Laser tag is sweet. R/C helicopters are sweet. When you combine the two only good things can happen. That’s why I’m pretty amped about the news that a Chinese toy maker has armed its new R/C chopper with an IR transmitter and sensor, allowing for two to have laser dogfights in midair. If one gets hit, its power gets cut, sending it crashing to the ground. Cold blooded!
These things don’t have U.S. distribution yet, which is a crime. Let’s make it happen, toy industry! Me wantee!
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NightCabbage
May 16, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Sorry, but that product is in fact the Silverlit PicooZ – an infra-red R/C helicopter that has absolutely nothing to do with a laser tag whatsoever :)
(I checked the product page out too, same thing)
You can buy the PicooZ at many toy stores and websites around the globe.
Perhaps you should become a toy designer? That laser tag thing sounded kinda cool ;)
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May 16, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Hmmm… I get the feeling Adam has heard about one thing and then linked another. Or just got very confused and, as you say, he’s come up with something that would be totally sweet.
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May 16, 2007 at 11:25 AM
They have them in australia. been around for couple months. they come in three colours; blue, red and yellow, there are three different channels. infra-red transmitter means it can be obscured quite a bit before you loose transmission. pretty cool. cheap and small and only take about an hour to master. and yes, they are boxed as PicooZ. the controller can switch channels so you can highjack opponent :). takes 6 AA batteries and you charge the lithium battery in helicopter from the remote.
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