A robot toy buying guide
Nintendo's cardboard Labo system sounded crazy at first, using craft supplies to make toys that work with the Switch's Joy-Con controllers. The Labo Variety Kit impressed us greatly, showing just how clever Nintendo can be when it's at its best, and offering loads of opportunity for kids to experiment and learn about engineering and programming. The Variety Kit was launched alongside another Labo product, the Robot Kit. Unlike the Variety Kit, the $79.99 Robot Kit doesn't walk you through building a selection of Toy-Cons with different game modes. Instead, it focuses on a single cardboard robot suit, and builds on it. However, at $10 more than the Variety Kit, the Labo Robot Kit ultimately feels a lot less substantial.
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Building a Robot
The Labo Robot Kit includes a game card with the Labo Robot software and a box full of all of the cardboard, cords, straps, and tape you need to build the robot suit Toy-Con. To get building, you need to load the Labo Robot game into your Switch and access the first of its three main game modes: Make.
Make walks you through every step of building the robot Toy-Con. It's a long, complicated process with many steps and dozens upon dozens of different pieces of cardboard folding and fitting together. Every step is clearly defined and animated, showing each individual piece and crease in the process. You can fast forward, rewind, rotate, and pan around each step, which is helpful if you want to make sure you're doing everything correctly and the default camera angle doesn't show you what you want to see for a step. It's a very direct, clear set of instructions kids can easily follow.
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The Labo robot suit consists of a visor and a backpack. It took me about three hours to put everything together, which is in line with Nintendo's estimate of three to four hours for construction. Like the Toy-Cons in the Labo Variety Pack, the Robot Toy-Con consists almost entirely of cardboard, with some nylon cords and straps, plastic grommets, and reflective tape. The cardboard pieces are perforated and precut, popping easily out of their cardboard sheets. The perforations also make folding everything as directed very easy, and I didn't have any issues with tearing, dangling cardboard, or otherwise ruined pieces when building it.
It's a clever piece of engineering, like the more complex Variety Pack Toy-Cons. The cardboard backpack, once assembled, contains four sliding pistons weighed down by stacks of cardboard and connected to four cords that come out of the top of the pack. These cords end in two handles (to control the robot's hands) and two looped nylon foot straps (to control the robot's feet).
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Swinging your arms and stomping your feet makes its respective piston move up and down, which translates to movement on the screen through the right Joy-Con's infrared camera. The right Joy-Con slides into the back of the backpack and constantly watches the pistons, which have strips of reflective tape on them. As it sees the different strips move up and down, it tells the Labo Robot game on the Switch to move the associated robot limb. This is all done with the camera, without any physical buttons or motion sensors. It's a testament to the cleverness of Nintendo's design, and impresses us just like the piano Toy-Con does in the Variety Pack.
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Building a Robot
The Labo Robot Kit includes a game card with the Labo Robot software and a box full of all of the cardboard, cords, straps, and tape you need to build the robot suit Toy-Con. To get building, you need to load the Labo Robot game into your Switch and access the first of its three main game modes: Make.
Make walks you through every step of building the robot Toy-Con. It's a long, complicated process with many steps and dozens upon dozens of different pieces of cardboard folding and fitting together. Every step is clearly defined and animated, showing each individual piece and crease in the process. You can fast forward, rewind, rotate, and pan around each step, which is helpful if you want to make sure you're doing everything correctly and the default camera angle doesn't show you what you want to see for a step. It's a very direct, clear set of instructions kids can easily follow.
Also check the programmable robot kits for beginners
The Labo robot suit consists of a visor and a backpack. It took me about three hours to put everything together, which is in line with Nintendo's estimate of three to four hours for construction. Like the Toy-Cons in the Labo Variety Pack, the Robot Toy-Con consists almost entirely of cardboard, with some nylon cords and straps, plastic grommets, and reflective tape. The cardboard pieces are perforated and precut, popping easily out of their cardboard sheets. The perforations also make folding everything as directed very easy, and I didn't have any issues with tearing, dangling cardboard, or otherwise ruined pieces when building it.
It's a clever piece of engineering, like the more complex Variety Pack Toy-Cons. The cardboard backpack, once assembled, contains four sliding pistons weighed down by stacks of cardboard and connected to four cords that come out of the top of the pack. These cords end in two handles (to control the robot's hands) and two looped nylon foot straps (to control the robot's feet).
Don't miss the robot toys for adults
https://www.robottoyonline.com/robot-toys-for-adults-fun-companion-like-no-other
Swinging your arms and stomping your feet makes its respective piston move up and down, which translates to movement on the screen through the right Joy-Con's infrared camera. The right Joy-Con slides into the back of the backpack and constantly watches the pistons, which have strips of reflective tape on them. As it sees the different strips move up and down, it tells the Labo Robot game on the Switch to move the associated robot limb. This is all done with the camera, without any physical buttons or motion sensors. It's a testament to the cleverness of Nintendo's design, and impresses us just like the piano Toy-Con does in the Variety Pack.
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