[Tyler]

Senario: Pleo is Alive and Well
     


We reported in April that the creator of the Pleo robot dinosaur, Ugobe, Inc., filed chapter 7
bankruptcy, leaving the future of the Pleo in doubt. Then we got
some good news in June when Jetta, the Chinese company who manufactured
the Pleo robots for Ugobe, announced they had bought the rights to the
robot and would continue building them. This left only the question of
immediate availability. Would Pleos continue to be sold in the US? Megan
Lawler writes:
You will be happy to know that our beloved Pleo has been and
still is very much available here in the U.S. thanks to consumer
electronics and entertainment leader, Senario. We are currently
servicing the market with our inventory. We do buy various products from
Jetta and of course they manufactured our current inventory. Should
Senario continue with new manufactured product, Jetta will indeed be the
manufacturer.
Megan goes on to say that you can buy a Pleo today at
Botabingbotaboom.com [$299],
Target.com
[$349], BestBuy.com [not in online
catalog], and, of course Amazon.com
[$157]. The Amazon price looks pretty good but their prices fluctuate
frequently so your mileage may vary.

   

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