Customer Reviews

Tekno the Robotic Puppy - Silver

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

did a lot of research with the two different robotic dog and even thought the robo dog does many more tricks I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old and the robo dog looked like it could break easily and reviews stated that there was a problem in the back leg. At x-mass we bought both dogs and decided to keep Tekno even thought he did not do as many tricks.

Pros:
Tekno is sturdy and can take a beating :)

For young children under 5 Tekno is a great start on teaching responsibility.

His remote is easy to use and tekno is easy to take care of. I have not had the trouble with things not working although ours has not found a corner and gone to sleep we turn it off at night.

So far he does the tricks that are said he will do (he gets fleas a lot though and you have to give him a bath daily) and it is cute how excited my children get when we get home and as soon as tekno hears us he is walking/barking in our direction and wagging his tail in excitement.

The kids love him and love to pet him. My son said that it is a lot of hard work taking car of a puppy and until he is ready tekno will due (age 4)


Cons-

He barks and whines like a true 8 week old puppy and will not grow from that into an adult. SO if you are a stay home mom all day long the barking can get a little unnerving ( I tend to ignore and it does not bother me but my mother came over and said " Yup that is just like a yippee toy poodle." which she hates.)

on the commercial you see the kid throwing the ball and tekno walking after it, it does not get its own ball. You have to hold it up to the mouth and then let go a couple of times. Not as much fun as a real puppy even the kids wished it was able to play more with them.

it is demanding on affection like a puppy. My kids have to pet it a lot or it will slowly makes its way to them whining.

it does not move fast or turn quickly.( but it does get to where it needs to go and follows noise. It is a slow process. To make it from one part of my house to another takes it ½ a day.

It is a pain to get out of the box you will need wire cutters and strength. And it is not refundable if you do not like it. I might have taken it back and gotten a real puppy if it weren't for my kids falling in love with it.



Over all for young children it is a consideration. Robo dog is more suited for 5 and up it does a lot more tricks like rolling over and sitting. But I read reviews about a problem with the back leg and when we went to the store to play with one it had the problem and all the guy did was go get a new one out of the box for their demo. SO keep that in mind with that one. I do not know many people who can keep going and buying new robot dogs because of a faulty leg.

all together my sons words " it doesn't do everything a puppy would but i love him any way. It is just the way God made him!"

I guess the bottom line is it is a robot pick the best one for your age level all have faults if you want it to do everything a dog would get a dog.

We purchased this for our four year old son after reading favorable reviews on another shopping site.

What a disappointment. Tekno doesn't do half the things promised on the packaging. We've replaced the batteries, followed the instructions to a T, and tried their customer service line (which always seems to be a recording saying "All representatives are busy, please try again later." no matter when you call).

So... customer service is non-existent AND you can't return him to the store. It says right in the instruction booklet, "This product cannot be returned for a refund after it has been unpacked and used." How do you know it doesn't work until you unpack and try it????

In short, save your money. This one is a real loser.

For the first week, a few of the features worked. It did not do much of what the advertising claimed. Function declined rapidly, so we tried all new batteries. New batteries did not help. Within a month, it did nothing but make a small barking noise when you flipped the on switch. It was a complete disappointment.

This toy does not work at all. None of the feature work well. We put in brand new batteries in both the toy and the remote, and it did not improve its performance. This toy has sat on the hearth ever since Christmas, almost completely unused by my 5-year-old. Unfortunately, we are unable to return it to Amazon as we threw away the packaging, and the only response we get from Amazon is a form-type email that we cannot respond to.

It took us about 15 minutes to liberate Tekno from his Chinese prison (you need some tools for this). You basically have to destroy the carry case/package - this is a very poor design. Then it took us quite a while to get Tekno to "respond" and even more time to get him to work properly. We hung in there, and after a lot more time and frustration, we finally figured out how to get him to do his tricks. Unfortunately, by the time we had accomplished this my 7 year old had lost interest. The "tricks" are quite rudimentary and not very interesting. My son has not touched the toy once since Christmas. This toy was a big disappointment and a complete waste of money.

My 6 year old daugher asked for Tekno puppy for Christmas. I told her no, as I didn't think she would be responsible enough for an expensive toy like Tekno. Then she pulled the Santa card on me and I was stuck. Since she is a complete animal nut, and we can't have a dog right now, I decided that Santa would oblige her and get it for her.

Of course they were sold out and hard to find. I finally found one that was spotted like a dalmation. We got it, and both hubby and I anxiously waited for Christmas to see the look on her face!!

Christmas morning she is of course ecstatic. It took my poor husband close to an hour to get the thing out of the box. I kept telling him "Honey, that kind of language shouldn't be used on Christmas" while ear muffing the kids. Finally he took it out to his garage so he could take it apart and curse at will without little ears around.

Finally he gets it out, and at first it's pretty cool, his eyes light, he whines, he pants, he wiggles,(as best as a plastic dog can) we're all enchanted, especially my daughter, that is until she tries to throw the ball and get Tekno to chase it. The commercial makes it seem like the dog will fetch the ball (apparantly this was the big selling point for my child) and he doesn't. Tekno got not so fun right after that.

We noticed that Tekno doesn't walk so great. So, we figure its the carpet and put him on the tile. Nope. He just sucks at walking. We made him do his little tricks, and we could not get him to stop a lot of the times. The sensors don't work well. I finally got so frustrated with the music he was dancing to (he cycled through three songs I think) I slammed him down. (oops) He shut up though.

Of course, I was righ and my daughter lost the remote the first day. She insisted on taking it to Grandmas and I think it got swept up with paper and tossed out. Ever since THEN Tekno has been SUPER lame. He's currently in my daugthers room, turned off. We got tired of hearing him whine, and trying to walk and those infernal flappy ears.

Do not buy this.

I love Tekno Dog because he's really like a real puppy! He is so playful and emotinal just like my dog. When I give Tekno his bone or ball he really seems to enjoy playing with me, that makes me feel appreciated even if he is a robot.

I bought this product as a gift for Christmas. Truly disappointing! First, it was a major hurdle just getting this thing out of the box. The whole process took about 40 minutes or so. But then, the pre-installed batteries did not work in either the dog or the remote. So, off to a local pharmacy to buy batteries. After the new batteries were installed, the product turned on but did not work as was claimed. The remote does not work at all and it seems that the dog just walks back and forth. If you expect anything more from this toy, it's a bad investment.

I like the puppy, it's cute, but my daughter prefers Lucky. Lucky also has hair and looks more like a real dog. Tekno can't really do any tricks, just walk, talk and eat a fake bone. The remote is silly, not many commands besides what I just told you about. I would have to say Lucky is the better deal, he can do all kinds of tricks and responds to his name. Tekno has a 8 week old puppy personality and that doesn't lend to much cooperation, so we're not even sure he works properly. The packaging is horrible to open! It took three guys to get that sucker out!

Please don't be fooled by this toy and it's description. There is nothing ( not a thing ) about this toy that is AI. It is simply a RC device, nothing more.

What with the recent attention, and popularity, of AI ( artificial intelligence ) robots, this toy tries to cash in on the craze.

Don't be misled. Unlike the truly AI dinosaur by Ugobe, Pleo, this puppy is simply a remote controlled toy. Yes, he barks and walks, etc - but not unless you press a button directing it to do so. That is NOT what AI is about.

The undisputed leader in AI robots for the consumer is Sony, with it's outstanding AIBO. Coming in at approximately two grand, when it was available, it truly represented what AI and good programming can bring... a robot which ages and has it's own personality based on your interaction with it. This Tekno pet, is a poor, poor substitute.

Second in the AI robotic market, is the Ugobe Pleo, and that also has some very good AI, and at approximately 300 dollars ( as of 2008 ), it's a big investment, but more than worth the price.

Do not waste your money on this toy, which is simply a remote controlled item. I own both an AIBO and a Pleo, and was looking for a lower end addition to my robot family of pets - what I got was a RC toy, NOT an AI robot.

Additionally, as a side note - the packaging of the Tekno is especially difficult to open. I understand the need for theft-proof packaging, but this went above and beyond what is necessary and quickly turned into a mess of plastic shards, cut wraps, screwdriver removed screws and cardboard.