![]() I didn’t use the wires in my one, but perhaps it could be useful for something. I tried to save the wires of the doodad on the right-hand side, but failed and ended up cutting them off with the Dremel. I am sure you could use a very sharp knife, but the plastic is pretty strong, so you may end up cutting your way into the hospital emergency department. I used a marker to draw out what I was going to cut. Next, go to town on the cover with a Dremel, removing all the excess plastic. Desolder or cut them away from the board. The wires to the motors are attached to a small PCB, which you can see once you’ve opened it up. It takes a single screw to remove the lid, to get to the batteries and then another 3 to remove the top of the robot. Direction is changed by rotating the main body, using a second motor, which changes the disposition of the legs, changing the direction in which the entire robot moves. All the 6 legs are powered with a single motors. These Battle Spiders are mechanically really interesting. Ever since I saw these HEXBUG Battle Spiders, I’ve wanted to tear them apart and supply them with a more capable brain. If (document.This is a project I’ve had on the shelf for quite some time (2 years or so), and only just now finished up. Moves better on flat surface,moved too slow on rug, fun to also set up places for bugs to hide behind and come out blasting your opponent! Easy to maneuver and shoot laser from remote even for me who sometimes has trouble with toy remotes. Hex bugs walk like real spiders! Had fun battling each other with 6Year old son. I bought these for my grandson and he thinks they are the coolest think ever. It is a Christmas gift for my 10 year old grandson. ![]() I was impressed the came with an extra set of batteries, but the batteries that were in one bot were dead on arrival. My kids were very impressed with these bots.
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