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Uploaded by on Dec 28, 2006

Our granddaughter visited tonight and we powered up a 20-yr-old Verbot I originally bought for her uncle 20+ years ago. The processor is slow, and the Verbot has to be reprogrammed every time he's powered up, but it's still a cool toy for a 4-yr-old (and her grandma).

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  • I have one of these like new. I've never tested him out though. Just have him in a display cabinet. Cool video.

  • Give him some fresh batteries and test him. Verbot can be fun, especially for kids. :) The downside is he has to be reprogrammed every time you turn him on.

  • OMG, I had one of these when I was a kid! Got it for Christmas one year. I think they were 50 bucks. It never used to do what I told it too! Still fun though!

  • I think that's about what we paid for this one -- somewhere between $40 and $50. He's finicky. You have to speak very clearly -- something excited children have trouble doing -- and repeat each instruction EXACTLY as it was spoken when programming. Cool toy, and I was amazed it worked after 20 years in the basement. :)

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  • "Verbot" is German and means prohibition

  • Oh, boy! I remember this! I had trouble getting him to do what I wanted, because of the fact you had to repeat the command EXACTLY as you did when you programmed him!

  • Cool video. The Verbot ate my batteries.

  • Hey!!!! Its Obama-bot. Fix Big Government, Boy!!

  • does the motor run when programming him for you? The motor noise would often ruin the functions, often triggering on it's own motor noise!!! Also, my remote range is like 2 feet... :*(

  • Oh my goodness I still have my Verbot!!! I never learned how to use it because you had to program it and I was 4.

  • Everything was done with ONE motor - yes, one! The Tomy robots were a feat of engineering. The verbot picks up on tones of the voice rather than words. This method of tone to movement was used in the Omnibot and Omnibot 2000.

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