big Wizz @ Jul 31st 2008 9:37AM]

I expect Richard Gere to buy at least a hundred of these things.

[agarfield2004 @ Jul 31st 2008 9:37AM]

That's the sort of toy I have nightmares about.

[ShadowKain @ Jul 31st 2008 11:25AM]

Oh come on, don't act like you wouldn't want one. I mean once you get tired of it you can put it in the microwave! :)

[Karl Viklund @ Jul 31st 2008 9:38AM]

Asians need to stop be so... ridiculous

[Kizorblade @ Jul 31st 2008 9:52AM]

We're not all mentally twisted, I assure you

[blizz419 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:19AM]

i cant believe there are people with such rediculous beards, not a bad gift for girls like 7 and under

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 31st 2008 12:09PM]

Indulge: http://itrocks.biteus.org/international-beard-championship/

[Juice @ Aug 4th 2008 1:48PM]

Read: "Japanese toy maker".
Got any idea how big Asia is? Geez.

[Dillon @ Jul 31st 2008 9:39AM]

I only see this being at all potentially useful for pulling pranks. Nothing moar.

[kal326 @ Jul 31st 2008 9:43AM]

Its started, the robot uprising is upon us. They are starting out as cute little robotic animals and dolls to lure us into complacency of their presence. But one day they will turn on us, lead by the robot overlord Teddy Ruxpin!

[kjb434 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:07AM]

I had one of those Teddy's. I loved it at first until it just became creepy!

[Nihility @ Jul 31st 2008 9:44AM]

You misspelled "nerds" in the title.

[Keisha Kornbread @ Jul 31st 2008 9:45AM]

I must get one to play with my dragonballz!!

[Gaz @ Jul 31st 2008 10:52AM]

will your Dragon be ok with that???

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:05PM]

dragons have ballz?

[LondonConsultant @ Jul 31st 2008 2:34PM]

great balls of fire

[BradS @ Jul 31st 2008 9:47AM]

No Tribbles references? Especially with the first poster having a Trek avatar?

[Redbeaver @ Jul 31st 2008 9:55AM]

i'm buying one of these.

instant chick-magnet if i put it in my cubicle...

[Seth @ Jul 31st 2008 10:58AM]

so you're into 7 year olds?

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 31st 2008 12:10PM]

Hey, if there's grass on the field........ fuck the field.

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 12:28PM]

who let Flashpoint in here?

[Brent @ Jul 31st 2008 9:59AM]

Does it do the hamster dance?

[BrianB @ Jul 31st 2008 10:04AM]

Nice price point but bad choice not adding an MP3 player.

[kjb434 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:07AM]

Ah Sega, how you have fallen!

[blizz419 @ Jul 31st 2008 10:21AM]

coulda atleast been a cute lil baby hedgehog lol

[godmoney @ Jul 31st 2008 11:25AM]

A real hamster cost just as much... at least this won't be found rotting in its wheel 2 years later

[Ferny @ Jul 31st 2008 11:28AM]

"....balls of puffy love..."

"...it's a furry cute thing that wiggles."

whats going on here? is this what I think it is?

[Aaron @ Jul 31st 2008 11:31AM]

Yes, but have they created the Dream Cast yet?


... now who didn't see that coming

[Rod @ Jul 31st 2008 12:06PM]

"kawaiiii!" = CUTE ( in Japanese ) I heard this so many times in anime :)

[Rod @ Jul 31st 2008 12:08PM]

"kawaiiii!" = CUTE ( in Japanese ) I heard this so many times in
anime :)

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 31st 2008 12:12PM]

Well, I must say, I bet you have to beat the girls off of you.

[yode @ Jul 31st 2008 7:08PM]

it is also what the girls say in the dramatic prairie dog vid

[maveric101 @ Jul 31st 2008 12:08PM]

just slightly off topic, but why can't i buy a Keepon yet? DO NOT WANT. NEED.

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 31st 2008 12:51PM]

Keepons? Sounds like a permanant tampon.

Lights, regulars or supers?

[Yevon @ Jul 31st 2008 1:32PM]

I know how you feel. I would give up my middle testicle for a Keepon of my own...

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 2:05PM]

hey guys, you keepon keepin' on

[John De Vries Wesley @ Jul 31st 2008 1:17PM]

Oh Puleez....

[Christian @ Jul 31st 2008 1:36PM]

Girls like wiggly and furry things? I wonder....

[phanbouy @ Jul 31st 2008 2:06PM]

sounds like you'll continue to wonder

[Marcela @ Jul 31st 2008 2:41PM]

Is it me or this thing looks evil?

[Magallanes @ Jul 31st 2008 4:16PM]

Sega say : Dream Hamster to its Dream Pets collection

girls say :"kawaiiii!".

and Youtube say :(stuffed) Dramatic chipmunk!.

[Frank @ Jul 31st 2008 5:56PM]

"it's a furry cute thing that wiggles"

Ahh, I think I already have on of these... only it's not so cute, and a little scraggly...

[Frank @ Jul 31st 2008 6:01PM]

I've got something in my front pocket for you.
Why don't you reach down in my pocket and see what it is?
Then grab onto it, it's just for you.
Give a little squeeze and say: "How do you do?"
There's something in my front pocket...
There's something in my front pocket...
There's something in my front pocket!

[unicode787plus @ Jul 31st 2008 10:18PM]

A Hamtaro knock-off? Nah, I would still prefer an authentic Hamtaro. Screw Sega's knock-offs.

[Schfelzerberg @ Aug 1st 2008 2:19AM]

Most Americans can't even pronounce 'kawaii' properly.

[Misty @ Aug 1st 2008 11:42PM]

Asian girls have the heart of eternal seven-year olds. It's a curse we've learned to love.

Crap, I really want one! No chance they would sell this in the US, huh? Saaaaaaaad.