WowWee Robotic Bugbots - Robot Bugs

by Wow Wee

Product Features

• Set of 4 Bugs: Flapper, Zook, Skipper and Trax
• Arthropods that interact with you, and each other!
• Ultra-cool and collectible!
• Watch them "bug" each other! Speedy bump-N-go action!
• Ages 4 and up

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B001G4XFI8
• Item model number: 5111
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,504 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

Ultra-cool and collectible, Bugbots are the lastest robotic crawlies to join the WowWee family. Amaze your friends with this collection of life-like autonomous arthropods that interact with you, and each other! Bugbots are equipped with touch senors that make them come to life like real bugs! Bugbot with wheels has smooth, fast movements, Bugbot with treads can easily climb over obstacels, even other Bugbots! Ages 4 and up. 2 AAA batteries are required (not included)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this the Toy of the Year?, December 27, 2008

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T. Mixon - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WowWee Robotic Bugbots - Robot Bugs (Toy)

This is by far the best toy ever. I knew when I saw it that we were in for fun. The kids and adults love them. There are two fast bugs and two slower bugs that can climb over each other. There were a lot of laughs and screams as the bugs raced under chairs and back. I would keep them away from younger children. My 2 year old niece got her hands on one of the bugs and it no longer works. But this toy is do much fun that I would be happy to buy it again.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A whole lot of BUGGY fun!!, November 6, 2009

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Chelsea "Chelsea H." (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WowWee Robotic Bugbots - Robot Bugs (Toy)

I purchased this bugbot robot set for my 9 year old nephew and we have had a ton of fun with them. The two fast bugs can scurry around chasing the screaming little girls and two smallers can crawl over one another. Both adults and kids were having a blast with these bugs! I had a hard time finding them in stores and was glad to finally find that Amazon is carrying them!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Battery eating bugs, November 30, 2009

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K. Grecu (California) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: WowWee Robotic Bugbots - Robot Bugs (Toy)

These bugs are pretty fun to watch and my kids were at first delighted with them. However, "robotic" and "interact" seem like big words for a wheeled bug that turns when it runs into a wall. There are 2 main problems with the toy: 1)If you let the bugs run around your kitchen or hallway (they don't work well on carpet, especially not the fast ones) they invariably end up getting stuck in a corner and just quietly run out of battery. My 3 and 5 year old would not bother going looking for the toy (out of sight, out of mind) and unless I found it and turned it off within a short time, the batteries (3 AAAs per bug x 4 bugs) were drained. That is a lot of batteries to replace for what really is one toy!! 2) The wheels of the fast bugs spin very fast and the tiniest blockage will make the wheels spin at different speeds, making the bug go in circles. One of the fast bugs got a hair wrapped around it's axle and although I was able to remove pretty much all of it, it never ran straight again. After 3 days of frustration, I stopped replacing the drained batteries and we've never played with them again and no one misses them.