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  • Gears of War: The children's toy  . Toys, Gears of War 3, Gaming, ToyFair2012, Meccano 0

    Gears of War: The children's toy

    TOY FAIR 2012: Where's my Lancer? 24 January 2012 15:00 GMT

    Meccano is set to launch a new range of toys based on the popular Gears of War 3 games on the Xbox 360 aimed at 8-year-old kids.

    In a move that will no doubt outrage Daily Mail readers and parents across our fair land, kids will be encouraged...

  • Mechatars: Bossa Nova's new batch of robot warriors. Toys, Robots, Mechatars, Meccano, Toyfair2011, Bossa Nova,  0

    Mechatars: Bossa Nova's new batch of robot warriors

    TOY FAIR 2011: PC and Robot meet 27 January 2011 10:51 GMT

    Bossa Nova Robotics is continuing its push into robots in 2011 with a range of robots called Mechatars.

    Following on from the company’s robot division’s previous attempt Prime-8, the new Mechatars, that incidentally go by names...

  • Prime-8: The fastest bi-ped robot in town

    Prime-8: The fastest bi-ped robot in town

    Run Forest run 29 January 2009 11:00 GMT

    A new robotics company, Bossa Nova robots, is hoping to steal Wow Wee's thunder this Christmas with the launch of what it is claiming is the fastest bi-ped robot around.

    The new bright yellow Gorilla, called Prime-8 (see what they've...

  • "Meccano on steroids" Berg Moov kit to launch

    Build your own go-kart, scooter, carver and trike 15 May 2008 16:26 GMT

    Effectively a huge Meccano-on-steroids kit, the Berg Moov comes with instructions for building four vehicles -­ a go-kart, scooter, carver and trike.

    As well as work from the instructions for the four included designs, you can also create...

  • CES 2008: Meccano launches three new Spykees. Gadgets, Dad, Toys, Robots, CES2008, Meccano 0

    CES 2008: Meccano launches three new Spykees

    Cell, Miss and Vox get US launch 8 January 2008 22:18 GMT

    Meccano has launched three new models of "Spykee" their Spy Robot, at CES.

    Spykee "Cell" can be controlled via a mobile phone using Bluetooth.

    Cell moves, sees and takes pictures, its head is motorized, and features voice transformation...

  • Preview of Spykee, the spy robot from Meccano . Gadgets, Robots, Toys, PC World, Meccano 0

    Preview of Spykee, the spy robot from Meccano

    Spykee is gonna robo-rock your world 10 July 2007 8:02 GMT

    The Spykee spy robot from Meccano has recently been revealed as coming soon to PC World's forthcoming robot mini stores.

    As regular Pocket-lint.co.uk readers will know, we don't hide our love of robots here, so we thought we'd take a quick...

  • Meccano Spyke gets price and release date. Gadgets, Robots, Meccano, Dad 0

    Meccano Spyke gets price and release date

    £200 and not coming till September 25 February 2007 16:37 GMT

    Gizoo has announced that it will be selling Mecanno's new robotic set Spyke, but robotics fans keen to get their hands on the new Lego's Mindstorm competitor will have to wait until September.

    In an attempt to build up a frenzy of pre-orders,...

  • More Meccano Spyke robot details emerge. Gadgets, Robots, Meccano, Dad 0

    More Meccano Spyke robot details emerge

    Wi-Fi enabled and Skype ready 25 January 2007 21:07 GMT

    Mecanno has announced more details of its robotic set Spyke announced earlier this month at CES in Las Vegas.

    The robot, which we suspect will be a direct competitor to Lego's Mindstorm set will connect to your computer via a Wi-Fi connection...

  • CES 2007: Meccano follows Lego with robotic toy. Gadgets, Toys, Robots, Meccano, Dad 0

    CES 2007: Meccano follows Lego with robotic toy

    Build your own robot 12 January 2007 11:12 GMT

    At CES 2006 it was Lego who stole the march with its NXT Bluetooth-enabled robotic building blocks, this year contruction efforts go to Mecanno's American arm, Erector.

    The company has announced it will be launching Spyke, a robot that...

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