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WowWee returns to robots with a dog named ‘Dog-E’

It would be a massive understatement to suggest that robot toys are a mixed bag. They largely get the looks right, but brains are another thing altogether. Look at the time and money that went into bu

WowWee’s got a new coding robot and a dead-simple drone

WowWee, the Hong Kong-based manufacturer behind that old RadioShack stalwart, RoboSapien, showed off a couple of promising high-tech toys due out in the fall. COJI is one of the company’s more compe

Hands-On With WowWee’s AppGear AR Gaming Toys

<a HREF="https://techcrunch.com/tag/WowWee">WowWee</a>, not content with creating singing Elvis heads, is branching out into AppGear Appcessories - apps that require AR-based accessories, allowing you

Light Strikers: Like Laser Tag But Much Better

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-16-at-12.17.04-PM.jpg" class="right">Remember Lazer Tag? Remember how great it was? What if you could play Lazer Tag

WowWee Releases New Paper Jamz Pro-Series Guitars, Now With Downloadable Music

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-16-at-10.38.16-AM.jpg">Not content to totally rock your face off with their current <a HREF="http://crunchgear.com/se

Wowwee Creates Justin Bieber Key-Tar

Presented without comment. Look for this from WowWee later this year.

Gibson Forces Wowwee to Pull Paper Jamz Guitars

One of my favorite toys of the season was the Paper Jamz guitar and amp. Sadly, Gibson didn’t think it was so great and sued the manufacturer, WowWee, for infringing on their image. See, the Pap

Need a new friend? How about the WowWee Robover or Joebot?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/wowwee.jpg" />Man alive, there's only a few topics I write about with any regularity here: <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/20/

WowWee Hoverpod looks like a shoe, will not cut off small fingers

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wowwee_flytech_hoverpod.jpg">The <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/wowwee/">WowWee</a> Hoverpod is a completely self-contained foam

Spyball: Capture the face of God

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/scaledrovioball.jpg" alt="scaledrovioball"> Throw this to the heavens and trigger its eye. Send the robotic ball into the deepest cav

Wowwee's CES offerings are very interesting

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/wowweecinemin.jpg" alt="" />From the makers of those superfluous robotic toys comes a handful of useful and rather interesting offerings

WowWee launches new RS Tri-bot robot

Just in time for Christmas commercial bonanza, WowWee unveiled the latest robot in its Robosapien line: RS Tri-bot. The little guy seems to sport Rovio-ish ‘legs’ but also an interacti

Three informative WowWee Rovio commercials

  The production Rovio launched a few days ago and RobotsRule.com just uploaded a few videos that showcase the little guy’s key features. So, if you are still unclear what the Wifi remote contr

Hammacher Schlemmer selling WowWee Rovio under the totally uncool name of Anywhere Home Sentry

Just think of what you could do with the Hammacher Schlemmer Anywhere Home Sentry, or as we know it by and are going to refer to it as, the WowWee Rovio. You have full control over the $299, three-wh

Video: WowWee's FlyTech Bladestar Flyer now shipping

Available now for $50 from retailers like Toys R Us, Amazon, Target, and WowWee. I wonder if I have one in the office.

WowWee Wrex the Dog

I think something inside me died. If you think this is clever, however, feel free to read the full review over at robotsrule.com. Now I have to go change my shirt.

Review: WowWee Flytech Butterfly

It flies like a real butterfly! I was actually quite surprised at the build quality on this thing. Usually these sorts of things blow into a million pieces on the first day but the Flytech butterfly w

CrunchDeals: Creepy WowWee Alive Elvis for $99

Who is going to buy one now that $250 have been knocked off? TOP 10 RANDOM (UNSUGGESTED) ALIVE ELVIS USES: 1. Ward of burglars with Elvis’ infrared sensors 2. Take the HOV lane to work with Elvis as

Hawks are stupid, think WowWee FlyTech Dragonfly is real

So, out on Long Island some kid’s FlyTech Dragonfly was snatched out of the air by a hawk that mistook it for actual prey. Either the hawk is really stupid and/or blind or WowWee’s flying

Wowwee: Really freaking cool this year

[photopress:IMG_0331.JPG,full,center] Tribot love Chunk! Wowwee’s new robots — the Roomba-like Rovio and the Robio-Sapien-like Tribot — are built on the same 3-wheel model. The Rovio
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