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Re: Which spybotic set is best?
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Date: 
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:42:44 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes:
My birthday's coming soon (I'm 12) , and since there isn't much for my
parents to buy me from Lego that I don't have or detest, I might ask for a
Spybotic set. (I know, I'm mainly a space, pirate and castle fan.)
I'm interested in the new pieces and the programming- GO DAVE BAUM!
but I'm wondering whch one is 'best.'  I'm leaning twords Gigamesh, becouse
of the new gears, but I'm wondering what you guys think.

Gigamesh and Snaptrax have fewer parts but can handle some
pretty rough terrain. Shadowstrike and Technojaw have more steps and
a really cool secondary motion on the "hands" on either side of
the bot.

What do those 'hand's do?  On snaptrax and Technojaw, it seems to bump up
with the touch sensor, but what do they actually do?

They're all pretty cool, but I'd try Technojaw or Shadowstrike
if you're already a good builder. On the other hand, Gigamesh and
Snaptrax can climb pretty well.

The obvious outcome is to buy one from each of the pairs.... :-)

Cheers, Ralph

Thanks!

-JHK



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  Re: Which spybotic set is best?
 
(...) With Technojaw, each hand/jaw is coupled with the wheel of the same side -- The hand/jaw opens when the wheel turns backward, and closes when forward. The whole mechanism also serves as a front bumper, as you have observed. Very, very clever. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)

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  RE: Which spybotic set is best?
 
(...) Gigamesh and Snaptrax have fewer parts but can handle some pretty rough terrain. Shadowstrike and Technojaw have more steps and a really cool secondary motion on the "hands" on either side of the bot. They're all pretty cool, but I'd try (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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