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New robot dog from Sega Toys

Sega Toys announced a new robot toy called MIO. I would say that the concept is similar to the Tamagotchi but in a more idog form. The new MIO can show 17 different kinds of emotions by the shape of its pupil which can change into more than 100 variations. A bone-shaped pupil means that it is hungry and if you feed him the bone (which comes as an accessory) he will become happy or love you etc. You can pet it to make it happy and when happy it can start walking too.

MIO is specifically targeted toward "elementary school age girls." Price is 9,240 yen including tax - about $80 - and Sega Toys aims to sell 100,000 of these per year.

Transformers

Toy maker TAKARATOMY Co. and NIKE have teamed up and come out with a toy sneaker that transforms into a robot. I couldn't find an English press release for this TRANSFORMERS SPORTS LABEL series but you can see a photo on the Japanese press release.  The movie is supposed to come out this summer.