[Big Booger]

I wonder what it smells like? Perhaps gear oil?

[SophieFataleBlue]

Robot fart...that has to be one of the oddest things I've heard of in a long time.

[aquamarine]

I would be tempted to pick one of them up but they are damned expensive out here. 15,000Y at Tokyo Hands in Shibuya. Not my idea of a cheap toy.

Oh well... 5-Story Akihabara Sexstore... Here I come!

[Taro Toporific]

Belching Robot Is Holiday Hit for Hong Kong Toymaker Wow Wee
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) --
.Tilden, who works as a consultant for Wow Wee, said the Robosapien traces is roots back to 1988, when he started working on techniques to make robots more advanced without billion-dollar investment.
At the time, technological developments had ``essentially stalled'' and 1960s-era promises that robots would perform many human functions by the end of the century were coming undone, he said.
``The Japanese spent half a billion dollars for a life-size humanoid robot that one day may be able to clean your toilet,'' Tilden said. ``For half a billion dollars I'm pretty certain I could hire Bill Gates as my pool boy'' ....