Toy Story Green Alien Speaker

Saw this at hmv when I bought the One Direction - Up All Night album on Saturday and I went crazy - almost like a little kid in the toy store and without even thinking, I picked the nicest looking one and went to the counter to make my payment (before I change my fickle mind)...

It's a Toy Story Green Alien Mini Speaker!! One of those that you can bring around in your bag because it's so small but still packed with loud sound. It also comes with a Stitch version for all the Lilo and Stitch lovers out there. And like I've said previously, I got it from the hmv at Somerset@313.

This mini speaker comes with a USB 2.0 cable for you to charge it, a 3.5mm plug which fits into most portable music players like your iPod or the likes as well as your iPhone and other phones which supports that jack. It runs on a rechargeable lithium battery so you only have to worry about it running out of battery as opposed to carrying a few extras around. And of course, it comes with the cute little green thing that you wish you were small enough so you can give it a hug.

Freed the green alien from it's cardboard prison! Even though this speaker is Made in China (Come on now~ What isn't Made in China these days?), the speaker looks adorable and not like those pirated and deformed ones that you might get a cheap places - like the pasar malam. I've seen some green alien products that look totally hideous but this is not one of them. In fact, the anatomy is pretty accurate in my opinion.

The sound is emitted from the top of the alien's head through these vents around the antenna. The antenna feels hard and sturdy but it gives me that fear of putting it inside my bag for fear that even though it feels strong, it might still break from all the action inside my bag. Therefore, I think I would put the speaker either in some sort of a case or at least on the top of everything else if I pack it into my bag.

I think the designer loves the "Pin the tail on the dockey" game too much and did it for the poor green alien by putting the 3.5mm input at somewhere near the butt. Tried it just now with my iPod Touch and the sound was pretty loud but that's because my room wasn't very noisy. Compared it to a X-Mini speaker and the loudness is pretty close. Bass is not as strong though but for a $29.90 speaker, you can't expect a Dolby sound system, yes? That USB port is where you plug in to charge your speaker using any Mini-USB to USB 2.0 cable.

The On/Off switch is located on the other side of the alien as seen above. Notice that little hole? That hole will indicate whether your alien is still charging or is already fully charged via color indication. Green being full charged and red meaning otherwise. The base of the alien is layered with a non-slip material so that your alien does not go running from you on slippery surfaces.

And that brings us to the end of this pretty useless review of this cute little thing~ Just had to take this photo of the original green alien figurines with the speaker because the quality is so good it's almost like the real deal! Gosh I love the green aliens so much!!