Teksta T-Rex Review

One of the toys that will be topping the charts for toys this Christmas will no doubt be the Teksta T-Rex. With so many young children being dinosaur obsessed and we wont even start about the new Jurassic Park this makes an ideal toy. Like his cousins the Teksta Puppy & Kitty he is an amazing electronic pet for you and your child to train. Debenhams very kindly sent us one to review which is currently being trained in the kitchen while I write! 

T-Rex responds to your voice and now will also respond to hand gestures! He responds and reacts to actions, lights and sounds and will also interact with its own app on your android or apple device. He’s incredibly clever and will react with you by roaring or crying and whining. His eye patterns also will change depending on he’s feeling as his technology allows him to respond and understand if he is being petted, talked to or played with. He pretty much acts like a well-mannered if undertrained (at least at the start) dinosaur, he roars and waves his head as you approach him. The boys adored making him run around and roar and I can see this present being a huge hit with both boys& girls as the play value will last long after Christmas!

Needless to say this clever and very stylish dinosaur provides hours of fun. Mainly I think because there is so much you can do with him. Or at least we found there always seemed to be something new to teach or try out and discover. He has two modes on his head so you can have him in a conversation mode where he responds and talks back to you, well roars back at you! Though be warned in this mode he won’t go walking about. It’s a great mode if you want to play with him on the table away from say inquisitive puppys! He also has a singing and dancing mode which lets you select a song and dance for him. And of course like any good household pet he has tricks!

 

Each T-Rex comes with his own bone. Place the bone in T-rex’s mouth (don’t worry he won’t bite!) Pop it in and head the beep sound at which T-Rex will try and chop the bone in half! After a good chew he bends over and throws it out his mouth! We haven’t tried him yet with the app but with the app included he offers over 100 interactive play features. Pretty good for a toy of this price! He’s aimed at the over 5’s but my 4yr old has spent hours playing with him and trying to teach him to respond. It’s a perfect present I think to give to more than one child as he isn’t tuned to obey just one voice. In fact I can have a very good conversation with him myself!

You can buy this rather fabulous T-Rex from Debenhams (who have 20% off at the moment) for £48 RRP £60