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Electronic I Choose You Pikachu (Hasbro) First things first. This review is for NON-TRUNK residents only. If the very sound of the word "pokemon" is likely to send you into polemics, stop reading now, pretend I gave this toy one out of five, and get back in the trunk. Now that that's taken care of. Basically, this adorable little bastard is like a Furby, only not hideously ugly and not particularly interactive and less expensive. And it's Pikachu. What does it do? It says "Pika". It says "Chu". And, it says "Pikachu". It says these things when you squeeze its hand. It says these things when you cover its eyes. And it says these things if you leave it alone for a while. While it says these things, it does things. Its cheeks light up. Its ears wiggle. And its mouth moves like a five dollah whore's. Other reviewers might have knocked a point off for that, but not me. I find it charming. It isn't perfect, of course. It's a bit too quiet, and the light sensor's not the greatest, but throw it in a group of people, and it -will- get played with. Kind of like Jenny McCarthy and a producer's office, respectively. So it gets the coveted five. |