robot toy for 3/4 year old?

[miranda2]

Ds has several times mentioned that he'd like 'a robot'. I'm due with ds2 in 7 weeks, and thought this might be a good toy to get him 'from the baby' (though the main distraction is going to be the hornby train layout my dh is secretly building in the attic!!). Does anyone know where I can get one? I don't want to get a 'little robots' piece of merchandised cr*p, or anything like that, but maybe a smallish and fairly simple remote controlled robot that you can make go forwards and backwards? Has anyone seen such a thing anywhere?
Thanks in advance!

[nnosam]

have a look on ebay.co.uk or toys r us. if not you might find one in the gadget shop

[chimes]

This one looks fun. here

[miranda2]

That last one does look quite good, thanks!
Any one else?

[WideWebWitch]

Have you asked him what he means Miranda? My ds said this at 4 and it turned out after lots of discussion that he meant he wanted a bionicle. Your ds may indeed want a robot of course but I thought it was worth mentioning!

[miranda2]

Hmmm. Maybe I should take him round a toyshop - somehting I have so far avoided doing! You're quite right, he may have seen a toy someone bought into nursery or something.

[milliways]

minirobosapien

[milliways]

Sorry - it is a mini robosapien & only £10

[Janh]

miranda, I have something that might do (if he does want a robot and not a bionicle) - it's a Tomy toy, about 6" high, very roughly the shape of the robot in Short Circuit, and when you switch it on it bumbles around by itself, changes direction, goes in circles, and reverses if it bumps into something - it isn't remote controlled but is fun to watch.

It's in DS2's room and he's asleep (I hope!) so I can't really barge in and turn the light on but I will look in the morning if you might be interested.

[miranda2]

The mini robosapien looks good, and £10 is def about the right price! The Tomy robot sounds good too Janh, can you let me know the details when you get a chance?
Thanks everyone, really appreciate your suggestions. Bump definitely too big and heavy to drag round toy shops for hours!