HEXBUG Nano
MSRP: $9.99
Category: Electronics

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 26040

This small, 12-legged microrobotic creature is battery powered and designed to behave just like a real bug. It moves very quickly and can even flip over by itself. Five colors are available in the Newton Gravity Series. Launch date: Fall 2009. 11/9/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

HEXBUG Ant
MSRP: $9.99
Age: 8 and up
Category: Robotics

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 22244

Joining the company's family of micro-robotic creatures, this six-legged ant features thin, mobile antennas and travels very quickly. Launch date: February 15, 2009. 1/28/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

HEXBUG Crab
MSRP: $14.99
Age: 8 to Adult
Category: General Toys

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 21812

Measuring just six centimeters long, each battery operated HEXBUG Crab is loaded with robotic intelligence. The six-legged creature feels its way around while sensing objects in its path and avoiding them. Users interact with the bug by tripping the sound sensor with a hand clap or loud noise, which sends it crawling off in a new direction. Launch date: September 29, 2008. 12/12/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

HEXBUG Inchworm
MSRP: $19.99
Age: 8 and up
Category: Remote Controlled
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 20882

The HEXBUG Inchworm is the first Micro Robotic Creature in the HEXBUG line to feature a full-function IR remote control. Users drive the Inchworm forward, back, left and right. A and B control bands allow users to control two Inchworms at once or multiple Inchworms on the same band. The product features a unique crawling and pirouette motion around its center pod foot. "This unique HEXBUG Micro Robotic impulse item is offered in a five-pack impulse counter display with five-color variety assortment," Joel Carter, VP of marketing for Innovation First, told TDmonthly. Launch date: October 15, 2008.
— The Inchworm has been a top seller at Pufferbellies in Staunton, Va., for at least a year, according to co-owner Susan Blanton in fall 2009. 10/2/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

VEXplorer Robot Kit
MSRP: $199.99
Age: 8 and up
Category: Educational

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 19818

VEXplorer is the ideal robot kit for the novice builder and hobbyists. Complete with detailed step-by-step plans, this almost-ready-to-run kit comes with pre-assembled modules making it quick and easy to build. Best of all, your robot is compatible with Innovation First's VEX Motion and Structure parts allowing you to expand and grow your robot. 7/17/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

VEX RCR Mini
MSRP: $99.99
Age: 5 and up
Category: Robotics
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 17478

The VEX Mini is an open-ended robotics platform that includes all the parts and accessories inventors and hobbyists need to design and construct a radio-controlled and programmable robot. VEX Mini incorporates the same fun and challenges of the very successful VEX Robotics Design System, but at half the size and half the price. Launch date: August 2008. 2/12/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

VEX Robotics Design System (Starter Kit)
MSRP: $299.99
Age: 14 and up
Category: Robotics

ToyDirectory Product ID#: 17477

The VEX Robotics Design System is an open-ended robotics platform that includes all the parts and accessories young inventors and hobbyists need to design radio-controlled and programmable robots. VEX allows users to explore the possibilities of science, technology, engineering and math in an entirely new way, making VEX an ideal tool for teaching robotics the in the classroom. (Requires Programming Kit) 2/12/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creature
MSRP: $9.99
Age: 8 and up
Category: Robotics
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ToyDirectory Product ID#: 17476

The micro-robotic HEXBUG is a tiny, obedient insect that features bump-sensor feelers that help it avoid objects in its path. It responds to clapping or other loud noise by backing up or changing direction. The HEXBUG is small enough to fit in the hand and comes in five different body types and colors including pink, blue, green, yellow and orange.
— According to more than 60 reviews on Amazon.com and Radioshack.com, this fun, durable toy has been rated 4 out of 5 stars due to its entertaining and educational features. It is portable for any occasion and appropriate for any age. Consumers should be careful though, as they have been known to be flimsy and easily breakable, like real bugs! (09.12.08)
— "Everyone wants one, from adults to kids," Charles Bonner, owner of Heights Toy Center in Little Rock, Ark., told TDmonthly of this best seller in April 2009. "I sell 200 to 250 a month." 2/12/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]