Pleo-maker Ugobe not totally dead, not totally okay

It certainly seemed like Ugobe was dead-forever a few days ago when we noted that the company's website was seemingly gone and no one was answering the phones, but it's apparently not all bad: the site's back up, and CEO Caleb Chung told the Idaho Business Review today that the company will respond in an "organized way" with a press release coming in the "next few weeks." Uh, okay, but that isn't going to distract anyone from the half-million lawsuit just filed that alleges Pleo and Co. are in breach of contract for failure to pay supplier Arrow Electronics. We'll see how it plays out -- something tells us Pleo's gonna have a hard time dodging this meteor.

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[??? @ Apr 3rd 2009 7:58PM]

This is what happens when you make creepy dinosaurs.

[bebop @ Apr 3rd 2009 10:01PM]

expensive creepy dinosaurs

[nkatz @ Apr 3rd 2009 8:26PM]

"I'm not quite dead yet."
"Here, 'e says 'e's not dead yet."

[Josh Ladella @ Apr 3rd 2009 10:04PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indy_(gene)

Geneticists are awesome.

[Josh Ladella @ Apr 3rd 2009 10:12PM]

Just fyi…for some reason, engadget isn't including the last character in the hyperlink, so you will have to add a curved right parenthesis character to the URL after you click the link.

[gonintendo @ Apr 3rd 2009 10:44PM]

It's for when you put a link in parentheses (like this http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/pleo-maker-ugobe-not-totally-dead-not-totally-okay/#commentform)

[JohnTate @ Apr 3rd 2009 8:34PM]

Jurassic Park 2009: Ugobe Rising

[Andrew @ Apr 3rd 2009 8:54PM]

If you're making toys and buying parts from Arrow, then no wonder you're having troubles!

[Templarian @ Apr 3rd 2009 9:49PM]

How is there not a single pun in either of those articles.

[Cargojack @ Apr 4th 2009 8:09AM]

junk......the fascination with it will end by the time you get the packing box to the recycling bin.

[jrm @ Apr 4th 2009 10:37AM]

Not true! A college friend of mine had a Pleo and it provided hours of endless entertainment! ... Come to think of it, though, that might have been the drugs, not the toy.

[Information Central @ Apr 5th 2009 5:57PM]

Who is "Ugobe" and why should we care? A picture of a plastic dinosaur is supposed to mean something?

Text: It's cheap, it's efficient, and it can inform. USE IT.

[shanoboy @ Apr 6th 2009 10:05AM]

If these things go on clearance, I'm buying one! I've always wanted one but can't justify paying $300 or whatever for a plastic dino.