UK’s Daily Express vote The Hexbugs as one of their Top Five Gadget Christmas Stocking Fillers:

“Emily Garnham selects five gadget-themed stocking fillers to keep kids – and big kids – amused for hours.

There was a time when desktop gadgets and gizmos for bored office workers stopped at Newton’s Cradle or a ‘grow your own miniature lawn’.  But a robotic fleet of insects is about to change all that.

Hexbugs, priced from £10, come in a variety of models and multicolours, that respond to sound, light or touch.   The Hexbug Crab has light sensors which enable it to seek out dark places – just like the real thing.  Clap your hands or raise your voice and it will either come scurrying out of its hiding place or change direction.

The Inchworm (£17) is the daddy of Hexbugs – which responds to an infra-red remote control.  Make it scuttle across the floor in different directions or pit it against other models for a game of robot wars under the Christmas tree”

Click here for the full article on the Daily Express website

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