Kota the Triceratops ships from the land before time to your home

Playskool's Kota the Triceratops is a robot dinosaur that uses 11 sensors to respond to touch and sound by wiggling its horns, wagging its tail and turning its head. It also plays a few "adventure themed songs." Best of all, it can't stampede or impale anyone; like the animatronic Triceratops in Jurassic Park, Kota can't get up and move around. That won't stop kids from adoring it though. Like Pleo before it, Kota's cuteness overpowers all. Don't believe us? Shipments have begun, so you can buy the cuddly robot and see for yourself. All you need is 300 bucks. Or you could just check out the video beyond the cut.

[hipauliee @ Oct 8th 2008 8:06PM]

I wonder if that could hold me and my girlfriend...
that'd be pretty kinky. mmm dino sex.

[Lowest Ranked @ Oct 8th 2008 8:14PM]

lol what? You're girlfriend is a dinosaur?

[switchbitch @ Oct 8th 2008 8:18PM]

'Your'

[Ian @ Oct 8th 2008 8:23PM]

hmm that would make for some interesting viewing...

[evplasmaman @ Oct 8th 2008 8:40PM]

Kota, self destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2....

[zomg0t @ Oct 8th 2008 8:52PM]

You're in luck! Kota can hold you and your girlfriend as long as your combined weight does not exceed 60 pounds!

[Reader @ Oct 8th 2008 10:35PM]

Guess you'll have to deflate and put helium in her.

[lowdef @ Oct 8th 2008 8:06PM]

land before time is for commies and lil' bitches. real kids grow up watching jurassic park

[The Dude @ Oct 8th 2008 8:56PM]

You forgot fascists and terrorists. Every Kota you buy helps Al-Qaeda.

So kids, when your parents buy that freedom hating dinosaur, ask your parents why they hate America. FREEDOM DINOS FTW.

[Lowest Ranked @ Oct 8th 2008 8:06PM]

I'd rather have the Little Foot version.

[Mike10010100 @ Oct 8th 2008 8:07PM]

...Not that it wouldn't be easy to mod the hell outa this design shell.

Think about it. If the skeleton can already support the weight, then it would be easy to install more powerful motors.

[Patrick R @ Oct 8th 2008 9:50PM]

i really like the way this train of thought is going...now i want one! just to mod it.
would that not be so awesome? i dont actually have an idea yet, but im sure when i do it will be awesome!

[Ian @ Oct 8th 2008 8:14PM]

this almost makes me want one to become defective and hear about how it smashed up someone's house and the kids barely made it out alive!!! almost..

[Bob @ Oct 8th 2008 8:22PM]

L2Spellcheck

[Bob @ Oct 8th 2008 8:15PM]

RAWR!! RAWR, RAWR, RAWR!! NOM NOM NOM

[miko34 @ Oct 8th 2008 8:33PM]

This thing doesn't even move around the house. It stays in one place and makes stomping sounds.
For $300, you'd think it would move at least one foot per second or something.
Hell, we've had Power Wheels for over twenty years.

It's a good dino-step forward for having robots and I commend Playskool for having originality, but this is not worth the money.
What parent is gonna buy that for their kid when they have mortgages to pay?

Oh, maybe someone from AIG will.

[miko34 @ Oct 8th 2008 8:42PM]

Now this is what I'm talkin' about... and it's cheaper.

http://www.fisher-price.com/us/powerwheels/product.aspx?pid=37490

[Rubicon @ Oct 8th 2008 8:34PM]

id put lasers on that

[)law( @ Oct 8th 2008 8:35PM]

Would love to mod it to have red eyes and paint foam at the mouth. Also would like to hack it as to send it on a rampage down the street with a onboard cam to watch the drama. LOL the day Law brought jurrasic park to the hood

[jongscx @ Oct 8th 2008 8:56PM]

Am I the only one who wants to fuse this thing with that korean power-suite?

"Contrary to popular belief... It was not an army of androids... but robotic dinosaurs that eventually enslaved humanity..."

[Mike @ Oct 8th 2008 9:13PM]

Open the door get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur...

(Christ, I'm dating myself...)

[CorgilabsG @ Oct 8th 2008 9:53PM]

@Mike.

Wow, you are really really really old.
Now ...
... get off my lawn.

[lulu @ Oct 8th 2008 9:56PM]

Jurassic Fight Club: Kota vs. Pleo.

[webon @ Oct 9th 2008 12:09AM]

They were destroyed by a meteorite, now they've come back in robotic form to take the land that's rightfully theirs... Earth

[bangladeshiluv @ Oct 9th 2008 1:34AM]

i would so love to doggystyle that dinosaur

[fistpittingnork @ Oct 9th 2008 9:00AM]

Cretaceality = legal?

[Eh @ Oct 9th 2008 2:02AM]

Hes my friend and a whole lot more.

[Bloobie @ Oct 9th 2008 2:19AM]

Don't they already have these on display at "creation museums"? Since, you know, pre-teens 5,000 years ago rode them around the playground.

[Ryback @ Oct 9th 2008 3:38AM]

You can buy one in the gift shop.

[Joel @ Oct 9th 2008 3:21AM]

I'm thinking some combination of moveable legs that go at least 5m/minute and camera controlled automated mounted projectiles. We will call them C-CAMPs. Like a very big version of these http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/a1c2/ except with more explosive ammo... send that down Broadway :D

[Wasabi @ Oct 9th 2008 5:11AM]

While fond of plastic leaves, Kota prefers to wash things down with a 6-pack of D-Cell batteries. Your kids will enjoy watching consumed batteries drop from beneth Koto's not-so-energetically wagging tail after being crammed through his mouth ten hours previous!





Reference:

"Battery Requirements
6 D cell batteries which provide about 10 hours of battery life."

[Bjsfreaked @ Oct 9th 2008 6:08AM]

Until it short curcuits and goes on a rampage.
Killer toy dino on large ^_^

[trainwrecka @ Oct 9th 2008 9:12AM]

it doesn't walk around? fail

[Pauldy @ Oct 9th 2008 10:54AM]

It uses 6 D cell batteries. So one could safely asume it does not actually walk. It would be a whole lot cooler if it did.

[ZeroCorpse @ Oct 9th 2008 12:58PM]

Combine this with RoboRaptor and you have the ideal dino-toy.

[AJH @ Oct 9th 2008 1:12PM]

Whatever you do, DO NOT go to Hasbro to investigate further. I can't get this stupid jingle out of my head. Argh :-)
http://www.hasbro.com/common/swf/flvPlayer/flvPlayer400.cfm?video=/common/commercials/Playskool_TV_Commercial_kota.flv

[kendrix @ Oct 10th 2008 5:47PM]

damn it AJH , that was infectious , why did i click that link.

[KeeKee @ Oct 11th 2008 8:52PM]

Education can be fun and should be. My brother started out on 'The land before time' movies and graduated to Jurrassic park by the age of 6 years old. He learned more about dinosaurs from those movies than I ever did in school and even his teachers would have to ask him to read the names of the dinosaurs they were trying to teach the children about in first grade. He could read all of them and tell them anything they wanted to know about them. Blew me away. This is a great way to get younger kids into dinosaurs on a much more interactive level. Good job Hasbro!!!!

[toywhimsy @ Dec 2nd 2008 7:36PM]

You can see Kota in action here: http://www.toywhimsy.com/2008/11/kota-and-power.html