Alright, you already have a robot dancer, some robot houscats, and you even acquired a Roomba to protect your child from poisonous snakes -- what's next for your futuristic replicant menagerie? Starting in January 2010, the Japanese department store Sogo & Seibu will accept pre-orders for Actroid life-sized, animatronic female robots. Unlike some available models, these ones can't walk (or to a two-step, for that matter) but they will sit still and smile politely -- which might be all you really want in a robotic companion anyways -- and that's OK. We're not here to judge you. Quantities are extremely limited: only two will be sold, at a price of $225,000 each. Get a closer look after the break.
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