Floods of videos and photos featuring a cactus toy that repeats what is said, sings and dance spread and topped the social media trend in Egypt, over the last couple of days. Many enthusiasts shared funny videos of dancing cactus and jokes showing the best connections achieved between children and the new toy.
Not only children found the Chinese-originated toy interesting and entertaining but also adults shared comics about how they relate to it and want to purchase one or receive on as a gift.
The toy, whose earliest versions dates back to 2014, comes in a highly expensive price of the dancing cactus that reached 600 LE in some Egyptian stores also drew attention to the new toy and raised debate about whether it deserves all this interest or it is just one new talk back invention added to the list. Also, this raised doubts among psychologists about the impact of such toys on the mental health of users.
What is making the dancing cactus special?
According to an official selling website of the dancing cactus in the United States, the green toy is considered special and one of the highest selling products in toy industry for some reasons, as follows:
Multiple song choices
Cactus can dance and groove in many recorded songs that can be played in both the toy’s default singing voice or with the talk back repeating option.
Talk back option
All the new versions of dancing cactus come with the features allowing it to mimic and repeat what is said thanks to the options enabling it to talk, record, repeat and speak.
High sound quality
When it comes to mimicking and simulating actions from real life, it might not be easy to relate to the simulation experience if it doesn’t have carbon copy similarity to reality. The dancing cactus is provided with a sound system designed to produce high quality sounds.
360 degree grooving
While performing various funky moves, the cactus toy can dance and rotate 360 degrees, combined with movements of waving arms.
Ideal Gift
Given how many users in close friends and acquaintances circles are sharing and posting about their enthusiasm about the dancing cactus, the new toy has become not-to-think-twice about as a gift choice.