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| Monday, January 12 2004 | ||||
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Christmas may be gone, but bizarre children's toys aren't. And the new Wabi bear is scarier than most. Looking like a pretty standard teddy with cuddly fur and everything, Wabi Buddy is far more than that. This little fella talks to its child owners, but using mummy and daddy's voices. |
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| Bolshoi Theatre ballet and opera extravaganza for the Russian New Year Gala at the RFH. 7:45pm. Belvedere Road, SE1. £12-27.50. 020 7960 4242 or online. | ||||
The best of the 2003 degree shows' visual art is on show at London Institute's Future Map exhibition. 10am-8pm. 65 Davies St, W1. Free. |
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A cuddly toy with extraordinary impersonation skills you ask? Well no it isn't. It works like this: plug Wabi's transmitter into a phone line, call a designated toll-free number, and record a message, or even a short piece of prose or song. The bear giggles when it gets a message and the kid simply presses its badge to listen to it. Although the said child won't be giggling if you leave a message such as, "Morning Wendy. Get up you little brat! Come on, MOVE! I'm in control now and things are going to be different around here!" But no one would be that cruel. Would they? |
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| One-man show Hurricane is whipping up a storm at Soho Theatre. 9:15pm. 21 Dean St, W1. £15. 020 7478 0100. | ||||
| Why are men more violent than women? BBC Horizon is at the Dana Centre debating the Demonic Ape. 7pm. 165 Queens Gate, SW7. Booking reqd. Free. 020 7942 4040. | ||||
Wabi Buddy - www.wabi.com |
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Last chance for National Art Collection Fund's Saved! at Hayward, the Turner Prize at Tate Britain, Gothic at V&A and Robert Mapplethorpe at Asprey Jacques. | ||
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