For the last 421 days, my son has been coveting this "Robosapien" thing - it's about 24" tall, it sings, dances, and much more.

It's power requirements are roughly equivalent to a small hospital, as a result, when I bought the thing in November, I also bought 1,200 "D" cells and another 800 "AA" cells to get us through Christmas morning.

Imagine my dismay this morning when I realized - after my son had literally jumped up and down with joy upon opening the robot - that the thing uses "AAA" - NOT "AA" cells in addition to the 1,200 "D" cells.

No problem, I'll take some "AAA" cells out of the Walkie-talkies. Whoops. They are "AA" also. I'll take some out of the various remote controls. Whoops! Various strange button cells, "N" cells and only two "AAA" to be found.

And then I remember - in the household emergency cabinet, locked up in the basement, top shelf, right side, in the box labeled "Batteries and Chargers" - a brick of 24 "AAA" cells in among the D's, AA's, CR123's and even a few "N" cells.

If this does not count as an "emergency" I don't know what does. I emerge from the basement, AAA cells in hand, CHRISTMAS IS SAVED!

The darn thing is pretty amazing, both my son and I get a kick out of it, but my cats took one look at the thing and departed for the next county.

Hope your day is going well, and merry christmas to all!

Is your Robosapiens version 1 or 2 ?

When you're equipped, you're often equipped for more problems than you realized.

Merry Christmas!

Sue

I have no idea. It's huge, it's white, it farts and burps, to the delight of my son.

My wife would say that you've described me to a tee. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />