Three feature icons are printed on the carton - lighting, music and obstacle avoidance - and the third is the one worth paying for. A toy that only walks ends up stuck against a sofa leg within a minute, buzzing, until somebody picks it up. This one changes direction when it meets something and carries on, which is the difference between a toy a child follows around the room and a toy a parent keeps rescuing.

It walks on a skirt of long cream tentacles that spread to hold the body upright, and it dances between moves. The lights sit low on the body, so with the room dim the colour catches the floor around it rather than shining upward. The music runs while it travels, which is what makes a child chase it rather than watch it once.

The box calls it a squid, and that is what it is - two long fins on top, two short arms and a skirt of tentacles below the eyes. It is sold almost everywhere as an octopus, so if that is what you came looking for, this is the toy you meant.

It comes in yellow, teal green and pink, and at Safencia you pick the one you want when you order rather than being sent whichever came out of the carton. That matters more than it sounds if it is a gift for a particular child with a particular favourite colour.

The carton marks it 3 years and up. It runs on three AA cells, and they are not supplied - worth adding to the order, because a walking toy with tired cells slows to a crawl long before it stops altogether.

The price is Rs. 2,699 with Cash on Delivery to every city we serve - Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and beyond. Tell us your colour on WhatsApp when you order, and we confirm stock, your city and the delivery charge before the parcel leaves.

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