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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
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Lead Review · From: 4M
Googly-Eyed Can Invades Throne, Pays the Price
Our critic suffers the Tin Can Robot's drunken march until it advances on his velvet cushion, then dispatches it with one surgical claw-hook and stands over the twitching wreckage in silent triumph.

So, the human has presented me with a box of plastic junk and seems to believe this constitutes a "toy." From what I can gather, this "Tin Can Robot" kit is less of a product and more of a project. They have to provide the main component—a used can, hopefully from my preferred brand of premium salmon—and then assemble this mechanical parasite onto it. The r…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Audacity noted. A brief, violent tribute.
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