People always talk about how Asian culture respects the elderly so much more than westeners do. But while whitey likes to hide old people in cream-coloured old people homes, at least they've never invented a killer robot bears to throw the elderly about for convenience and entertainment. As far as we can tell from the Google translation of the Japanese article we found, young high-flying Japanese yuppies and their children have run out of patience with the old downers, and can arrange for these cute-as-hell deathbots to drag old people from their beds and carry them into the next life. If you're trying to have a sweet-arse karaoke party and Gran doesn't like your Biggie impression, you can just call up one of these Pokemon rip-offs and they'll carry the old lady out of your face. I can't wait to go to Tokyo and start collecting the RIBA (short for: Robot for Interactive Body Assassin) range of plastic miniatures you could buy from vending machines in a 24-hour Tokyo purchase palace. Fascinating place, Japan.
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