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Go figure, this is only available in Japan. The Navirobo Teddy Bear has a GPS module crammed where the sun don't shine. Sit it on your dashboard and let the navigating begin. Navirobo will point you in the correct direction and dance when you arrive at the final destination. Don't miss a turn or the Teddy Bear will laugh at you, once again reaffirming the fact that you are truly a loser. Seriously, Japan—wtf is up. This is just weird.
Navirobo GPS teddy bear [ubergizmo]
3:45 PM on Tue Oct 24 2006
By Travis Hudson
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I thought this might be something important, like a teddy bear for little girls that can track where they go (think kidnapped). Oh well
If they tie-dyed it and had it say something like "Bummer Dude - you missed the turn", you could sell a ton to old Deadheads here in the US.
Heh. You got laughed at by a toy..
Hmmm. It's like a fuzzy white garmin/tomtom with no screen. While I don't have any navigation devices (and my ex wife can attest to me not having a sense of direction), I could see them being pretty distracting if you have to look at them.
A gesticulating fuzzy white bear seems a little better on the face of it, but how do you tell it where you want to go? And no, I don't mean "in cool, measured tones". If it's going to wave at me when I need to turn, it should probably shriek something at me, too, which would be more weird. I hate to posit such a thing, but maybe it's not weird enough, Travis. _shivers_
I'm unimpressed. If it were a talking bust of William Shakespeare, I'd be more impressed and it would be less weird.
this scares the shit out of me. it's chucky with fur. teddy ruxpin's gonna hunt you down!
Who buys this kind of shit?!
"I am [i]not[/i] a toy" -- Teddy
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