it is dishttps://www.amazon.com/Blinkies-Your-Virtual-Freind-Purple/dp/B00026RGMC/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7786171-7472919?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1173719023&sr=8-1
You feed them, Cure them, play with them...Thats it. You program them when you want them to wake up: 2, 4, 8, or 12 hours. This toy is a bore fest! Don't buy it.