![]() ![]() ![]() It did take me some time to put it all together. ![]() Setting up the arena will likely require an adult to do it as assembly of the walls onto the fold-out game board and plastic panels is not very easy. This awesome looking Battlebots Arena includes four side walls, two regular corners, and two corners equipped with push activated pulverizing hammers! Smash your opponent with that hammer! This action packed arena is the perfect place to pit the world’s most notorious robots against one another! It is suitable for aged eight and above. However, you can use this to your advantage by flipping them over and letting them throw themselves into the pit or out of the arena if applicable.Hexbug Battlebots Arena recreates television’s favourite metallic war-zone, BattleBox. If you're trying to flip them, make sure they have no opportunity to spin up at all as that is what allows them to self right. Stay back, spin up, then go in for the possible flip as this disc has more power than the stock Witch Doctor or Matilda. twopennymilk 8908 (Witch Doctor Version).Count's Robotics (Witch Doctor Version).OrangeDoseOverJuice (Witch Doctor Version).(Optional) Add clear plastic to the open top cavities instead of traditional top plates.Make the panels out of spare cardboard or card stock and color them accordingly.Paint the disc if it wasn't already the color you wanted.Glue a set of LEGO L-Brackets to the existing vertical spinner section.Sand what's left of the front down to size.(WARNING: You will want to be extremely careful with this step as you do not want to compromise the control board.) Desolder the flipper module from the control board.(Note: You might have to use eBay depending on where you are due to the fact that Hexbug does not officially distribute Matildas to the US.) Build the body around the current assembly.Put spacers on the ends of the axle so it stays in.Run an axle through the top hole in the brace and put the weapon on with spacers.Glue the braces to the top lexan panel where it ends at the solid part.Glue a small LEGO pulley to the gear on the weapon motor (ideally the same size as the gear).Lately, World of Woodrow has made a similar version using a Hexbug Matilda and the same tactics. Aftershock is a kitbash made with a Hexbug Witch Doctor V1, these files, some LEGO, and cardstock. ![]()
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