HexBug Contest: $6000 Reward

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Jeremytice

Cormier, they will be out late April 2007.

haha, yes jeremy is saw that. But i wanted a aprox date, to begin my mad search for this toy. You better stay away from the home RS's cuse i will conquer them.

[T3_1565]

This is one of those times that I wish USA included Canada lol

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by T3_1565

This is one of those times that I wish USA included Canada lol

Me too, but don't forget that there aren't any RadioShacks left in Canada anyway - they're all owned by Circuit City now.

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Me too, but don't forget that there aren't any RadioShacks left in Canada anyway - they're all owned by Circuit City now.

Crap.. Your right... Quick someone get the same contest up and running for "The Source" or " Curcuit City". lol

[Kims Robot]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

Dare I be the one to ask without researching it myself.... So what does a hexbug do exactly?

We need to post our video, but its even more hillarious to watch the bugs interact... I won one at the webhug, and we gave one to one of our students as the 148 sheet suggests... so we decided to see what they do together. They would run into eachother and back up and run away, bump into eachother and get stuck on the feet, it was too funny. Even better was when we put both of them sitting up across from eacother and the wiggled their way towards eachother and started dancing.

Basically the bugs just walk around and avoid things... similar to that cockroach video we saw, they just keep on going

[Vashts6583]

Hmm... Sounds interesting. I might get one for my dorm for next year. And if it happens to be the gold one, well, we probably would throw it into the BAA to distribute among all of its members. Any word on price?

[ChuckDickerson]

I stopped by my local Radio Shack on the way home from work today and they had the HexBugs on the counter right next to the cash register. They are $9.99 and the cashier said they got them in last Thursday. They only got one of each. I bought the yellow one and someone else had already bought the red one. And no, they didn't have he gold one.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

I stopped by my local Radio Shack on the way home from work today and they had the HexBugs on the counter right next to the cash register. They are $9.99 and the cashier said they got them in last Thursday. They only got one of each. I bought the yellow one and someone else had already bought the red one. And no, they didn't have he gold one.

Well i just got back from the local RS. I went there thinking i had a 98% chance of them not carryng anything. And i was correct, first the guy tried to look for it online, after me telling him it can't be done. I had him go to chief delphi.com and get the product number. Once that was establised, he did a mass search of stores for me. Around 1000 stores near my area and came up with 0.

So where did you get yours and what's the story behind this toy?

[Vince lau]

maybe its time to take a 2 week vacation and go Radioshack hoping across the US

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

So where did you get yours and what's the story behind this toy?

I found them in a small white cardboard display box (~12" x 12") on the counter right next to the cash register at the local Radio Shack in the mall in Vicksburg. Vicksburg is a pretty small town and we only have the one Radio Shack so I find it odd that we got them here before larger cities. I asked the cashier what they do and she said they just sort of walk around and if they bump into something or you make a loud noise like clap your hands they stop, turn, and continue on their way. The red one was already sold but the green, blue, yellow, and orange one were still there. She and I opened up the green one and played with it on the counter for a couple of minutes. I bought the yellow one for $9.99 and away I went. They are cute and fun to play with. We are having a summer camp this summer for junior high school students and are going to spend one day on robotics. I think we are going to get a bunch of these HexBugs to give to the kids to keep.

[Ashley Weed]

I went to my local Radio Shack and they didn't have them in stock yet. I asked to search the local area, and none turned up for the entire Tri-State area.

[Freddy Schurr]

When in late April?

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

I stopped by my local Radio Shack on the way home from work today and they had the HexBugs on the counter right next to the cash register. They are $9.99 and the cashier said they got them in last Thursday. They only got one of each. I bought the yellow one and someone else had already bought the red one. And no, they didn't have he gold one.

That's weird! I was just in Radio Shack and the guy told me they weren't even in the computer! Grrrr

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

That's weird! I was just in Radio Shack and the guy told me they weren't even in the computer! Grrrr

you need to have them search with the code. They just look online for what's in stock. it's sad, but o well.

[ChuckDickerson]

The HexBugs are now available at Radio Shack's website: http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2720169