Rocket the Wonder Dog Touches Down

The race for "hot toy of the year" is on! One contender is the new Rocket the Wonder Dog from Fisher Price. Rocket is a robotic dog for ages 3 and up. Much like Sony's AIBO, the first robotic dog with a hefty $1,200 price point, the more affordable $120 Rocket has actions and emotions just like a real dog-and using voice recognition technology, listens and responds only to you! Rocket even has a wireless headset that allows kids to communicate with the digital dog.

While Rocket doesn't eat food, he devours batteries. It requires 3 "D" and 1 9-volt alkaline batteries for dog, plus 3 "AAA" alkaline batteries for the headset (not included of course.) Prices range from $99.99 to $119.99. www.fisher-price.com