For a start, he falls over repeatedly when he performs certain moves, despite stabiliser wheels and authentic-looking big, wide rubber tracks - nice design guys. It wouldn't be so bad if you could just choose to not make him perform that particular move (usually dancing), but as each button randomly selects 2 or 3 different moves you can't do that!

While it might have seemed like a good idea (both in terms of making him easier for kids to control and in terms of cost) to simplify the controls by giving the Wall-E controller only one joystick, it means he can only turn to the left. This means that you make Wall-E go straight forward by pushing the stick forward, but to make a 90° turn to the right you in fact have to make a 270° turn to the left! - this is done by holding the stick in the back position. This also means that Wall-E can't back up, so often gets stuck up against obstacles. Even simpler toys that turn when they reverse are easier to manouver than this, and just guiding him around the house is a major chore, and nowhere near the fun it should have been. Whichever "rocket scientists" at MPA Sales thought this would be the best way of controlling him need a good slap. In an attempt to make him easy to operate and cheap to manufacture (one motor, one joystick, no sensors) they've made him clumsy, fiddly and awkward to play with - worst of all, he's so lacking in fun that you'll be trying to return him to the store you bought him from or flogging him on eBay before the week is out.

U-Command Wall-E's programmeable mode could have been his saving grace, as you can set several different moves into a "command list" and then make him perform them all in one string. The trouble is that due to him having no idea how many degrees he's turned, as well hugely varying performance on different surfaces and different battery levels, and being bereft of anything as sophisticated as sensors to stop him from bumping into things, you need a sizeable room with a clear floor to be able to "enjoy" Wall-E in. You have to wonder why Wall-E's programmes don't work very well and have little accuracy or consistency when something like the classic Big Trak managed it nearly 30 years ago!

What with his blaring voice and sound FX, annoyingly unintuitive controls and inconsistent performance, this Wall-E seems hugely under-designed, and whilst he's not too expensive for what you appear to be getting, we'd rather have paid more and and got a fully-loaded 'all-singing & dancing' toy Wall-E that did the movie character justice. With this clumsy, bumbling loudmouth it's highly unlikely anyone will play with him for long. This Wall-E's problem is that he doesn't really do what "U-Command" him to do, and whilst he might occasionally look sweet or make some cute noises but he's nowhere near as endearing as the "real" thing...