Hexbug Nano

I bought two Hexbug Nano for the grandbabies to play with when they come over.  Gentry slept over last night so I got the Hexbugs out.  One is black and the other is green.  I think the green one is a little faster.  The Hexbugs are eerily realistic and remind me of crickets.  They were crawling all over the counter and then jumping, and crawling all over the floor and under the door into the pantry, and then getting lost under the goodie cabinet and were out of control.  You should see them crawl across the keyboard of the computer...I really had to resist the urge to get the fly swatter out and beat the L out of them.  I knew they needed to be contained.  I got out a cookie sheet and the Hexbugs were so happy to be running on it.  They run into the walls and immediately turn and head in another direction.  They bump into each other and it doesn't even phase them.  They flop over on their sides and immediately can right themselves.

These are pretty amazing little pieces of technology.  We took them with us outside to dig in the flower garden, and they came along when we had lunch, and Gentry just found a new habitat for them in the lid of the taffy jar.  We have had to try them out on every surface we could find.  Hey, how does it work on my arm?  How about in your hair?  How about on the driveway?  Can they move in carpet?  Now we want to get 20.
http://www.hexbug.com/nano
Gentry just asked me "What if they were called Creepytrons?" He will have to design those.