I'm still creeped out by Furbies and even Teddy Ruxpins. A machine that looks like it's alive, repeats nonsense or repetitive questions, is a Terminator or Screamer, just doesn't have the final firmware installed yet.
Thou shalt not make a machine in the image of a fuzzy object that talks.
I wonder if he Dremels the case open and explodes the power supply. (no, I don't click his links)