D-REX Interactive Dinosaur | 
| Brand: Mattel Entertainment
Category: Toy
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $148.88
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 47
Fragile: No
Batteries: 5
Batteries Included: No
Age: 8 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 22.5 x 14
MPN: M8577
Model: M8577
UPC: 027084618730
EAN: 0027084618730
ASIN: B0017V856W
Release Date: October 20, 2008
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| Features:
| • | D-Rex is the ultimate pet | | • | Combines robotics, proprietary software and reptilian skin to create a lifelike appearance and behavior | | • | Responds to voice and touch | | • | Will attack and obey on command | | • | A ferocious yet loyal dinosaur with an indpendent personality |
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Product Description
D-Rex Interactive Pet Dino is the ultimate pet. A ferocious yet loyal dinosaur with an independent personality, D-Rex combines robotics, proprietary software and reptilian skin to create a lifelike appearance and behavior. He'll walk, chomp, bare his teeth and roar to let you know what he wants. D-Rex might demand food or want to play a game, and he'll hear your voice and respond to your touch. Like the ideal pet, D-Rex will protect your stuff and attack on command. Requires four "C" batteries, included, and two "AA" batteries, not included. Measures 22"L x 8.75"W x 13.28"H.
Amazon.com Review
Ultra-fierce and unbelievably fun, the D-REX Interactive Dinosaur is a cool, prehistoric creature with a personality all his own. Designed to keep kids eight and up entertained for days, this robotic D-REX moves, roars, and responds to your child's voice and touch. A bone-shaped controller even lets you "train" him as a guard dinosaur or an attack pet.  | What We Think
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The Good: Ferocious robotic dinosaur!
The Bad: Background noise can make it tough for him to "seek" you out
In a Nutshell: This smart, quirky "pet" will inspire tons of imaginative play | At a Glance Ages: 8 and up
Requires: 5 C batteries and 2 AAA batteries
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D-REX features authentic looking rubbery, reptilian skin. View larger. | 
Controller lets you prompt five different types of behavior. View larger. |
Get Ready for Realistic, Imaginative Fun
Right out of the box, this scaly pet D-REX feels more authentic than most other dinosaur toys on the market. His rubbery, reptilian skin is loosely stretched to accommodate movement, and he has a slightly strange texture that is soft to the touch. While his oversized feet and a fun spiked collar balance his menacing teeth and his darting yellow eyes, he is still a little scary looking. Don't worry--you'll soon discover that he has a sense of humor and a soft spot for anyone willing to scratch the back of his head. Before you start getting to know D-REX personally, you'll need to use a Phillips screwdriver to insert five "C" batteries in his tail and two "AAA" batteries in the bone-shaped controller. Once he's powered up, D-REX is ready to start showing off and responding to his surroundings. He'll roar, turn his head, and blink his eyes. Cool Robotics Technology for Interactive Play
When you pet D-REX on the head, touch sensors let him respond with an appreciative roar. If he seems hungry, you can stick something in his mouth and he'll chomp away on it. And the bone-shaped controller lets you prompt five different types of behavior. Press "attack," and he'll launch forward while roaring. Press "prank," and he'll fart, burp, or roar. In seek mode, he uses a noise sensor to locate you and walk towards you. Due to the room's background noise, we found that he had some difficulty with this task. But it was funny (and kind of cute) when he bumped into walls and backed away in surprise. Perhaps our favorite mode was "guard." In this mode, you can set D-REX up in front of your bedroom door or your favorite toys and he will scan the room, letting out a big roar if he detects the motion of "intruders." There's even a question mode that lets you replace your out-dated magic eight ball with dinosaur wisdom. Each time you press this button, D-REX will answer a question by nodding "Yes" or shaking his head "No." D-REX is programmed to respond as a pet with an independent mind. This means that, despite his five-button remote, he won't walk where ever you want him to. Kids who expect to "drive" him around the room like a remote control car may be disappointed, but we actually enjoyed this fact a lot, since it made him more realistic. And we expect that kids who are fascinated by either dinosaurs or robotics will agree with us on this. As an added bonus, D'REX offers a battery-saving sleep mode, which parents are sure to appreciate. What's in the Box
D-REX Dinosaur and bone-shaped controller.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Over-hyped and over-priced November 10, 2008
10 out of 28 found this review helpful
This toy isn't much better than most of the remote controlled toys you see out there. However, Mattell is putting a HUGE amount of advertising and hype into it for Christmas. I hate that toy companies sucker parents into buying a 2 hour thrill for their media-driven and gullible children. Save your money--ignore the commercials and go check it out first.
 Awesome! November 8, 2008
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
We bought D-REX as a birthday present for our 8-year old son and he can't stop playing with it. He wanted "Spike" from Fisher Price until seeing D-Rex on TV. The first time we put batteries in and flipped the switch, it was like being in Jurassic Park. The thing is scarily alive AND really funny. Gave me (a man in his 30s) a big happy chill up the spine. Overall, one of the best toys we've ever bought him. Very durable and realistic. Highly-recommended.
DRex for my Twins November 7, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I got this for my twins and they love their DRex. My daughter and son plays hide and seek with it. They both love to pet D Rex and watch him react to it (waging his tail, making some happy noise & moving his eye brows). I do just let DRex do his thing around the kids. But I use the controller when I'm playing with my kids with DRex. I've even shot videos of them playing with their DRex. I'll post them on Youtube. Over all, I'm pretty happy to have gotten this for my twins.
 Keeping my fingers crossed October 31, 2008
19 out of 26 found this review helpful
I bought this toy as my son's BIG Christmas gift and am keeping my fingers crossed that he will really like it, though I don't have much hope that this gift will provide more than 30+/- minutes of entertainment.
I can't comment on the durability outside of the "skin" feels like it could be easily torn.
Although it's facial expressions are kind of cute there were some immediately obvious issues (after 15 minutes of play)
- the remote only works at a distance closer than 8 feet
- slow to respond, leads to multiple remote button pushes
- the sensors have a very limited distance. You have to walk up to the dino for it to trigger in guard mode.
- slow speed when moving
- it lists to the left as it walks so it has a tendency to circle, which means it cannot "seek" you out.
- if it runs into something it does not back up
- a minor issue is the bone will not stay in it's mouth
It makes some cute (& not so cute) noises and it's facial expressions (when you can see them) are moderately endearing. It DOES walk on low pile carpet, still if I had to do it over again, I would wait for a second generation of d-rex (or pleo).
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