Suppose if you ask George what happened here, he'd retro-invent some excuse to explain this, but suspect he just forgot about it. Robot rights didn't really tie in with the Pepsi-Phantom Menance promotional campaign... George may have moved on, but I stumbled on this Science-Fiction Series which picked up the theme nicely:
Riiko is an unlucky-at-love office worker, sick of being used or ignored by guys. She's overheard in a bar by Doctor Namikiri who might just have the answer: His company Kronos Heaven has just built their first-ever prototype of the Nightly-Series Robot Lovers. He wants Riiko to test "it". It sounds fine, but what happens when Riiko finally meets a nice (human) boyfriend? Did you hug your toaster before you threw it out? Or are you the sort of person that just *sells* your car when you want a new one?
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It's pretty funny. You may find Robot "Night" annoying at first and Riiko a real rhymes-with-witch, but the characters quickly grow on you and it's very well made. It also does what Star Wars once did but long since gave up on: Making you think.
The "Absolute Boyfriend (Zettai Kareshi)" Series is unlikely to be licensed outside of Japan so you can find all 11 Episodes here (with English subtitles): http://tinyurl.com/6av55h