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Roboquad | 
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| Brand: Character Options
Category: Toy
New (5) from £56.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 24664
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 12.5 x 9
MPN: 008039
Model: 8039
UPC: 771171180395
EAN: 0771171180395
ASIN: B000OF50M4
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Product Description
This sleek, interactive spiderbot comes with a choice of programmable personalities and plenty more to keep you amazed, amused and entertained.
Roboquad is a four-legged spider-like robot with fantastic mobility and awareness. Its head rotates ar
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Fun. But not for younger children. December 10, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Don't get me wrong, this is a lot of fun and okay for the age ranges advertised. But it is isn't fast or zippy enough to appeal to younger kids (under 10s, I think).
At the moment, the price tag of 35 (down from 70 originally!) is spot on and makes this good value. It is programmable, but few are likely to experiment much with it, due to the clunky (ie. simple) interface on the controller. Most of the fun is to be had from the demos, direct manual control as well as the 'autonomous' mode; all via the basic and fairly robust controller.
The Roboquad itself does have limitations, even beyond some which I had forseen. It doesn't function optimally on soft surfaces (eg. carpet) and naturally will have similar problems with hard but slippery surfaces. So it's a bit fussy there, 'firm' surfaces are best. However, the sensors are reasonable and operate quite well according to settings via the controller. Similar levels of sensitivity/activity can be allocated to 'agression' and 'activity', to allow at least a little variety to it's operation when 'autonomous'.
Killer feature? When my wife tried to "shoo" it away with her foot, it screamed and shook its head vigorously. Now, I know it was responding 'visually' to something being too close, but as far as kids were concerned it was a smelly feet joke. Worth it alone for the laughs had at the time!
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