Same with some of the older Wowee stuff, Robosapien, Roboraptor, etc. In-box ones are expensive as collectors items, but you can grab ones that are missing the remote for cheap and then it’s a fun project to reverse engineer the IR signals with a Pi or Arduino or something like that.

If you have a FlipperZero it has an IR port that could probably work for this too.

If you don't have a FlipperZero, don't get one for this. there are cheaper options.