Tiny RC Tanks That Fight

Daniel Rutter writes "I've just reviewed a couple of Konami's Combat DigiQs - tiny little remote controlled tanks that can shoot each other. You can stage a two-, three- or four-tank battle, every tank for himself or in teams of two, on a coffee table. They rock."

Comments

WmD

[Anonymous Coward]

weapons of minute destruction?

Re:WmD

[blitzoid]

I hope these things don't get taken away due to a Small Arms Ban

The kids will love it

[Radi-0-head]

A playground sandbox, a few quarts of 10w40, and you've got your very own miniature Iraq to "liberate"!

Re:The kids will love it

[N0decam]

They'll also need a traditional green army man standing on a tiny pedestal that they can hook the tank up to with dental floss to "topple" the regieme.

If the tanks were a little bigger, they could pretend that the minesweeper guy is Geraldo, and drive him out of the country - finally give that minesweeper a purpose in life (other than to be melted by magnifying glasses)

Re:Awesome!

[Anonymous Coward]

nah you must be confused, that was gorilla.bas :)

Realism?

[obotics]

But do you actually get killed when your tank blows up? I really find the lack of realism in games these days to be disturbing.

Re:Cool!

[blitzoid]

I'm sure if kids are reading /., they're not playing with water balloons and apples - These kids are making potato guns that can smash through a brick wall.

Cats!

[drooling-dog]

If these fire actual projectiles (as opposed to just a light beam), then I want one for my girlfriend's cats!

Re:Cats!

[Captain Large Face]

Duh! Cats have no opposable thumbs! How the HELL do you think they're going to use a remote control?!

Re:And now for English

[Xerithane]

"Please enjoy yourself using this manual. And please utilize."

God Bless Engrish!

Procreation & Marriage Now Justifiable

[bedouin]

I was going to put off the kids thing a few more years, but I need a justifiable reason to spend $125 on these things. So, if there's any women out there who would like to get married and have my child soon there after, and also provide me with your Visa card so I can order these tanks (for are soon to arrive child), please send me a message.

Thanks

Re:Awesome!

[valkraider]

FINALLY!

"Stuff that matters."

The normal editors must be on vacation...

Re:3D Scorched Earth

[Glonoinha]

You always miss the first shot. In fact generally (Today's New Army as the standing exception) they don't even aim the first shot in real life. Just get your fire platform stable and with a good place to start from, let one rip, then figure out how far off you are, do some simple math, fire the second one (which should be MUCH closer), adjust, until you start landing shells where they are supposed to go. Then just keep pumping them down range.

You quickly get in pointed in the right direction and it becomes 2D again.

Helps to have RainMan on your team, though. Definately 38.7 degrees with 2.147 kilograms of powder. Definately. Practically 21 seconds to impact. They are definately not going to be happy when this bad boy lands on them. Definately.

Re:Those aren't toys!

[Mohammed Al-Sahaf]

The American claims are lies. The brave loyal men of the Republican Guard today destroyed 500 tanks. I myself crushed over 50 with my bare feet.

RC Tanks have been around for ages

[Gurezaemon]

Radio controlled tanks are nothing new - my neighbor had one 60 years ago.

He sat inside it, a radio signal came in, and in response to that message, he shot at Germans.