WowWee Alive Cubs are soft, furry, and cuddly--and kind of irresistible. The company (which makes the decidedly un-cuddly disembodied Elvis, among other tech toys) recently sent me a Lion Cub to "test." By "testing" I mean holding it close, then forcing most of my colleagues to hold it too.

The Lion Cub purrs, meows, blinks its eyes, crinkles its nose, and moves its mouth. It even sheds fur, much like real-world cats (luckily most of the fur stopped flying a day or two after the cub arrived). Apart from the unfortunate grinding-motor sounds that accompany any movement, this cub is huge on the "awww" factor.