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New Article: Petster, the Robot Cat!

If you're waiting for the next parade review, don't worry, it's a'comin soon. Had some video/audio synch problems, but we're on the road to recovery. Hopefully will have two more full reviews by Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, there's a new article up, about Petster, the robot cat. One of the forgotten gems from the era of Teddy Ruxpin-inspired electronic interactive toys, Petster was sort of like a giant Furby with wheels. Review includes a commercial download and a special lovey-love happy photo album.

Posted by Matt on 11/19/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 112 comments

Hey, great article Matt. I was just glancing through the comments here and I noticed one of the main topics eventually turned toward Teddy Ruxpin. Just wondered if anyone ELSE had that caterpillar guy… he was pretty much the equivalent of Teddy R., but with less bear-esque qualities. Because, you know, he was a CATERPILLAR. I think his name was Grubby or something. I dont think he functions even with batteries anymore, but MAN is it ever fun to move his eyes manually. Anyway, just kind of curious to see if I was a loner on that one. Keep up the fantastic work!

Chestnuts roasted by alice1drland @ 11/23/2003 1:53 PM

my cousin had grubby

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 11/23/2003 5:18 PM

this has nothing to do with recvent articles, but guess what was on nickleodeon yesterday in the uk?

WORST WITCH

Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 11/23/2003 5:26 PM

Had to do it-
Yeah, alice1drland, I had Grubby, too. He’s in the garage somewhere with my other Teddys. I have the connector cord with them, too. It was really cool to put them together. Ah, waxing nostalgic about my first real love…
(No, I’m not creepy…)

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 11/23/2003 11:18 PM

I can still remember the commercial for the Teddy Ruxpin/Grubby toys.
"Teddy Ruxpin is my friend…"
"And Grubby’s my pal too…"
Scary. Speaking of scary, all the talk about "dead" animated toys reminds me of my brother’s Furby. That thing was damn possessed! He’d put new batteries in it and the eyes would never close all the way. It’d be ‘asleep’ yet still watching you. Waiting. That’s why my Furby met the business end of a baseball bat. Teach them to try to take over the world.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 11/24/2003 12:10 PM

Speaking of You Can’t Do That On Television, any other Canadians here recognize http://www.ycdtotv.com/cast/reid.html">Adam (Reid) as the clerk in the Future Shop commercials? He looks older and has a deeper voice, but his face is pretty much exactly the same as it was in the mid-80s; it’s uncanny.

He’s also in one of the Alexander Keith commercials, the Canadian Heritage Minute about Joe Shuster, the (co-)creator of Superman, and he played Tootie’s agent in The Facts of Life reunion movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 11/24/2003 1:59 AM

Under closer inspection of the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving…
Snoopy boils something on the stove.
So, the strawberry stuff must be pudding.
tentative menu =
pretzel sticks
jelly beans
strawberry pudding, with hwipped cream and a cherry
popcorn w/o butter
a crap load of buttered toast

Chestnuts roasted by foofy bunny @ 11/24/2003 9:57 AM

*whipped.

Chestnuts roasted by foofy bunny @ 11/24/2003 9:59 AM

Whoa, I vaguely remember this Petster cat thingy. I know for a fact a friend of mine as a kid had the Petster Hampster, as I remember it rolling around her house when I used to go over there.

I never knew there was a Spider one though, that looks kinda awesome, & the Goldfish one has me very curious. Is it a waterproof robot that swims around in a tank or something? Or does it just hang out in a fake tank? o.O?

-Boglin

Chestnuts roasted by Boglin @ 11/24/2003 2:51 PM

I have a real hamster and a hamster ball so I guess I have the closest thing to a petster hamster.

A petster wouldn’t pee on stuff though.

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 11/24/2003 3:15 PM

I remember one Christmas I really wanted a Petster, but instead I got one of those Smarty Bear toys. In fact, it’s still in mint condition right now…maybe I’ll break it out and see what it has to offer.

(I also had one of those Go Go walking puppies, and hated it. I think it was the barking noise.)

Chestnuts roasted by Saithe Verity @ 11/24/2003 4:50 PM

I had no interest whatsoever in getting a Petster until they came out with the spider, which I absolutely had to have and subsequently received for Christmas ’87 (the hype had died down and by broke-ass family could now afford one). I wonder what happened to old Terry? Most likely his mechanical innards were eviscerated to provide raw materials for the giant superintelligent robot I never got around to building, but I digress. Thanks for bringing yet another cherished childhood memory back from oblivion.

Chestnuts roasted by Scooter Atreides @ 11/26/2003 4:13 AM

How about ye olde Chia Pets? There are so many possibilities….

Chestnuts roasted by marvelousmess @ 12/03/2003 7:12 PM

haha…holy crap. i had one of those. those things were so ridiculous. i remember breaking it within like, less than a year too.

Chestnuts roasted by chrissy @ 12/09/2003 3:03 PM

Well I was hoping to ruin it for you, but it appears that more people than just me wandered onto your Petster website.

I have the cat. I haven’t fired him back up (6 batteries… damn). My younger son wanted him since older brother bought an R2-D2 with last years Christmas money.

BTW, if you liked your Petster, might I recommend Hasbro’s R2-D2 Interactive Droid? Wal-Mart.com was actually running them on clearance (Clarence) for 69 bucks. Grab it while you can… it rocks.

Chestnuts roasted by Lester @ 12/18/2003 10:35 PM

I had a petster once. But it broke :-( but it was REALLY funny when it worked tho. I once made it chase our dog around who accidently in its flight ran into our glass door and knocked himself out for 2 minutes. Dont worry he was ok we took him to the vets afterwards. The spider petster was immediately broken the day I put it on my moms chest when she was sleeping. She woke up to find it crawling up her abdomin and squished the little bugger with the nearest heavy object. Needless to say it didnt survive.

Chestnuts roasted by Chrisma @ 12/19/2003 12:43 PM

I am obsessed with Petster. When I was in grade school, some weird kid brought Petster in for show and tell. We all started clapping at once and Petster went crazy and short-circuited. Aside from Petster’s weird owner, the rest of the class, including me, thought this was the funniest thing we had ever seen. Kids can be so cruel.

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 01/07/2004 1:38 AM

sorry about the language but this is the funniest shit ive seen in a long time i was laughing so ha rd evry 1 was asking what was so f*cking funny

Chestnuts roasted by zanmato @ 01/18/2004 5:48 PM

I HAVE ONE OF THOSE! it’s in my room. i can’t make myself get rid of it. too damn cute. now i know what it’s calleD!

Chestnuts roasted by tygr28 @ 01/27/2004 10:10 PM

Oh dear lord. My sister, not I thankfully, had "pupster" aka the dog version of this monstrosity. It was horrible, but considering the length of our driveway it was perfect for summer missions to terrorize the dog. You’ve never seen an animal run so quickly away from anything in your life. I do believe that "pupster" still lives in my parents’ basement.

Chestnuts roasted by shelly @ 02/16/2004 3:51 PM

I have a Petster but the pinion gears on both wheels are broken. Any ideas on where to find replacements?

Chestnuts roasted by pokinei @ 02/19/2004 5:22 PM

Dude, sweet idea pairing up Petster with real cats. I didn’t scan the entire guestbook for others with the same idea – but what about posting a video of your cat being harassed by Petster? :D I think it’d be fantastic to see. (I’m also fascinated by the whole laser pointer + cat thing..)

Chestnuts roasted by Klenky Wah @ 03/24/2004 1:42 PM

"Other games Petster was allegedly capable of playing included golf, championship golf, bowling (?!), fetch, and something called "obstacle course.""

LMAO…but the bowling part could actually make sense if Petster was used as the bowl=)

I want one badly..hehe

Chestnuts roasted by GUNDE @ 06/16/2004 6:23 AM

"Other games Petster was allegedly capable of playing included golf, championship golf, bowling (?!), fetch, and something called "obstacle course.""

LMAO…but the bowling part could actually make sense if Petster was used as the bowl=)

I want one badly..hehe

Chestnuts roasted by GUNDE @ 06/16/2004 7:16 AM

Does anyone know where I can get an instruction book for the Petster Deluxe Cat?

Chestnuts roasted by Jane Parks @ 02/22/2007 1:57 PM

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