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Gonna Ride that Dinosaur, Dinosaur

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Since huge, barely moving robo-ponies (i.e. Butterscotch) worked out so well for Hasbro, the power brains at the company got together and asked themselves, “How can we get boys to ride a robotic pony?” After many unspeakable failures, they ditched ponies and turned to the one guaranteed boy imagination attractor… a friggen dinosaur. The resulting beastborg is named Kota the Triceratops from Hasbro’s Playskool brand.

Kota has got all kinds of sound effects like stomping sounds, a head, tail, and mouth that moves and he even plays adventure songs. Oh yeah, the “seat” shakes to make you feel like you’re moving or to give you a cheap thrill, you disgusting pig. All this can be yours for around three hundred bucks. Hey, in this economy why wouldn’t you blow three hundred bucks on a robot!?

I’ll be honest here. Even though Hasbro went the dinosaur route, Kota the Triceratops looks pretty gay.* I’m guessing that they are banking on the fact that they’ll attract boys that still think plant eaters with big eyes are cool, before they’ve reached that stage in life where they realize how glorious is the Tyrannosaurus Rex. They’re most likely hoping that a few girls might dig this as well. I know my wife has already requested that I purchase one for her, since she loves both things that are cute and dinosaurs.

*Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Posted in Hasbro, News on July 26th, 2008

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3 Responses to “Gonna Ride that Dinosaur, Dinosaur”

  1. Esbat Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    I’d rather ride a Tauntaun… or a Dewback. They shoulda made this a Star Wars toy.

  2. yo go re Says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 2:52 am

    Triceratopses are the thinking man’s dinosaur…

  3. Natasha Says:
    April 10th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    We bought our son Kota this past Christmas. He is 3 years old and he still loves it. I believe my husband enjoys it just as much as my son.

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