Battlebots Arena

© 2016 Innovation First, Inc.
Smart Toy
Teaches: strategy, RC vehicles, robots

CTR Review

Load up on AAA batteries, pick up a tiny RC controller and try to smash your opponent, as you steer a fast-moving robot around a snap together arena. You don't actually break the other robot -- you merely knock the bumpers off. Each robot has different mechanics specifically designed to inflect different types of damage. The damage is measured by knocking panels off of the other robots. Besides being able to look inside your robots to see things like the gears and motors, there's little design involved with this kit. This is more about driving and strategy ... and perhaps searching for fresh batteries.