Terminator Is Fav at Toy Fair

IT'S ugly. It's scary. It watches you in the privacy of your home and Webcasts your every movement so others can spy on you. It even tells you what to do.Why on earth would anyone want to buy the Big Brother-like ICIT Terminator, a bizarre new Internet-connected creation debuting at Toy Fair this week?

Just wait. These devilish heads are gonna roll right off store shelves, say a Hollywood special effects veteran and an Internet wizard, who are trying to turn their talking replica of the "Terminator 2" skull into the must-have tech toy of the fall.

"It's beyond cutting-edge," says Stan Winston, a multi-Oscar-winning special effects man ("Aliens," "Jurassic Park") who created the original "T2" skull and the latest version, along with Internet entrepreneur Brian Shuster.

The animatronic duo gave The Post a special sneak peak at their frightful creation, which they're shopping to retailers this week.

Their "Intelligent Control Interactive Technology" works something like an extremely advanced radio-controlled toy car with an Internet twist.

By logging into the Terminator Web site, Terminator toy owners can interact with a friend's toy in another part of the world. They'll be able to type in a message and send it, and the head on their pal's desk will speak in a gutteral, machine-like, clipped, scary voice.

Move the joystick and the skull at their buddy's place moves in a corresponding direction. With the help of a tiny camera imbedded in the head, Terminator owners can spy on one another.

"Plug it in, log onto the Terminator portal and the toys come alive," explains Shuster. "Once that happens, it becomes wireless-enabled, and in addition to from your home computer, you can control the Terminator from cell phones, using SMS, or short message system technology, or from your Palm Pilot.