from: Meccano September 25, 2008 Best Selling > Toys > Remote Controlled Toys
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I've had the Spykee robot for a few days and here are my first impressions, positive and negative.
The robot took me a few hours to build. I'm sure you could build it quicker but I took my time. The instruction manual is pretty good and once it's built it only takes a short time to get the thing working over WiFi - assuming you understand WiFi and how to use and configure wireless networks. It's a good idea to follow the suggestion of getting the robot working in 'local' mode, then in 'local remote' mode, then full remote mode. The robot has its own inbuilt wireless transmitter for 'local' mode and a receiver for other modes. For all modes other than local, you connect the robot to your wireless router so you do not have to have ... Read More:
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Both my Children received these from different relatives , the instructions are poor, the build quality worse. After half an hour of dull construction the 'fun' lasted 10 seconds before they were put back in the box - never to come out again.
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This plane is the first one of its kind that has survived multiple flights and crashes and offers hours of fun. it is easy to control and trim and has great range and usability. GREAT PRODUCT!!
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This plane is the first one of its kind that has survived multiple flights and crashes and offers hours of fun. it is easy to control and trim and has great range and usability. GREAT PRODUCT!!
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This plane is the first one of its kind that has survived multiple flights and crashes and offers hours of fun. it is easy to control and trim and has great range and usability. GREAT PRODUCT!!
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from: Impact June 06, 2005 Best Selling > Toys > Remote Controlled Toys
I just bought this for my little brothers 12th birthday he was excited when he saw it he played with it for less than a minute before maro went crazy and drove all around the room without a single button being pushed. Sometimes he choosed to work other times he doesnt. As a collectors item it's nice but as a toy for children it's very risky.
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Totally unrealistic in terms of size, colour, movement - it just trundles along. We suprised my mother-in-law with it - getting it to emerge from under the kitchen table. She just laughed and she's terrified of spiders.
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I'm certainly no expert but I have flown a few electric helicopters so I have some idea of their capability. The Bladez is very basic, as a radio controlled model; but compared to many of the helicopter toys around now this little model flies well. With relatively little effort the total beginner should be able to keep the Bladez in the air, given a reasonable space (beginners should avoid living rooms and the like until they can manage a reasonable hover). I'd say this little effort might cover say a weekend, taking in 10-15 'flights'.
Aside from ease-of-flying it's important to consider durability too. And the Bladez does very well on that front, with a good solid airframe which struck me as a surprisingly good build quality. Another ... Read More:
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OK, so I'm 37. But this has to be the best toy I have been given in the last ten years!! In recent years, my two young sons have had great toys given to them - Scalextric, Hornby, RC Cars and many others that they have as theirs - and many are great, but they are not mine - and none are as good as this!
My eldest (7) was given a similar 'Copter for Christmas, and has even beaten me to landing back on to on the "launch pad" (a biscuit tin - the tiny helicopter does not particularly like being launched from our carpet) that we have in the living room. However his 'Copter is to be returned as it is faulty, and I think I will get another of these on a different channel so we can fly at the same time.
OK, so I'm 37. But this has to be the best toy I have been given in the last ten years!! In recent years, my two young sons have had great toys given to them - Scalextric, Hornby, RC Cars and many others that they have as theirs - and many are great, but they are not mine - and none are as good as this!
My eldest (7) was given a similar 'Copter for Christmas, and has even beaten me to landing back on to on the "launch pad" (a biscuit tin - the tiny helicopter does not particularly like being launched from our carpet) that we have in the living room. However his 'Copter is to be returned as it is faulty, and I think I will get another of these on a different channel so we can fly at the same time.