Nothing like full-on tank warfare to release the pent up frustration from waiting in line all day to acquire an iPhone, right? The remote controlled VS Tanks kit consists of two infrared-enabled machines, two controllers (that eerily resemble those on the Atari Jaguar, to be honest), and a battlefield. Each tank sports a rotating turret, a sweet "super spin" move for times when only a spray 'n pray maneuver will do, a machine gun, and flashing LEDs to show when you've been hit. Each unit fires out AirSoft pellets and can be equipped with an "action cam" to record the carnage for future viewing, and while the £50 ($100) set may cater to the younger crowd, even the suits can't deny the rush experienced when gunning your opponent down on the field. Peep a demonstration video after the break.
you guys are crazy. the iPhone posts attract more readers. all of the non-iPhone related posts this week (the 3 or so that there were) were extremely boring relative to the iPhone posts. weirdos....
Relax. They know they've had a freakish amount of iPhone stories. It's become a joke at this point, which is why they keep mentioning it in almost every story. Calm down, man.
mY UNCLE BOUGHT A LARGER MODEL OF THE m2 FROM cHINATOWN. It shoots the small airsoft pellers from a machine gun and large soft head darts from the turret. Very fun!
Oh, man. You need to start using a keyboard layout without the caps lock key. www.colemak.com Not to promote an unrelated site, but... they don't make any money off of it anyway. Public domain. Happy user, ~60 wpm. Just my $0.02/ 2¢ /€0.01. Gotta love those special characters, too.
the vstank.com site is pretty vague, but it suggests that battle is done using infrared. No mention of airsoft pellets. I think the author of this piece just *had* to find something that he could relate to the iPhone. Lame.
The tanks do look like a fun time though. I like the 6 interchangeable bands.
You people having a hissy fit about iPhone news are getting moronic, all you have to do to avoid the news is scroll the page up. And engadget was nice enough to give you a iPhone free feed, so stop winning about it! Besides, it's not like you can truly aoid iPhone news this week anyway, even local news station are reporting about it!
Hey, anyone remember the "mini car" fad from a few years back, you know those tiny little remote controlled cas?
well, Takara has made mini remote controlled tanks that do EVERYTHING these do since 2002!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the digiq tank, I have had mine for three years already. whats more? The digi q tanks are smaller and cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU FAIL AGAIN ENGADGET!!!!!
Unfortunately, they stopped making the Combat Digi-Q tanks a few years ago. Disappointing really--the design of the controller is much more friendly. (They also made little remote control monsters that were very similar to the tanks, but I couldn't find them anywhere *sigh*). The rechargeable batteries have crapped out on mine, so I'll need to solder new ones on if I want to play with them again.
I could never find the smaller VSTanks when I was in the market for them, so I can't really say anything about them.
Now, the larger R/C VSTank Pro models are rather nice, and come in three classes: one that fires rubber BBs, one that fires and can receive IR beams for play combat, and one that has an electronic muzzle flash.
I bought the Tiger I last year and I was impressed by the detail on the shell. Controls are very responsive and it's fun to play with. (And my roomie's cat hates it.) Two annoying things about it: 1. Sound effects are a bit cheezy and a little too loud (I recall that they were working on models where you could control the volume, however). 2. It requires 14 AA batteries!
Overall, I'm happy with it. I wish they made toys like this when I was growing up.
I just took a look at the Read link (where you can buy this), and it looks like someone badly misinterpreted the page. These things do NOT fire Airsoft pellets; that was an entirely different RC tank, further down the page in the 'Related products' section. Same thing with the "action cam", which is also completely unrelated to these things. So, to summarize, the tanks are just what you see in the video, with no real shooting and no cameras. Fix it, Engadget!
I don't want a remote control. I want bluetooth/ wifi, and real time video feed/control stream over ip. Then you could theoretically use AIs with these things, which I think would be sweet.. They could theoretically be used for evil... hmm. That's a pretty good deal, I'd that risk. But.. I'm a nerd.
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posted Jul 1st 2007 11:52AM
Can you control it via-iPhone?
"Nothing like full-on tank warfare to release the pent up frustration from waiting in line all day to acquire an iPhone, right?"
ugh. I thought I was reading the NON=-iphone feed.
unsubscribe for good
Unsubscribe indeed! The way Engadget has filled up everyone's mind with every single microscopic, insignificant, moronic iPhone detail is outrageous.
Bye bye.
you guys are crazy. the iPhone posts attract more readers. all of the non-iPhone related posts this week (the 3 or so that there were) were extremely boring relative to the iPhone posts. weirdos....
don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you
oh, almost forgot...
iPhone.
Relax. They know they've had a freakish amount of iPhone stories. It's become a joke at this point, which is why they keep mentioning it in almost every story. Calm down, man.
These look awesome (although unless I missed it, were they actually shooting airsoft pellets in the video?).
Just read the product description; they don't mention firing airsoft pellets either. Are you thinking of another set of RC tanks?
mY UNCLE BOUGHT A LARGER MODEL OF THE m2 FROM cHINATOWN. It shoots the small airsoft pellers from a machine gun and large soft head darts from the turret. Very fun!
Oh, man. You need to start using a keyboard layout without the caps lock key.
www.colemak.com
Not to promote an unrelated site, but... they don't make any money off of it anyway. Public domain.
Happy user, ~60 wpm.
Just my $0.02/ 2¢ /€0.01. Gotta love those special characters, too.
is this the 70's?
Where's the WMD?
Seeing as how the Jaguar mold found a new use for medical equipment, it wouldn't surprise me if the controller's mold found a new home too.
the vstank.com site is pretty vague, but it suggests that battle is done using infrared. No mention of airsoft pellets. I think the author of this piece just *had* to find something that he could relate to the iPhone. Lame.
The tanks do look like a fun time though. I like the 6 interchangeable bands.
Kick Butt!!! That is ausome! The old Atari Combat game can now be played FOR REAL!!!!
You people having a hissy fit about iPhone news are getting moronic, all you have to do to avoid the news is scroll the page up. And engadget was nice enough to give you a iPhone free feed, so stop winning about it! Besides, it's not like you can truly aoid iPhone news this week anyway, even local news station are reporting about it!
Hey, anyone remember the "mini car" fad from a few years back, you know those tiny little remote controlled cas?
well, Takara has made mini remote controlled tanks that do EVERYTHING these do since 2002!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the digiq tank, I have had mine for three years already. whats more? The digi q tanks are smaller and cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU FAIL AGAIN ENGADGET!!!!!
http://www.dansdata.com/digiqtanks.htm
(look at the date on the article)
Unfortunately, they stopped making the Combat Digi-Q tanks a few years ago. Disappointing really--the design of the controller is much more friendly. (They also made little remote control monsters that were very similar to the tanks, but I couldn't find them anywhere *sigh*). The rechargeable batteries have crapped out on mine, so I'll need to solder new ones on if I want to play with them again.
I could never find the smaller VSTanks when I was in the market for them, so I can't really say anything about them.
Now, the larger R/C VSTank Pro models are rather nice, and come in three classes: one that fires rubber BBs, one that fires and can receive IR beams for play combat, and one that has an electronic muzzle flash.
I bought the Tiger I last year and I was impressed by the detail on the shell. Controls are very responsive and it's fun to play with. (And my roomie's cat hates it.) Two annoying things about it:
1. Sound effects are a bit cheezy and a little too loud (I recall that they were working on models where you could control the volume, however).
2. It requires 14 AA batteries!
Overall, I'm happy with it. I wish they made toys like this when I was growing up.
Does anyone know what/where to get those CD interlocking joints? That's just perfect for an RC car/tank obstacle course for the kids (and me).
It looks like those CD joiners are included in the kit. If not then there's just some spare bits of plastic included. Maybe for tank repairs.
Those are sweet, I could have endless fun with RC tanks.
I just took a look at the Read link (where you can buy this), and it looks like someone badly misinterpreted the page. These things do NOT fire Airsoft pellets; that was an entirely different RC tank, further down the page in the 'Related products' section. Same thing with the "action cam", which is also completely unrelated to these things. So, to summarize, the tanks are just what you see in the video, with no real shooting and no cameras. Fix it, Engadget!
I don't want a remote control. I want bluetooth/ wifi, and real time video feed/control stream over ip. Then you could theoretically use AIs with these things, which I think would be sweet.. They could theoretically be used for evil... hmm.
That's a pretty good deal, I'd that risk. But.. I'm a nerd.