Pros:
Fun and easy to use, just plug and play;
Quite small, looks good.

Cons:
A little expensive;
Top heavy with hair;
Hard to change face style.

Rating: 3/5

Tengu is a unique USB gadget which I can guarantee will bring you hours of fun and laughter. Tengu lives by your computer and plugs into any computer (Mac or PC) with a USB port. He does need any software, does not use any CPU and uses very little power. Tengu has a face, created by red LEDs behind the white case, and, when a sound is picked up by the built in microphone, he begins to mime to it!

If you play a song next to Tengu, he will try to ‘lip-sync’ to it. After a while, Tengu will go to sleep but can easily be awoken by blowing on his face. Blowing on his face while he’s awake will change the style of his face. Tengu is an awesome gadget that will keep you entertained all day. I love it and I must thank tengutengutengu.com for sending me one.

One problem I found with Tengu is that he falls over easily. With the hair being quite big, Tengu is top heavy and, although he stands up fine, will fall over if you touch him. The second problem I have with the Tengu is the way he falls asleep after a few seconds and there’s no way to change it. While playing music, I noticed he would fall asleep between songs. I would prefer it if it took longer to fall asleep or let me turn the feature off altogether. Finally, I think it would be better if the hair was removable, but it seems to be glued on.

These negative things that I mentioned are only minor problems and may not even be a problem at all to you. Overall, Tengu is great, and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed with one. You can find more information about a Tengu, and buy one, from http://tengutengutengu.com.

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