Little Girl (we’ll call her LG) really, REALLY wanted Santa to bring her Spike, the Ultra Dinosaur for Christmas. In red
, please. Santa, being the jolly guy that he is, thought it would be double the fun for LG if Mommy and Daddy had one too. Think of the possibilities – dinosaur races, dinosaur fights, dinosaur tea parties… So, yes, Santa brought not one, but two Spikes. One in red for LG, the other in the original green for Mommy and Daddy to play with. Santa just didn’t realize that Fisher-Price hadn’t quite figured out that one family might want two Spikes.
You see, Spike is a really advanced dinosaur. He can walk in different directions, fetch, play with toys, open his mouth and roar, all sorts of fun stuff. All controlled by one little wireless remote control – and therein lies the problem. Both Spikes respond to commands given by one controller. They all work on the same frequency (confirmed by a phone call to Fisher-Price). And, according to Fisher-Price, while they were apologetic, there’s really nothing they can do about it. Including, apparently, warn people – because what family would be crazy enough to want more than one giant, roaring, walking dinosaur, right?
So, no dinosaur fights and no dinosaur races (which made LG pretty sad). We can still have dinosaur tea parties, though. Maybe we should consider dinosaur synchronized sports. Or dinosaur dancing. They’d make a pretty good conga line.
, please. Santa, being the jolly guy that he is, thought it would be double the fun for LG if Mommy and Daddy had one too. Think of the possibilities – dinosaur races, dinosaur fights, dinosaur tea parties… So, yes, Santa brought not one, but two Spikes. One in red for LG, the other in the original green for Mommy and Daddy to play with. Santa just didn’t realize that Fisher-Price hadn’t quite figured out that one family might want two Spikes.You see, Spike is a really advanced dinosaur. He can walk in different directions, fetch, play with toys, open his mouth and roar, all sorts of fun stuff. All controlled by one little wireless remote control – and therein lies the problem. Both Spikes respond to commands given by one controller. They all work on the same frequency (confirmed by a phone call to Fisher-Price). And, according to Fisher-Price, while they were apologetic, there’s really nothing they can do about it. Including, apparently, warn people – because what family would be crazy enough to want more than one giant, roaring, walking dinosaur, right?
So, no dinosaur fights and no dinosaur races (which made LG pretty sad). We can still have dinosaur tea parties, though. Maybe we should consider dinosaur synchronized sports. Or dinosaur dancing. They’d make a pretty good conga line.
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