Target selling robots?
Target selling robots?
by gsferrari
Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:02 pm
Re: Target selling robots?
by Chemical
Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:34 pm
Thats cool having hobbyist robots go a little more towards mainstream
Current Robot Collection: Robosapien V2, Robopet.
Robots Rule!
Robots Rule!
by limor
Tue May 23, 2006 12:42 pm
I think it is more of a marketing endevour.
Having presented Robonova in various public situations, I can assess that it is a crowd generator. Guys just gang up to see the magic. Most girls just look at it and comment about its lacking of any Utilitarian consequence. (If she says it is cute or opts to touch it, you know she is not refering to the robot. If she expresses sincere interest, then she must be a <strike>mutant geek</strike> astute technologist.)
Once Target have the RN1 on display, they are sure to have a couple of hundred thousand guys and teen-agers volonteering to join their spouse/moms on a shopping expedition at Target.
Hence even if they don't make a fortune from selling RN1 (I'm sure they will sell a few hundreds - just think of number of Target shops times say 5-20 RN1s), they will make up for it just by having people buy other stuff when commuting around the store.
Having presented Robonova in various public situations, I can assess that it is a crowd generator. Guys just gang up to see the magic. Most girls just look at it and comment about its lacking of any Utilitarian consequence. (If she says it is cute or opts to touch it, you know she is not refering to the robot. If she expresses sincere interest, then she must be a <strike>mutant geek</strike> astute technologist.)
Once Target have the RN1 on display, they are sure to have a couple of hundred thousand guys and teen-agers volonteering to join their spouse/moms on a shopping expedition at Target.
Hence even if they don't make a fortune from selling RN1 (I'm sure they will sell a few hundreds - just think of number of Target shops times say 5-20 RN1s), they will make up for it just by having people buy other stuff when commuting around the store.
Last edited by limor on Tue May 23, 2006 6:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
by barbar
Tue May 23, 2006 3:45 pm
limor wrote:Most girls just look at it and comment about its lacking of any Utilitarian consequence.
Oh, this must be me
cheers!
by limor
Tue May 23, 2006 5:24 pm
barbar wrote:limor wrote:Most girls just look at it and comment about its lacking of any Utilitarian consequence.
Oh, this must be me
cheers!
I really hope i haven't offended any of our devoted lady roboteers..
by coldguy
Wed May 24, 2006 2:46 am
limor wrote:I think it is more of a marketing endevour.
Having presented Robonova in various public situations, I can assess that it is a crowd generator. Guys just gang up to see the magic. Most girls just look at it and comment about its lacking of any Utilitarian consequence. (If she says it is cute or opts to touch it, you know she is not refering to the robot. If she expresses sincere interest, then she must be a <strike>mutant geek</strike> astute technologist.)
Once Target have the RN1 on display, they are sure to have a couple of hundred thousand guys and teen-agers volonteering to join their spouse/moms on a shopping expedition at Target.
Hence even if they don't make a fortune from selling RN1 (I'm sure they will sell a few hundreds - just think of number of Target shops times say 5-20 RN1s), they will make up for it just by having people buy other stuff when commuting around the store.
I think this may only be available on the internet, as I haven't seen them in any of the stores in my area. Are there Target stores in the UK?