TOY Life Rechargeable Remote Control Robot Toys with Auto-Demonstration, Music & LED Eyes. Walkie Talkie Robot Toys for Kids 7 8 12, Kids Robot To...

So this was a gift for my nephew. He liked it...but the controls were a little complicated (although he has special needs). The main issue...is the sound was apparently so loud...that it made my 4 year old niece upset and begin crying. So they had to put tape on the speaker as there is no way to turn the volume down. So while I am glad my nephew likes it...its obviously a failing of the device to not have volume control, and to be so loud by default as well, with no way to control that. So a little disappointed about that....although probably still a good gift if no one in the household is at all sensitive to noise.

I think this is a very cool starter robot toy for a young kid. It is definitely entertaining and does take a bit of thought to play with so it will keep them engaged. I couldnt figure out how to make it dance and the 2 way communication thing wasnt great but otherwise, no issues. You do need AAA batteries which are not included.

I expected this to be a bit bigger but this is a small robot.

It's loud but my children absolutely enjoy playing with this. It's really durable, our toddler has been pretty rough with it. Our oldest figured it out easily and plays with it with his siblings, they all sit and play for a long time with this. Was actually really surprised at how much it keeps them occupied. They gets lots of laughs and have so much fun while using this.

One of the best things, to me, about this little guy is being rechargeable (the robot is rechargeable and the remote uses 2 AAAs). A huge improvement over having to worry about MORE batteries. It also arrives at least partially charged. We popped in 2 AAAs into the remote and started playing right away. The robot controls pretty well. I notice a small amount of lag to the controls that my son (8) doesn't notice at all. It turns quickly when only turning, and turns more controllably when moving forward or backward at the same time. I don't know how useful the hand tracking gestures are. I mean, it's kind of fun for a minute, but then I can't think of a use-case for them. We haven't really used them since the first few minutes. I think younger kids may get a kick out of this though. Being able to program dance moves, and changing the appearance of the eyes seems to have fallen into this category for him as well. I think I know why. The main selling feature to me, and him once he found out about it, is the intercom feature. How cool is that! A robot intercom! Well, we were both let down when we found out its shortcoming. You cannot drive the robot and use the intercom at the same time. You need to physically press the button on the robot, which locks out the controls. This kind of sucked the fun out of it for us. He has tried to workaround this by writing a note so when he drives it to someone they will read it and press the button to put it into intercom mode. Everything else is good with the unit being rechargeable up front, and for a reasonable price.