Pleo is back
Posted on June 9th, 2009
Andrey Mikhalchuk
Those missing the green pal should get relieved – it’s back. Not-so-well-known company Jetta Company Limited bought some Ugobe intellectual property including Pleo and plans to bring it back to the market soon. If you think Jetta is a no-namer that’s not quite true. Despite Ugobe is much better marketed brand it was actually Jetta, not Ugobe who was owning the plants and producing Pleo. I talked to Jetta guys on CES-09 and they claimed that they also produce toy robots of many other brands. In fact they manufacture almost all kinds of robots you can find on amazon or other major retailers. The website doesn’t provide many details about the company and its partners but if the guys will do things right we might be seeing a new star being born in the sky of famous brands.
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I really hope this is true. I gave my husband a Pleo for Christmas a few years ago when it first came out. It was so cute and unique and then the bummer about the battery came into the picture. Poor Pleo has been sitting there like a lame duck unloved and unplayed with ever since it’s battery pack went kaput. Hopefully we can get replacements for it finally!
Trish,
I think it will take a few months for the new Pleo brand owners to start releasing the replacement batteries to the market. If you don’t want to wait you can relatively easily build your own DIY battery pack for Pleo: http://robostuff.com/diy-projects/pleo-hacking/looking-for-an-extra-pleo-battery-pack-build-your-own.
Regards,
Andrey
i would like to have more that one. how i can order this .
Hi Ahmad,
Sure, you can get one from amazon or ebay for instance.
Andrey
how i can order this ropert ploe
amazon.com 🙂