Cute little Tomy
robot released in the
eighties that looked and
acted like a
robotic owl (a better one than that golden owl in
Clash of the Titans).
Hoot
bot came on a
perch where, when
turned on, it would tap its
feet for a while and then
lift its wings and hoot
twice. Repeat.
If you let the robo-
bird off its perch it would
walk around where it would normally
tap its feet (although not very well on thick
carpeting--try the
kitchen floor) and then
stop and lift its wings a
hoot like before.
Repeat.
I had one of these
toys when I was
young and quickly
learned that the lifting of one of the
wings (I
forget which one)
triggers the hoot. So I was able to make my Hootbot hoot continuously
simply by lifting
one of its wings. This much added to my
enjoyment of this toy, even though I think I would have rather had any of the other
Tomy robots instead.
Here's what it
looks like:
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/ \\ Hootbot // \
|U'U|'---____---'|U'U|
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| | m1a
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| / \ |
| / TOMY \ |
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