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technabob.com - 10/23/2008

r/c boxing robots offer up a technical knock out

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These little toy robot kits from Japan do one thing and one thing only. They beat the crap out of each other. Tamiya’s Robocraft boxing robots come in a kit that’s easy enough to assemble if you know your way around a screwdriver. Each robotic boxer operates on a wired ...

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Next Generation Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
GEARFUSE — ... very much like the classic game, except you build the bots yourself. Sure, they might not look like “Bolt Crusher Bob” and “Gear Grinder Greg” but they’re just as fun. Each robot operates on a wired remote, not a joystick at the base of the platform. With just a simple adjustment, you can switch between two punch types: upper-cut and straight jab. You know you’re going to be using the upper-cut. After all, it’s what JCVD* would use. * - Jean-Claude Van Damme Link [ via ]

Robocraft Boxing Robots one up Rock'Em Sock'Em
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... Think of them as Rock'Em, Sock'Em Robots on wheels: Tamiya's constructable, DIY Robocraft boxing kit contains a contains a wired robot pugilist with only one function: to spurt hydraulic fluid, to knock servo-controlled blocks off, to see LED lights go dim under the bombardment of tin and plastic fists. Rather expensive, unfortunately. Two will run you back $67, which is about $47 more than is reasonable. Robocraft Boxing Robots [Tamiya USA via Technabob]