Even though Pleo was discovered in the wilds of California, USA – it’s surprising to learn that 60% of Pleo sales take place in Europe – with only 10% of Pleo’s being purchased in USA.

It’s hard to imagine why this should be the case, as the vast majority of information about Pleo seems to come US sites, Perhaps the US Pleo community is more vocal than us timid Europeans?

Can you explain Europe’s, and specifically the UKs love affair with Pleo?

Do we just love robots and dinosaurs more than the Yanks?

Thanks to the Professional Vegan for contacting Pleo manufacturers Ugobe and confirming that, yes, the Pleo is vegan.

OK – we all know that the Pleo can only eat the leaf pack supplied in the box (and little kids fingers, hee hee!), but Ugobe have confirmed that no animal products have been used in the making of the Pleo skin, but they cannot confirm that other parts (e.g. the glue used in the Pleo internal parts).

As a fellow vegan, it makes me happy that Ugobe have taken the time to respond so quickly to this question.

Our Antipodean friends can buy the Pleo for $449 Australian dollars, which works out at about £215 quid. Not bad at all.

The cheapest price for the Pleo in the UK remains to be on offer (and in stock!) from Amazon – who have it for just £199, a full £50 cheaper than other online Pleo retailers.

Seeing that the kids are back in school and thoughts are already turning to Christmas toys for 2008, now is the ideal time to order a Pleo early before they become as rare as real dinosaur eggs (or all bought up by EBay profiteers like last year…sigh).

All good things come to and end – but hopefully your Pleo’s robotic innards wont be one of them.

But what if the worse does happen – and your Pleo goes they way of the er…dinosaurs?

Don’t fear, Pleo manufactures Ugobe have just announced the rollout of The Pleo Reincarnation Program.

If your Pleo develops some problem out of waranty, the Pleo Reincarnation Program will allow you to obtain a cheap Pleo as an exchange, the awsome thing is that the wizards at Ugobe will transfer the personality of your broken Pleo to that of the replacement.

So if you have bred a psychotic Pleo that chases after your domestic pet, there is no escape. Like the moggie, Pleo’s will now have 9 lives, which is bad news for that cat, but good news for Pleo owners.

Pleo Planet is a new resource dedicated to the Pleo robotic dinosaur pet, with an emphasis on information for UK based Pleo owners.

On this site you will find the very latest Pleo news, Pleo reviews and Pleo videos, and for prospective Pleo owners we list the best price for a Pleo in the UK, with exclusive links and money off discount codes so you can get a cheap Pleo too!

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