Hasbro Mio Pup White/Pink

Mio Pup provides a rewarding play experience full of companionship and nurturing. Mio Pup shows exactly how he's feeling with over 100 animated "eye-cons." He'll let you know what he needs through fun expressions and sounds. He loves interaction; you can pet his head, his chin and his back and he'll respond to you, just like a real pup! Great gift for kids. Out of all the gifts this Christmas my nice loved it the most.

Not such a hot toy for a 7 year old. It has a million different symbols so you have to look it up in the book to see what the Pup needs since it just gives you a 'sign' as to what it wants. Most of them look alike too, so you really have to look close to tell what they are. Great marketing though, it looks super neat, but the functionality isn't quiet so neat.

The Mio Pup was a Christmas gift for my 7 year-old daughter. The pup makes a variety of sounds and displays various "eye" icons depending on its mood. It's mood can change if you pet it or speak to it. It walks a bit and has a bone that attaches magnetically to its mouth. After a couple of days it made a lot of sounds and displayed icons that didn't seem to be consistent; it turned out that the batteries that came with the pup needed to be replaced. These batteries were heavy-duty types, but when replaced with alkalines the pup behaved normally. My daughter specifically asked for the pup as a gift and was delighted with it initially. She studied the manual and was soon expert at discerning the pup's moods based on the sounds and icons. But it seems that it makes too much noise (just like a real pup) and she has turned the pup off. It still has a prominent place with her stuffed animals. It looks good as it is, even if it isn't moving or emoting.

My 4 year old has been pining for one of these for months. She loves it. We've only had it since Christmas but so far it has given her lots of entertainment. I agree with the other reviewers that the Mio Pup manufacturers should offer bone replacements. In all actuality, there's not much to the thing really. It talks, sings, and interacts with the child. It would be up to the individual child as to how much actual entertainment value Mio Pup brings them. But overall, it's a pleasing design, not so robotic looking as the last few years of electronic animals. Brilliant bit of marketing to design robots to appeal to females in what had previously been a male dominated toy field. My 4 year old now says she wants to grow up to be a "Mio Pup Designer". I would have given this toy a "5" if the manufacturer was kind enough to offer replacement parts. I gave Mio Pup a lower educational value rating because while the toy does foster imaginative play and memory (non-reading children must memorize the icons to know what the dog is feeling) it offers little else development wise.

I bought two of these for my two daughters. They love them! Great toy lots of play time. A Great Choice!

Very good. Well finished

This toy is good for about 10 minutes. Then, as ALL of my children ( 4-12) said, "it looked like more fun on TV." It doesn't really DO anything and just babbles. I've read through the booklet it comes with several times, and yes, it really doesn't do anything. Very disappointing for a child who just had to have it for Christmas.

This is now my $100 paperweight! My little girl loved for a whole week! She liked the box it came with more! However, it is very very very very very very very very very very talkative!