| Average Customer Rating: |  4.5 |
| Release Date: | 2008-10-01 |
| Brand: | Hasbro |
| Model: | 08143 |
| Weight: | 35.35 pounds |
| Dimensions: | 38.38 inches x 21.38 inches x 28.88 inches
[Width x Length x Height] |
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Loaded with cutting-edge animatronics features, Kota is a lifelike pet from the past. Kota will quickly become your preschooler's best friend, and his realistic features will leave kids in awe! Measuring over 40" long, tots can sit on Kota for some rompin' stompin' dino adventures. A hidden handle and spring-loaded seat provide a fun and safe ride. Kota's tail, head, eyes, horns and mouth are animated, and he comes with a fun music mode so riders can trounce along to dino songs. When he's hungry, kids can feed him special leaves and he'll be happy. Kota measures 21"L x 44"W x 28"H. Requires six "D" batteries, not included. Holds up to 60 lbs.
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An awesome, prehistoric friend, KOTA The Triceratops Dinosaur from Playskool is ready to accompany your imaginative child on all kinds of adventures. With lots of sound effects, including music, munching, stomping, and roaring, this baby dinosaur is a realistic creation. He even moves his head and tail and blinks his eyes. KOTA is built so that curious kids three and older and up to 60 pounds can enjoy a bouncing ride.  | What We Think
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The Good: Big, blinking, roaring, tail-flipping, leaf-munching Triceratops
The Bad: Large size can be awkward to store
In a Nutshell: This unbelievably cool, prehistoric friend is ready to take your child for a ride | At a Glance Ages: 3 and up; up to 60 pounds
Requires: 6 D batteries
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KOTA can support children up to 60 pounds. View larger. | 
KOTA will munch on food you put in his mouth. View larger. |
Make Friends With Your New Pet: A Baby Dinosaur
Before you child goes for his or her first ride, an adult will need to prep KOTA. The included instruction booklet makes it easy to snap his tail in place and secure his furry coat over it. There's also an excellent illustration of how to use a Philips head screwdriver to insert six "D" cell batteries (not included) in KOTA's belly to provide power. Once the batteries are in, just flip KOTA's power switch to "Play" or "Music" mode and start having fun. In music mode, bouncing on the dinosaurs back inspires four different dino adventure theme songs. In play mode, 10 different sensors help this triceratops respond to your child's actions. When you touch KOTA's nose with your hand, he will "sniff" it. Tickling his belly or chin makes him "laugh," and when you feed him by putting an object in his mouth, he responds by munching on it. There's also touch sensors in his three horns, on his tail, and on his two sides. A sound sensor in KOTA's forehead helps him know when your child is "roaring" a dino greeting, and a weight sensor in his back ensures that he knows when there's a rider to entertain. Realistic Design with Soft, Kid-Friendly Features
We really appreciated the way this green and brown Triceratops looks scaly and realistic from far away, despite the fact that his hide is soft, furry, and kid-friendly. And his wide, blinking eyes combined with the way he wiggles his horns and tosses his head make it seem like he has a personality all his own. Whether kids play with their pet dino alone or invite friends over and take turns exploring the jungles, marshes, and deserts of the prehistoric world, there's lots of possibilities for make-believe fun that can be inspired by bouncing on the spring seat in this dino's back. A hidden handle on the back of his neck helps kids hold on, so they can bounce without slipping off. For a brief instant, we were disappointed that KOTA bounced in place instead of actually walking, but then we realized that this is one of the design factors that makes him so stable, safe, and durable. Overall, KOTA is a fun, unique, animatronic playmate that your child won't quickly forget. At more than three-feet long and just over two-and-a-half-feet tall, KOTA is big. Also, even though it includes an handle for your child to hold on to, slips and spills are a possibility. It's likely that you'll need to watch smaller children with an especially close eye when they are first adjusting to what it feels like to ride on a dinosaur. And while KOTA's large size is what makes him so much fun, it can also make him tricky to pick up and move around. He's one toy that your child will have to keep at home. And for parents, once you've heard the dino theme songs several times, you'll appreciate the convenient volume control. The power-saving "sleep" mode that goes into effect when it has been 60-90 seconds since your dinosaur's last human interaction will also be a big winner with parents. What's in the Box
Triceratops, tail, leafy snack, and instruction manual.
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FeaturesAnimatronic, life-size baby dinosaur stands over 3 feet tall and comes to “life” with realistic sounds and motion!Responds to your voice and touch with roaring and laughing sounds, and expressive tail, head, eye, mouth and horn movements.Plays 4 different adventure-themed tunes for immersed, make-believe fun!Convenient volume control switch. Maximum weight is 60 lbs.Dinosaur figure comes with leafy snack and instructions
Customer reviews
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Kota Triceratops
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I bought this toy for my 5 year old for Christmas. She is totally into dinosaurs. She loves this toy. Best gift she received. She has not gotten bored with this toy yet. She plays with it every day. I am glad I bought it.
Rating: 
(5
out of 5) @ 2009-01-06
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Not worth the space in your play room or the money...
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My mother-in-law bought this for my son for Christmas this year. We were excited about it, but so far, it's kind of a dud. My son is 2 and my daughter is 4 1/2. Both will play with it for about 2 minutes and that's it ... just long enough to turn it on so that it starts roaring and making noise and then leave it in the corner of the room. They seem to both have trouble meaningfully activating sensors to make it purposefully do anything. They do both love to feed it and occasionally my son will (after pushing his step stool over first!) climb on top of it. Both kids are too light to activate the sensors in the sitting area to make it sing songs and such (My daughter is 25% for height and weight as is my son for his age). So, overall, it's cool to look at and it's an interesting concept. The size certainly is impressive, but it's not winning any awards in my house for "favorite toy" ... not yet at least! :-(
Rating: 
(3
out of 5) @ 2008-12-31
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Kota is a hit!
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My 4 year old stopped in his tracks every time he saw the commercial for this toy. So of course, I looked it up for Christmas. I could not believe the price, so it was out of the question at first. Then one day I found it for just about a hundred bucks! I was all over that, and Kota was under our tree. While my son was with his father one day, I put it together, and my 21 year old sister, my mom, my grandma and I all sat and played with the dino for about a half an hour.
My son was VERY excited to receive Kota (or Kato as my aunt likes to say), and we had great fun playing with him all morning. Kota is very interactive, and the adults who have been around during the holidays have found themselves roaring at her (my son insists Kota is a girl), and calling her name. My son loves that she burps too.
All in all, she was absolutely a great purchase. She wouldn't have ended up under our tree at almost 300 bucks, but at a third of that, I could totally justify it. However, I might have been willing to buy her at the retail price if she also walked. Even without walking though, she is awesome.
My son has played with her every day since Christmas, and has asked me to take care of her when he goes to his dad's house.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-12-31
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"A Princess can like a dinosaur"
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Our 3 year old is very into dinosaurs and anything princess. She along with our 1 year old LOVE Kota. It took a few days for our youngest to warm up to the idea but now she's fine. We were lucky and purchased it when it was on sale for $99 w/ fs. Definitely worth every penny.
Rating:
(5
out of 5) @ 2008-12-29
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THE ONLY THING THAT MADE IT AWESOME.....
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was that it walked. AND GUESS WHAT ?!!?~?!~ IT TOTALLY DOESN'T. It just stands there. And it didn't even recognize my sons weight. My son is turning 2 in Feb. but he wears 3T because he's a really tall guy, and whenever he sees a Dinosaur or something along those lines he always goes RAWR! So I thought this would be perfect. I seen it at Target on sale for [...]. I thought I was getting the deal of a lifetime. We get home put in the batteries.....it blinks, and that's it. Yeah it RAWRS and there's music, but I thought when my son would sit on top of it, he'd be going somewhere. Alas, it did nothing, and when you feed it, you have to put your hand in the mouth and press down, then it recognizes that you're trying to feed it. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.
This toy would be awesome....IT THE THING WALKED. I was so disappointed I returned it back to the store the same evening. And when I got there to return it someone was more than willing to buy it as I was returning it. Then she asked "does it walk?" and I honestly replied NO. And you could see it in her face, that this thing is absolutely ridiculous, it's an expensive action figure. And that's it.
Rating: 
(1
out of 5) @ 2008-12-29
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