Zoozies

It was the Zoozies who were the first Laufers. A extremely popular humanoid mechanical mouse, Zoozies were the "must buy" toys of the 2075 Solstice Season. Stores were flooded with angry parents assaulting retail robots in a vain attempt to secure one for their children.
Zoozie Inc, a subsidiary of Arasaka Military Supply, was the pioneer of making toys whose accounts were sub-accounts of their owner's. Zoozie realized that most toys are quickly discarded, but their owners were leaving the accounts active, and so knew that if their plan worked, they would have a constant, free revenue streams that would last in perpetuity.