The perfect desktop companion returns with a sleek metallic blue finish and new software features and add-ons for your PC! An update to the 2008-released Dennou Chogokin Tachikoma, poseable Tachikoma Ver.1.2 is crafted of 60-percent die-cast metal and is about 8cm tall by 14cm wide. New features and add-ons include a newly designed Tachikoma Finder program, a new screen saver, over 160 new phrases, a total of 65 video clips, and five new wallpapers and icons, as well as two new mini games, voice memo, and more!

Connect the supplied USB Mini-B cable from the Tachikoma's USB Mini-B port (located at the back of its abdomen pod) to your PC's USB port, and the Tachikoma Finder program will start up. Customize your desktop by choosing between five different desktop wallpapers; you can also change some of your desktop icons to Tachikoma icons and activate a special screensaver. There are fun Tachikoma mini games to play, too! Another interactive option in the Tachikoma Finder is the voice memo where the Tachikoma will inform you of the time and date, using your selection of three Japanese phrases (choose from a list of phrases from a drop-down menu) from the show spoken by original seiyuu Sakiko Tamagawa. When connected to your PC, the Tachikoma's front eye sensor will move and the LEDs on its abdomen pod will light up. Sounds will be played through the speaker on the bottom of its abdomen pod.

An installation disc is included with software that you will need to install prior to connecting the Tachikoma to your PC. All text is in Japanese. The software and Tachikoma figure will only work on PCs with a Windows XP Service Pack3/Windows Vista OS (Japanese-language version only), minimum of 1GHz Intel Pentium CPU, have at least 6GB of hard disk space, 512MB and up in memory, and capable of displaying XGA 1024x768 pixels or higher. This item was created for the Japanese market and is not guaranteed to be usable outside Japan, so please be sure to check your hardware and software configurations before ordering. (Note: The laptop shown in the second photo below is not included.)