I think our less intelligent cats would love this. The smarter ones would look at us in disgust, and wonder how human children survive until adulthood...

I have the ultimate set up.

My foot slamming down on a real bug.

Game over. :P

gypsydiva wrote:I am SO glad I put off buying these on Amazon. Now I am sorry I only hit the 1 button on my purchase..... My grandson will just have to share mine. (...)

Woot may add to your order if you email them at service@woot.com pronto. You can also open another account using Paypal if you have that, and get up to three more.

x86Daddy wrote:So, some company has taken one of the most easy to build, nifty little DIY robots invented (the BristleBot, 2007) and packaged it into a kids toy, without the education and fun of hacking and building a moving robot out of household junk... This toy makes me sad for humanity.

Yeah, I wish that I would have thought of marketing it first too.

First Time Post so pay attention :}
The bugs are 11$ each at local toy store so you are getting the grid for free. these are fast and self righting and the battery seems to last forever. Myself and all of the under teen nephews and niece, love to set them off in the house on non carpeted floors, and laugh as the "adults" scream. Make magazine highlighted the creaton of these years ago from scratch with broken cell phone vibrators.
Fun xmas gift.
BUY some today!

Does this come with a coupon to mail off for the bugs, or do I need to pick some up at the pet store?

Crusnik01 wrote:Falcons fan. Not amused by the post.



That is all.

Now we are stuck with your D-bag in Philly. You can have him back. Very amused by the post.

Crusnik01 wrote:Falcons fan. Not amused by the post.



That is all.

Wah.

Is there still guaranteed by Christmas shipping?

hmm... so, this is basically the mini-me version of Kung Zhu battling? I wonder, how many HexBugs to take out a Zhu Zhu pet. Maybe they could gang up on him.

Saved $20 on this deal over the best price I found on the web!!! I wouldn't have bought one of these plastic toys if it hadn't been under $20 in the first place... my kids are gonna be surprised cuz I told them that nothing as chincy as that was worth $40-60!!

I think by using these things is how Skynet first starts taking over.

There's a storm coming.

FWIW Girls like hexbugs too! My 5 year old daughter got one a month or so ago and loves watching it. She makes mazes for it with wood blocks and likes watching how long it takes to navigate the maze. I'd be in for one if my mom hadn't already bought her a habitat for Christmas...maybe I'll call her and tell her to return it and that I'd buy this one as it is definitely cheaper!

Sorry Woot, but have to share this.

Our 9 year old grandson spotted a derivative of this Habitat Set yesterday. Only difference I can see is that the one he saw was a non-bridge set. This was at the Radio Shack at Colonial Lakeshore Mall in Gainesville, GA. Their Habitat Set was on sale for $15 (SKU 600-0014), normally $30. An almost fully-stocked display table was located at the very front right-corner of the store. The sale tag said that price was good through Dec. 29th. Here's a link I found to what we saw.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10755888

FYI- At least at this store, all of the bots in the Habitat Set were the same color combinations in the 6-8 Habitat Sets they had out, blue and green. They also had plenty of the individual bots in numerous colors for $8, and the basic (starter) set for $10, all located on the same display.

markmccoy wrote:Sorry Woot, but have to share this.

Our 9 year old grandson spotted a derivative of this Habitat Set yesterday. Only difference I can see is that the one he saw was a non-bridge set. This was at the Radio Shack at Colonial Lakeshore Mall in Gainesville, GA. Their Habitat Set was on sale for $15 (SKU 600-0014), normally $30. An almost fully-stocked display table was located at the very front right-corner of the store. The sale tag said that price was good through Dec. 29th. Here's a link I found to what we saw.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10755888

FYI- At least at this store, all of the bots in the Habitat Set were the same color combinations in the 6-8 Habitat Sets they had out, blue and green. They also had plenty of the individual bots in numerous colors for $8, and the basic (starter) set for $10, all located on the same display.

That's the regular habitat. This is the battle habitat. It's different.

In for 1. This is a great price. The bugs themselves sell for about $8-10 at local stores.

If you put real insects in the Habitat, will a civil war will break out between the real bugs and the Cylons?

gypsydiva wrote:I am SO glad I put off buying these on Amazon. Now I am sorry I only hit the 1 button on my purchase..... My grandson will just have to share mine.


Woot..... how about some Hexbugs in a woot? Please?

Contact woot customer service right away, and they will be happy to add one or two more for you....

in for 3! I don't know why, but my 3 year old and 4 year old nephew loved these bugs...and are into trains so, love some track too. I see some bug/Thomas interactions in our future...At least I won't be loosing them under furniture for months.

My 10yo dd loves her Hexbugs, but I don't see her playing with them enough to get this. I'll have to think about it. Too bad this was up last Monday; Target had the Hexbugs on sale last week for $4.99, and they had loads of them. Didn't bite though. Sigh...

First, I've never heard any kids actually talking about this good or bad, but secondly, I'm wondering why this isn't over on kidswoot instead of here.

Maybe it's just me? But I see this as a phenomenal waste of $18.00 for a kid of any age. Where is the stimulus in this "toy"?

And speaking of toys, why isn't at kids.woo.... Never mind.. asked, but not yet answered..

It's probably not on the kids site because this main site gets more traffic. Beats me.

I bought these last christmas for my 3 yr old twins. (with supervision of course) They have been playing with them since and they play hard with them. We have not had a single piece break or wear out and it still even looks good. I'm getting all three sets today because your nano habatat can never have too many pieces. My kids are 4 now and still love them and play with them all the time. If you have a older kid there is a really cool website that lets you keep track of your nanobug collection also. As a side note I'm 37 and play with them alot also. The only real downside I can say is they wont go on carpet, you need a smooth surface or to keep them on the playset.

This is easily the dumbest toy I have ever seen.

I agree. you are hilarious!

Billionairedaddy wrote:I have 2 HexBug Nanos (this will make 4). My son and I have have lots of fun with them.

These have been specifically designed for this purpose, and as such, they have a shape and weight distribution that make them self righting. They're also fairly durable and ready to go right out of the package.

Yes, the toothbrush/blender project bla bla bla...might make a good science fair entry, but it'd be a lousy Christmas present.

Although I can imagining it would be amusing, to see the look on a child's face Christmas morning when they open their present and find a toothbrush, a pager, and a hot glue gun.

My dad loves hexbugs, and uses them to entertain my kids on occasion, but only has the basic set. It would be a great Woot Christmas present for Grandad.....If I hadn't already got it for him!

My kids (6 and 8) have this. I seriously have to question the packaging where it says it's educational, because it's totally not. In fact, I think it's pretty jolly but the kids love it.

remmib wrote:They've been selling them for about a month and the stack hasn't moved a lot compare to other toys next to it.

Ever heard of restocking?

Great price - TRU has this online for $39.99 Thinking of buying it and stashing it for my sons b-day....

If you watched the videos, you know that you'll need to head over to Kids.Woot to pick up the sterilizer; otherwise, your house will be overrun with robobugs in no time! Then you'll have to factor in the cost of having the Terminator come exterminate them...

efooter wrote:Innovation First used to be the supplier for the FIRST Robotics Competition. I'd say they're also the reason I know the C programming language, and am an EE student right now...

I think I'll share this with all the other FIRSTers.

An also-inspired-by-FIRST-Computer-Engineer highfive!

My 7 year old son, 9 year old daughter, 10 & 11 year old neices, and 9 year old boy all LOVE these things. I didn't get it at first, but they are enamored!

30ish year old male I met can't stop randomly walking over and making these things go...mild adult amusement and conversation starter (perhaps on how back in the old days he made one out of a vibrating phone & toothbrush).

The price is great! 2 bugs cost $16-$22. At amazon $39 and http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4270676

No imagination? It's not legos, but use some blocks and set up all kinds of creative obstacles for these things. This set can be put together different ways, too. Kids have fun moving the bugs differently to come up with different results.

It is a HOT item this Christmas.

This is also harder to find in the stores, as I have looked and only seen it online, so it's likely our hexbug enthusiasts don't have this one.

My kids will love that they fall off the edge!


LL

smartheart wrote:what's the minimum-maximum age ranges on this?
how old would a child be to have interest/be able to use this? at what age would a child likely not be interested?

We have a single habitat/hexbug and frankly, I'm amazed how long it can occupy my 3yo. I just bought this set on sale at Target last week for $35. In for one, and happy to return the other!

Hexbugs are one of the HOT toys this year and this is a great price! I already have one of these (and the Elevator set, and the basic Habitat set) but I'm buying a couple more - one for me and one for my Dad for Christmas.

You will want more pieces than this set though. This is made to be raised a level so the bugs battle it out then fall below.

It's fun stuff!

melaniesb wrote:Hahaha! dirty.woot

My kid got one of these bugs and one of the grey pieces for his birthday from another kid. I just looked at my husband and grinned.

What's with the comments about kids not liking this for more than two hours? I thought that was par for the course. And don't act like you didn't buy them a webkinz...I'm pretty sure they're not crazy abou that anymore...

This is a pretty good price. I bought the same thing last week at Costco for $24.95.

7+ hours after Midnight, Utah takes the lead! Why Utah? They like electronic bugs?

My 5 year old has some of these and loves them. This is a very good deal for this set. I can't wait for give this to him for Christmas. I'd say the Occupied Child ratio for this product is very high.