A few weeks before my two daughters broke up for school holidays I began buying a few craft items and small toys to keep them occupied. I had heard quite a few positive things about Hex Bugs from general word of mouth and some lovely informative Dooyoo reviews, so decided to see what all the fuss was about. I headed to Amazon and was a little overwhelmed by the choice! There were Hex Bug Spiders, ants, crabs and inchworms, not to mention various packs to go with them. Each of these products wildly varied in price. I was a little unsure that my daughters would even take to these Hex Bugs so didn't want to go for anything expensive or overly - elaborate. It was then I ...  Read the complete review

We've recently had a few Hexbugs around the house, and I hadn't realised just how much fun they were until we actually started using them. The concept is of different types of bugs which are battery operated and run havoc around whatever arena or room you set them free in. The scarab and the spider are particularly exciting, but the standard Hexbug, and perhaps the one you should start with, is the nano. The Hexbug nano comes in a tunbe, a bit like a pod, and is very easy to get into. You just open the tube and out it comes. This is much easier than the larger Hexbugs which generally have that cabling tie stuff which makes it somewhat arduous to get out, ...  Read the complete review