Black Roboboa dances into reality

It looks like the folks at WowWee may have felt a little bad about forcing its Roboboa dancing robot to bust a move all by itself, with the company apparently taking steps to avert any potential robot loneliness by producing at least one dance partner for standard-issue Roboboa, this one clad all in black. As the video after the break shows, however, the bot is otherwise unchanged, boasting the same dance moves, blinkin' lights, and questionable taste in music we've come to expect. Unfortunately, there's no indication that this new, slightly more badass Roboboa will actually be making its way out the door anytime soon, so you may need to get creative if the standard two-tone black-and-white look doesn't do it for you.

[Thanks, Robert O.]

[EdZ @ Feb 8th 2007 5:53PM]

Would this be permissible in carry-on baggage?

[Brian @ Feb 8th 2007 5:59PM]

I weep for our children.

[CL @ Feb 8th 2007 6:23PM]

This is OT but why are there digg links only on certain posts? I noticed they are on posts related to apple mostly (except this one)

[Brian @ Feb 8th 2007 6:36PM]

These are topics that are deemed digg-worthy by engadget, I suspect.

[SoulEaterWChicken @ Feb 8th 2007 7:11PM]

Yep, so Apple related posts. (And this one)

[Richard @ Feb 8th 2007 7:52PM]

Could they make anything more useless than this? At least their other creations have multiple uses to entertain you... make a snake that actually slithers and flicks it's tongue. That'd be worth something...

[Dan @ Feb 8th 2007 10:02PM]

I agree with Richard. Multi part tubed robots have been around for years now. Time to show us what they can really do. I thought this was a very boring show. I wanted to see it go through its full limits and abilities. Phooey.

[sprocket2cog @ Mar 20th 2007 7:04AM]

Re: hand luggage, I dont think they would like it a lot, The furby isnt allowed to be switched on at all in qantas flights, so this with new terror levels, makes me think not.
see article on www.sprocket2cog.blogspot.com