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HEXBUGS | Home » » HEXBUG SPIDER ROBOTIC TOY | | | | | | WARNING:| CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
| | | Description: | | A micro robotic creature controlled by a 2 IR handheld remote control. Batteries included. For ages 8+. Color will vary. Sorry we cannot honor special color requests at this time. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.12 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.33 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.33 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Package Length:
| 4.65 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.49 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.17 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.26 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent, fun robotic toy, but only if you can afford to keep it running...Nov 27, 2011
By Monger
I'm a 20 year old man who has always had an interest in robotics and steampunk things. So when I was trudging through the toy section of my Walmart and saw this neat Hexbug Spider I impulse bought one and hoped for the best. My hopes were met! This thing is neat... It is a two channel remote control creature with a very unique walking motion. If you or your kid are bored of remote control cars, helicopters, and planes, you may want to give Hexbug and their things a look. Spiders have 8 legs and this only has 6, but who cares? Also worth mentioning is that whichever way the little red eye of the Spider(which glows when the head turns...very cool) is facing is the direction the Spider itself will go. This is great because it means the Spider can make very sharp turns so don't worry about 8 year old Timmy crashing it or driving it off the tabletop. The durability of the Spider is very high since my klutzy self dropped it while carrying it a few times and no damage so that's good. Another good thing and slightly educational about it is that the internal wiring and motors on the Hexbug spider are kind of visible making children wonder how these work, making for some(with luck of course) future engineers and robotic experts.
BUT... There are unfortunately some negatives amidst all these positives. For one, The Spider sells for about 25 to 30 bucks. That can be expensive to some, but if you really want it like me, you'd put the money down. However, the biggest problem is the Batteries. AARRRGGHH The Batteries! The Spider itself runs off 3 AG13 Button cell batteries and the remote runs off of 2 button cell batteries.This is not a good thing since these batteries can be expensive in the long run and most stores only sell 2 or 3 packs of them, and even then they are silver oxide batteries and the Spider doesn't seem to like those... because the instructions say alkaline only. I was almost losing it by the time I found the correct kind to use... but I'm gonna give you a hint for reading this so you the lucky reader don't have to suffer as i did. If you go to a website called 24hourbatteries.com, they sell alkaline button cells for very cheap since I bought 100 for 25 bucks! So there. Problem solved. But if you don't know about the website, the problem with batteries might begin to weigh on you, so I have to subtract one star. If you don't think you'd be able to afford it, try the Hexbug Inchworm, Crab, Nano, Larva, Original, or Scarab(Scarabs are only at RadioShack). If you don't care or are gonna try 24hourbatteries, buy this Spider NOW!!! It is too much fun to pass up even if you are an adult.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
AWESOMEOct 19, 2011
By andrea field
For all of you who think the batteries died immediately....we bought this and LOVE it. The reason it appears the battery died is after 15 or so, it is designed to shut off by itself to SAVE the battery. So, you have to push the switch on the spider to "off", then back to A or B, whichever the remote is set to. Then, it works perfectly. Give it a try and see how much fun it is after that! Enjoy!! only reason it is 4 stars is it could be a little less expensive.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Hexbug happinessJul 04, 2011
By Tom
My six year old grandson loved them. We bought a couple of them so that he could share with his siblings and friends (bug competition seemed to be the thing). They were delivered promptly and worked fine. The spider is a remote-controlled "walker". We also bought some non-controlled Nano "wigglers", and some non-controlled "walkers". The kids seemed to enjoy them all.
The habitat for the "wigglers" is an amazing piece of engineering - very well done.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Only spider I likeSep 09, 2011
By jamom64
My 8 year old loves this spider robot. It's fun, educational and it drives our cats nuts. It took no time to get out of the box and was on the floor in minutes.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Let downApr 02, 2012
By Robert C. Hallett
"theTech"
Received one for x-mas and was quite excited as 1) I'm a big geeky kid at heart and 2) have had other Hexbug products that are great. Right out of the package it had issues. It would move but it seemed to have trouble with lifting it's own weight. I thought it must just be a battery issue (and to all those who complain about batteries not lasting - come on, it's been like that for generations in toys). Replaced batteries with a fresh set but it changed nothing. My wife wanted to replace it but when she brought it back to the store they were out. I still kinda want one but seeing others have bad reviews with this Robot I'll pass and stick with the Nanos that my son and I both love.
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