Step aside,
Wall-E: Buzz Lightyear, courtesy of Thinkway Toys, has arrived to claim his rightful place at the top of the robot-based-on-Disney-character heap. Maybe that's a bit of a stretch, but Buzz's facial animation, sexy moves and trademark catch-phrases have all been wrapped up into a nice little bow here to rake in the cash when Toy Story and Toy Story 2 hit theaters this October as a 3D glasses double feature. Buzz responds to a few voice commands, can play a laser tag with the included remote, has a "Puppeteering Programming" mode to pose him for your own animations, and can even suffer an identity crisis when you tell him that he's just a toy. He'll be available this fall for $130-ish, check out a video after the break.
posted Jun 26th 2009 9:42AM
To infinity, and beyond!
Buzz is not a robot.
Because he relies on his spacesuit to survive, he is technically a cyborg.
$130?! His laser better freakin' work!
@ Quantumphysics
Well technically, he's a toy. But if he were real, he'd be just a dude in a spacesuit. A human just like you and me. What makes you think he's a cyborg? The body inside the suit is flesh and bone. He's like a kiddie version of Ironman.
@iono
Agreed!
This Buzz Lightyear toy IS a robot. This toy is based on a character in a movie that was a toy that was based on a fictional human in a space suit that was not a toy, a robot, or a cyborg.
Did it became self aware?
I had one of those toys growing up. :P
I want one !!!
What about the expandable wings?
Those are a terillium carbonic alloy, and he CAN fly.
Buzz, you've got wings! You glow in the dark! You talk! Your helmet does that, that... *whoosh* thing! You are a cool toy!
No wings? Fail.
That is SO much more awesome than the Buzz Lightyear figure I got in the nineties! The difference is like comparing Buzz and Woody! I want this.
heh.. you said woody..
I remember having one, I loved the movies (I could watch them repeatedly for weeks, along with all the other disney movies), and would play with Buzz all day. The wings were, if memory doesn't fail me, just thin plastic and a purple frame to hold them, that would expand with a button.
The big red button was, I think, a laser button (little LED on his arm), and the three multi-colors were just sound effects and phrases.
"...Woody! I want this!" - Magnulus
This is what somebody else said...But I can't quite put my finger on who she would be...
To cash milking, and BEYOND!
I never got one, when i was young. Now i'm 22, and still want it for some reason. HELP! a 22 year old boy wanting a Buzz Lightyear.
You're still young, go get one. You're never too old for expensive robot toys that remind you of your childhood while at the same time prepare you for the mass robot takeover.
It actually seems worth it nearly =]
"Do the wings open?"
"No, the wings do not open on this one."
Ultimate Buzz FAIL
Also fail because for $130.00 I would expect for it to look a little cleaner like the screw holes filled in with those little rubber plugs and such.
Note he said "on this One." which gives hope of a future more advanced version with opening wings.
Might have something to do with promoting Toy Story 3? :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/
Btw.. I'm def going to that double feature :)
"NOT A REAL TOY"
I am SO buying this for my son*
(*son may not actually receive toy)
Now THAT's just funny. ;)
i wish i had toys like that when i was a kid :)
"Do the wings open?"
"No, the wings do not open on this one."
Ultimate Buzz kill
I see what you did there.
No wings, no deal!
How mean, you make him face the real world....
No wings, no sale.
How fun can it be to play "laser tag" with a robot that just stands in one place?
This is an intergalactic emergency. I need to commandeer your vessel to Sector 12. Who's in charge here?
The Claw!!!
The Claw!!!
WHAT no wings?!?!
In my opinion, the best Buzz Lightyear toy ever made was the one in the movies. The real toys just don't ever match well enough.
That's what was so great about the Buzz toy from the 90's. They were nearly identical.
Identity crisis included?!?!?! That's not bad.
Nifty.
No walking?! How about falling with style?
Does it fall with style?
All it would take for the wings to open is a little button on the backpack containing the wings that you manually press, or they could have put the motors for the wings inside of that component with an electrical trigger coming from the main body. Pretty neat though for the price point, and if it will be upgradable with additional voice commands at no charge that would be sweet.
Buzzkill
sick nasty
You ran out of room for servos... Really? I'm sorry but the use of gear driven servos is just disappointing in 2009. Show me a break through toy that uses programmable magnetic linear servos and solid state gyroscopic balance for bipedal walking and I will be interested. We should be aiming for something like Teddy from Steven Spielberg's AI. We have all the hardware today. The challenge should be getting the AI working in operating systems used in toys, computers, smart phones and vehicles. I should have a virtual secretary that hops from device to device tailored to my lifestyle organizing all my data for me based on learned experience of my preferences. Hello Information Age? I'm drowning in information and I don't have the time to sort it. Really the AI and the power source should be the only real challenges at this point.
They need to put a LOT more audio clips in that thing.
During the video, two of the first four things it said were repeated.
And they should man up and pay Tim Allen his fee for doing the real voice.
Even if it added $15 per unit to the price, it would make it a much bigger seller.
No wings, no dice!
how awful. the movies show exactly what its meant to do, why do all this extra cruft, and miss out on the key features? run the ad again please:
-3 voice commands
-laser
-karate chop action
-pop out wings
-wooshy helmet button
-look like buzz freakin' lightyear. they have a 3d model, why can't it look like the 3d model?
and to get all comic-book-guy anal, when its around people, its meant to be a toy. all this voice commands and awkward arm flapping destroys the illusion.
furthermore, if I can't mash the front buttons and make it say 'buz-buz-buzz lightyear to the rescue!', no deal.
worst. toy. ever.
"we put a lot of effort into making this look as realistic as possible"
what... like a toy?
That thing is cool but for $130, he should be able to fly!
YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph_JMzobo3M
Doesn't show much, and it's motion is so jerky, it looks like someone keeps pressing only the "ninja chop" button off camera. :-/