Discovery Exclusive Chrome Shift Roboreptile Robotic Reptile Green Chrome By WowWee

by Discovery

Product Features

• Realistic Movement & Features Replicate a Real Reptile!
• Free Roam & Sensors. OVER 40 PRE-PROGRAMMED FUNCTIONS
• Autonomous Behavio Modes 6 Remote Control: Moods: Roboreptile is "Hungry" until "Hooding" or"Feeding" him alters his mood.
• Direct Control Access all functions and Demo Modes on the 3 layer, 27 function, easy to use remote controller.
• Advanced Artificial intelligence and awareness.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• ASIN: B000I6KN3K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,353 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Product Description

The ultimate herpetological species. Don't be fooled by this beast's size -- he is fast, ferocious, cunning and intelligent. A sly and ruthless creature, Roboreptile uses advanced technology for greater intelligence. He can be programmed with movements and animations and is packed with personality. Roboreptile's powerful infrared vision and sonic sensors swiftly alert him to disturbances in his environment. In Guard Mode they make him a formidable sentry. In Free Roam his sharp sensory systems make him a ruthless predator. Roboreptile can be extremely hostile or harmless, alert or asleep. He has four moods aggressive, ferocious, passive or tamed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty better than expected, December 17, 2006

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Jae Ho Jung - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery Exclusive Chrome Shift Roboreptile Robotic Reptile Green Chrome By WowWee (Toy)

As alerted in many other reviews, he has two major defects - 1) performance of walking on carpet and 2) unwrapping.

As for walking on carpet, his 2 or 4-leg forward movement in fast speed and walking turn works well even on carpet. On the contrary rear movement, slow walking and stationary turns are almost impossible. I recommend fast walking and walking turn while playing on carpet. If you get bamboo or wooden stitched mat, lay it on the carpet and play roboreptile on it. His wakling performance will be greatly enhanced.

As for his second, unwrapping him from the box can be completed within 20 - 25 minutes with Philips screw driver, long nose wrench and cutter knife if you have an experience on another WOWEE robots. He is tied with four plastic-coated wires on his body and two bolts underneath his feet. So unwrapping is not painful so long as you can use your implements skillfully.

His major caveats lie in different characteristics:

First of all, it is too dangerous to leave him with kids under 5 years. The speed and amplitude of his head and tail movement is quite fast and large. Moreover, the sweeping motion of his legs doesn't give us a room to grasp him while walking. Beware potential pinch or strike on face!!! Make sure to let him played by adults or over fifteens. NEVER LET HIM UNATTENDED WITH KIDS WHILE WALKING!

The second caveat is his size and speed - this may be subject opinion, but I feel he is so fast and long that we need enough space even in case of flat floor without carpet. Parking lot without car around or courtyard under fine weather is the best place to play him. Fine ground is of course a essential requirement.

Another bothering is that you have to hold and fasten subduing helmet after putting it on. His furious head-banging while he gets tranquilized often throws it away. In addition, make sure to read manual before playing. It helps you to understand him better and let you escape from monotonous feeling with only 10-bottoned remote controller.

OF COURSE, HE IS THE BEST LIFE-LIKE CREATURE AMONG ALL WOWEE ROBOTS, AND MINI ROBOREPTILE IS THE BEST AMONG ALL WOWEE MINI VERSIONS!!!!

Finally, I would like to point out that his original retail price is too expensive. Take the change of big sale such as X-mas or Thanksgiving. Above price($49.99 excluding shipping cost) is good!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome buy!!!, January 9, 2007

By 

Robert Howe (New Berlin, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery Exclusive Chrome Shift Roboreptile Robotic Reptile Green Chrome By WowWee (Toy)

I ordered this for my Grandson for Christmas and when it arived I took it out of it's box to see how it worked... And let me tell you I was amazed by how life like it was and how it can roam around the house on it's own. My Grandson was having so much fun he didnt care about any of his other gifts. I would suggest this to anyone who has a young kid or even for them selfs. I know that I'm now going to be buying one for my self.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent toy - well worth this price!, December 28, 2006

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Gnobuddy (Gnowhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Discovery Exclusive Chrome Shift Roboreptile Robotic Reptile Green Chrome By WowWee (Toy)

I was very pleasantly surprised by the Chromashift Robotreptile. The complexity and range of its movements and behaviours, combined with its surprising speed and agility, make this a real masterpiece of engineering, and at this $59 price, I think it's an absolute steal. The chromashift paint is visually so much more interesting than the more typical white and black version, too.

My wife and I had a lot of fun playing with the Robotreptile, though our two cats were less thrilled when we showed it to them, and our dog quickly decided he wanted nothing more than to get away from it. I guess the Robotreptile lives up to its fierce appearance!

I would highly recommend this toy for anyone who enjoys and appreciates quality engineering, robots, or dinosaurs. Just keep it away from very small children, it is too loud, agressive, and fast-moving and might scare them.

-Gnobuddy