Judge's Top Pick! 

$99.99; www.wowwee.com; for ages 8 and up. This programmable remote control robot has personality: his blinking eyes, animated eyebrows and humorous banter make him seem more like a pet than a toy. He moves and turns quickly on his three-wheel base and has built-in sensors that avoid obstacles. Kids love to use him as an alarm clock – he runs when the alarm sounds so you have to catch him to turn it off! He also plays interactive games, roams the house autonomously and guards kids’ rooms by sounding an alarm when sibling “intruders” approach. A tilt trigger on the remote makes it exceptionally easy to make Tribot zip around a room.

 

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