There's been a number of rats in the news this year. In New York City, rats were seen dancing rampant inside a fast food restaurant and there was a movie based on rats running a restaurant. We once saw a rat that was roughly 2' long and upside down inside a city trash can - dead and stiff with an 8" thick sinewy tail. A tear was shed for the sanitation engineer that had to clean that up.Rats can be lovable. Caltoy says so. To that end, Sega ships three big Caltoy rodents with dish-like ears and stubby tails in December 2007. Each rat measures 45cm or 17.71" long and three color variants are on offer - white, pink, and yellow. Pricing is set at US$49 each and preorders are welcome.

