Buy Lego Spybotics Shadowstrike S70 3808Lego Spybotics Shadowstrike S70 3808 Product Description:
- This 223-piece kit contains everything needed to build a spy robot
- The first thing to do is plug the CD-ROM into your computer and download the special features, training exercises and instructions
- A programmable controller allows you to customize the Shadowstrike with special features before starting on a mission
Product Description
The Spybotics game combines building toys with computer games for the ultimate in interactive fun. Shadowstrike S70 is a shadowy, agile robot with ultra speedy 3-wheel drive and pummeling arm action that's perfect for time-sensitive missions. Collect all four Spybotic robots and play with friends for multi-player action. Includes 223-pc. Shadowstrike robot, CD Rom software for Windows98/ME/XP, serial cable and remote control. PC and batteries required, not included. Ages 9 and up.
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81 of 82 people found the following review helpful.
Great introduction to robotics
By Zossima
The Lego Spybotics line is an easier and lower-priced introduction to robotics than the Lego Mindstorms series.
ABOUT SPYBOTICS PRODUCTSSpybotics contains four robots (so far). Each is designed to be strong in only one or two of the categories of speed, strength, and agility. That means that the user will have to learn how to capitalize on the vehicles strengths in a competition with other Spybotics vehicles.* Shadowstrike is a vehicle that scores high on speed and agility* Gigamesh scores highest on strength, but low on other* Technojaw is probably the most balanced, scoring quite high on speed but well on strength and agility* Snaptrax scores high on agility and strength
COMPARISON TO MINDSTORMSThere are several key differences with Mindstorms:* Mindstorms is far more programmable; there are even artificial intelligence algorithms available for Mindstorms so that the Mindstorms robot can learn* Mindstorms has more components that can be controlled: The program doesn't just control wheels; it can control gears and infrared sensors, etc.* Spybotics is like a smart remote control car, but not really a robot; it is also geared toward playing competitive games when a friend has another Spybotics vehicle* Unlike Mindstorms, but like most other Lego kits, you can only bid 2-3 different vehicles with the Spybotics kit
Because of its greater programmability (you could actually write your own operating system for it), Mindstorms costs a lot more.
PURCHASING RECOMMENDATIONI think this is a great product. If I was purchasing for an adult, though, I'd buy Mindstorms--which is used in college robotics classes. But, ANY OF THE SPYBOTICS PRODUCTS ARE A GREAT FIRST ROBOTICS EXPERIENCE FOR A CHILD.
33 of 37 people found the following review helpful.Very Cool
By A Customer
Bought this for my brother, who just turned 12. He loves it! It was fun for him to put together and loves the idea that you can program missions into it. The down side is you have to go to the website to get the instructions to put it together. You can't print them, so he had to sit in the family office and put it together, which wasn't as easy. However, now that it's together he loves running it around the house. It's like a remote control car made of legos! He hasn't put it down since. This toy is great for young boys (even older boys, my fiance helped my brother put it together and they had to wrestle eachother to play with it) and provides them with hours of entertainment. I would recommend it for children over 8 or 9 because it does require a little inginuity to put everything together. All in all, fun for the family. My mom and I even got to play with it!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.My son loves this toy and I love Legos!!!
By A Customer
We were disconcerted by the lack of printed instructions but a quick glance at lego's web site told us the instructions were on the CD. Running XP we had no problem installing the software. My 9 year old son who has put together a lot of complex lego projects had no trouble putting this together, too. Then he followed the on screen instructions and it worked like a charm. A couple of false starts in running missions were solved when he retraced his steps and saw what he had missed. I watched him do all this while I was busy with some other work. I was ready to step in and help if needed but that was completely unnecessary.I also bought a spybotics book on amazon which I look forward to reading. Maybe we can expand the frontiers of what the spybot can do.
BTW, we also the movie maker kit from Lego and had some trouble with its software but got email answers from customer support within 24 hours on the day after Christmas!
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