furReal Roarin’ Tyler, the Playful Tiger

Product Information

The toy was designed by engineers at Tiger electronics, which was known at the time for creating other robotic toy pets, including Furby, Poo-Chi, and Giga Pets. The children love that Tyler roars when they roar at him but they have to roar loudly for him to respond. You’ll find the Furreal tiger reset button on his back, so if he’s in sleep mode this will wake him up.

Tyler is definitely more engaging and interactive than a stuffed animal for a child – and who needs another stuffed animal sitting around in their house?

This dog has a leash that can be detached to walk him across the floor as well as a connection to add up to two other Walkalots dogs. So when we were sent another toy from the Furreal Friends range, the FurReal Roarin’ Tyler, the Playful Tiger to review I wasn’t sure if it could match up to the high standards that Chatty Charlie had set! Tyler Tiger’s chick is meant to be a chew toy and if you put it in his mouth he will make eating noises but we haven’t been able to make this happen but, watching other YouTube videos of Tyler I know that it does work, we must just be doing something wrong!

He crouches down on his front paws and stands up straight, his head moves and his facial features show so many different expressions – with his eyes opening and closing, his mouth moving and even his ears moving. Children do seem particularly drawn to him and are intrigued by the idea of FurReal interactive pets.I would say that between the ages of 4 and 6 would be the sweet spot with the younger side being the best (I do think that kids younger than 4 would enjoy this too, but since the manufacturers states 4+ on the package, I won’t recommend that to you explicitly). It has pose-able legs and a soft fur covering makes him more pet like than other plastic options out there. We have had most success when Dave has roared as the children can’t roar at the right level for the interactive tiger toy to respond. Over the next several years, the brand would continue to expand by adding various new models and species.