HEXBUGBattleBots Remote Control Witch Doctor

Bring out the child in you and get these bots by this company. Very well made and responsive to control. Only caveat is you cannot turn off the remote controller to save the button battery power. The bot can be turned off/on but by a button so once you push it try the remote and if it doesn't respond, it is off.Also - when received the button batteries were bad in the remote and had started to leak. Fortunately they did no harm and new batteries worked.

This is an older bot but was more powerful than some of our newer models. Destructive AF

Mine was listed as New for $19.95 and it arrived non-functional and likely was USED not new. I returned it. Otherwise I thought it was good looking and well made. A 2nd model (Minotaur) I got was new and worked perfectly and was fun to drive around so I know the Hexbug quality is there. As a licensed BattleBots toy I think it is a great product. Just wish mine was working. One point off for the "breakaway" parts not sitting solid enough on the body. I don't think the battles would last long head-to-head as one hit will make them fall off. I'd like to ram a few times before ending the fight.

We had such high hopes for these.My 6-year old son was so excited when he saw the box. I initially bought the 2-pack of Hypershock and Rusty. ONE (RUSTY) STOPPED WORKING AFTER ONLY AN HOUR. The other was unreliable with a poor connection after one day. Totally useless.Unbeknownst to me, my wife bought Witch Doctor for my son the next day. I was totally fine with that and thought we'd give another one a chance. Well, same story...only worse. This one came with a rusted battery terminal! -And it's brand new!! It won't even turn on (with new batteries).My son is completely disappointed. I guess this is an early lesson for him in how things can look so cool (with packaging and design) but be total junk as far as quality.You've been warned. Don't waste your money.

my kiddos(big and small) love this toy!! they have played with it for hours and hours. none of the issues that others have mentioned. i watched to pro tips video on you tube and it taught me the correct way to pair them to the remotes-so no issue there either!! Will be purchasing the other robots and the arena for christmas!! His weapon stopped spinning but was an easy fix. These guys are easy to take apart and trouble shoot. We took the smaller pieces and put them away unless we are all paying attention LOL they were lost(and found) the first battle!!

My son loves battlebots. He got some for Christmas and has been asking for more ever since. He checks every time we walk into a store with toys.This model must be older because it requires batteries for both the bot and controller. Upon arrival the controller batteries were dead and we had to find some of the little batteries for it.It seems to go though batteries quickly. Wish it had the microUSB port to recharge. Next time we will make sure they are the rechargeable bots.

Once you learn how to maneuver its so fun

Not sure about other people's reviews/experience, but what I received was exactly as stated in the description. It IS the remote control one that you can "battle" against other Hexbug BattleBots. See picture, pen for scale. My 9 yr old son loves the Battlebots TV show, so he really wanted these things. He loves battling it against the other bots. At $15.99 here on Amazon when I purchased it, compared to retail at Toys R Us, etc, its a clear steal!