Robot band from Bandai

Another new product that defies understanding: from Bandai comes a band of small robots who "play" songs from ROM cartridges, with the sound for each part emanating from a speaker in the base of each band member (plus a woofer in the main unit). This seems to us the equivalent of the dancing flowers that at one stage took the world by storm, but the "Little Jammer" set sells for a hefty Y20,000, clearly putting it far further upmarket.

More info, plus footage of the band in action, at Bandai's product site (Japanese only).

[Via ITmedia (Japanese)]