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Hexbug Bridge Battle

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...ductId=4270676

I'm kind of surprised at the lack of publicity for IFI's newest product... there's no mention of it anywhere on hexbug.com, and I certainly expected that somebody else would have started a thread on here by now.

In any case, it's awesome. They've finally started making standoffs to allow multi-tier habitats, and the battle bridge piece itself is very well-designed. The middle bowl is sloped just enough that a single Nano won't run off the edge by itself, but when two start fighting, one can usually push the other off. I'm really impressed at how well the Nanos can climb sloped tracks, too, though none of the pictures on the packaging actually suggest that you can do this.

Here's what I came up with by mixing the Bridge Battle set with a couple smaller habitats. I am now officially the coolest guy in the office.
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Re: Hexbug Bridge Battle

Keep an eye out on the airwaves and on HEXBUG.com Monday - there's more where that came from.

Glad you enjoy Bridge Battle!
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