BATTLEBOTS Duck! & Rotator Hexbug Rivals Set Review | Votesaxon07

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[@thermidor2595]

That intro is the best thing I have seen in a while. and I'm so glad this review is out, your basically the only person I trust for my quality reviews.

[@eunosmedia90]

Top gear intros usually mean a good video

[@cesargloripaws6186]

soooo glad you made the video everyone else is saying these are great but i didnt think they were as good and im glad you were honest and said what we were all thinking awesome review 🙌

[@luissantiago5163]

Thats so cool! Awesome.

[@charlie.hubbard5463]

Glad to have been of assistance Stephen! Was terrified something would’ve gotten lost in postage so it’s a huge relief to see these arrived safely!

[@KhaoticRobotics]

I did a bit of looking at duck and I noticed that it could be possible to make it rotate a full 360 degrees if you sanded down and removed the notches that block part of the arm. Wouldn’t fix its lifter issues but it could make it more realistic if it worked out.

[@travispenney290]

Gluing the slip gear might fix the lifter, once the nubs were gone, The slip gear is there so the gears don't get stripped on the arm stoppers on the bottom. Remove the nubs and make the gear solid seems like it would become a full lifter. Just from a quick look, its what I noticed. The problem might be if you get the arm stuck the gears might strip

[@KhaoticRobotics]

Travis Penney somebody tried glueing the gears and it still didn’t work

[@travispenney290]

@@KhaoticRobotics ya you dont gain much there might be a 10% gain from gluing the gears. You basically can flip everyone, but bronco and bite force. Which you still can but it's hard. You have to go from the side and push and lift at the same time.

[@Living_Murphys_Law]

I did it just by removing the screws on the sticky-outty bits between the wheels.

[@thebotbuilder]

I feel that these toys could've been awesome but certain circumstances really pulled it back. I feel going for a 360 degree lifter in DUCK and an undercutter in RotatoR wasn't the best choice considering the Covid 19 situation as both weapon types are very hard to get right, that and them seemingly having to stick to a yearly deadline seems to have harmed the product. I think they are both really good toys still but they seem flawed, I am not a business man nor do I know anything about making Antweight's but I fetch it would've been a better decision to have made simpler robots this year, something like Hypershock and Hydra as they've nailed how to make both vertical spinner and flippers, and pushed these back till the Covid situation had ended so they could spend more time working on them and refining how to do unundercutter's and 360 degree lifters, either that or they delay the toy. Either way though, giving the circumstances, I still think Hexbug did a fantastic job and I can tell a lot of effort went into them.

[@ECHOCHAMBER.BAMBI.]

yep

[@samm_4240]

Good to know that I wasn’t the only one having problems steering rotator. I’ll test it out upside down. Cool video, thanks!

[@itsbowedfan]

I imagine cobalt getting a toy

[@kilijshark7667]

They need to do SOW and Lockjaw!

[@MarkSW]

I do agree with you Stephen, they do look like they've been rushed and I think HEXBUG could've done better if they took their time. Great review. Robots I'd like to see them make are SawBlaze, Hydra, Quantum and RailGun Max.

[@Peepyscrewup]

I'm very confident for cobalt, as the big middle wedge that is hinged could be a removable piece, not sure what other panels could be removable.

[@MarkSW]

@@Peepyscrewup If they did do Cobalt, you could customise it to make it look like Aftershock.😉

[@robobotic7741]

I love the top gear intro two of my favorite things in one

[@ohlookasquirrel4942]

I am so going to work on my channel to make it any where even close to this good> I also have a lot of high end collectables and fan art and have many of the same fandoms as Vote Saxon. Keep up the good work Stephen

[@justinp8234]

I have rotator and duck and my rotator spins extremely fast I wonder why yours doesnt.🤔 With duck I changed the batteries and the lifter was a lot stronger and I won battles with duck too. 👍

[@bulbabrayplays]

Duck is great it can lift bots if you drive forward while lifting Also there was this little piece on the bottom of rotator I cut it off “the piece was to make it not wabble when driving” I’d on not care if it shakes so it Is not on mine anymore he drive and turns great now

[@chefboiarby304]

I've heard you can take apart Duck and cut off the blockers on the arma that prevent it from going the full 360. Also, once I get a *functioning* 3D printer, I plan to make the alternate bars and armor configurations for Rotator (the anti-vert armor will not be possible to replicate, but using the anti-horizontal armor upside down can work similar to Huntsman from King of Bots).

[@voxhumana-qt4ki]

where's this blocker?

[@chefboiarby304]

@@voxhumana-qt4ki It's just a little bit of plastic at the base of the arm that hits a ridge in order to prevent Duck from doing the full 360. I think the point of it is so that Duck's lifter doesn't go to far down, but that happens anyway.

[@voxhumana-qt4ki]

@@chefboiarby304 ok?

[@k-dogstudios827]

Now that these have been released, let's all start taking notes for the next rivals set, personally I would love either. Lockjaw & End Game Black Dragon & Lockjaw Son Of Whyachi & HUGE Hypershock & Valkyrie Hydra & Death Roll Quantum & Cobalt Please let me know what you guys think?

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

No love for Sawblaze?!

[@k-dogstudios827]

Votesaxon07 well Sawblaze is a good robot as well, I won’t deny that and the big question is would HEXBUG be able to do that particular bot?

[@InfernoXXXBloodToure]

@@Votesaxon07Reviews I really care for Sawblaze ;D. And I also had a wishlist for my hexbug battlebots RCs that I really want to see in the future in my persona... LockJaw, Hydra, Son Of Whyachi, BloodSport, Fusion, MadCatter, & Nightmare.

[@royalpayn4089]

id be down for Son of Wyachi and Copperhead

[@jimmcmannis3652]

How about Swamp Thing and Chronic. I know probably 98 or 99% of Battlebots fans do not know these robots, but they fought in 2015 as a demo fight, which is a fight where they prep the camera angels and get ready for the next season of Battlebots. I think Swamp Thing competed at Battlebots Proving Grounds with a new design recently, but Chronic has never appeared again. I just think it would be hilarious if they made those two next and everyone was confused.

[@nodsib]

Wish I had seen this before I ordered the set, I honestly thought it was broken when I couldn’t get it to lift and it made that noise. Looks like that pair of gears could be glued together to prevent them slipping or a stiffer spring installed to make them stay together with more force, but I think that the bigger problem is that little motor just doesn’t have the torque to lift an opponent. If anyone comes up with a fix for Duck! let me know, would love this set if Duck could actually lift/flip opponents

[@whizkidbricks9740]

I get your point with the rotator options. And I agree

[@54GrantC]

Hi we had issues with our rotator, it made gear grinding sounds specifically on the weapon and for whatever reason that made it drive horribly. After checking the internals out, I didn’t see any damage anywhere. So I I used some very light household oil/grease on all the gears and it made rotator the BEST bot out of all the Rivals. Drives perfectly and the weapon is fast and powerful! I’m tempted to lubricate all the gearing in each bot after the difference this made on rotator.

[@teamtinyhands8086]

Hi Stephen, another great video! I 100% agree with everything you said especially with Duck! possibly being built upside down. That made me laugh. I do have a question about the remotes however. Because this pack’s remote has 2 buttons for the weapons, do you think future toys are now going to incorporate the 2 button design (such as whiplash’s lifter spinner thing or quantum’s crusher) but the caveat being the older toys are now “leff behind” and incapable of sharing the 2 button remote with the future toys?

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

I hope so, Hexbug are always pushing for new innovative ideas and I think whatever has happened here has put them on the backfoot a bit. I'm hoping the Rotator set up is the exception not the rule. Would love to see dual weapon controls in future, would be a very cool idea for toys that are already so advanced.

[@jamieking4892]

Great review #bringbackrobotwars

[@jhrshowoff4634]

I wonder how strong the lifter for duck woul be if they gave it a direct drive.. Or something similar to s1 witch doctor.. And have the lifter also be powered by 1 motor on each end

[@MattyS02]

FYI the top disk on Rotator can be knocked off during a battle. My girlfriend and I were playing and she took the top disk straight off with Witch Doctor V2. I was super surprised it happened given that they're clipped on pretty tightly, but man it looked awesome!

[@bluenugget5658]

0:17 is my favorite part

[@DeaconGT3103]

The official duck team made a video on how to fix the issue with ducks lifter.

[@attackrobotics7009]

Ok here is what I think. So you can mod DUCK! so it can lift with ease, and rotator is one of my favorite bots, but the drive is key to the bot. Besides that these look amazing and rotator looks powerful. Anyways a good but not great set, even with 2 of my favorites.

[@ohlookasquirrel4942]

I wonder if they will ever bring these out again with the faults fixed ?

[@JoaHosoi]

GOO DUCK!

[@Blitzooooooooooooo]

“During ba’’le” British

[@BellyLover06]

I wonder if maybe the marketing change for Junk Bots affected how the toys were produced? We were originally supposed to get Whiplash this year and given how Junk Bots were new, they probably spent more focus there.

[@Davidofsmeg]

I might just stick with my DUCK! for now. it might crap out after 2 minutes but it can perform the 360 at least

[@chefboiarby304]

Does cutting off those blockers pose any new issues with Duck?

[@StanleyV64]

I wouldn't mind if it took 2 years, as long as they made them really good.

[@kylegrunert22]

Does anyone know if it’s possible to have 4 bots controlled by a each of their own remote? I tried it out and seems like the remotes that are different channels seem to control the same bot still

[@jdixon390]

Mine has just literally arrived

[@Yunone]

Like with the Bill and Ted review, contender for the Bottom Five toys of the year? Also speaking of that review, I saw a Doc Brown figure in it during the size comparison. Get on with that ASAP, Stephen!

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

It'll be a tricky list this year that's for sure. I might get around to it if I have the time... (get it?)

[@Yunone]

@@Votesaxon07Reviews ba dum tss! Also, guess how many likes the Bill and Ted review got. 69, dudes!

[@sag4186]

@@Votesaxon07Reviews maybe If you have a another rotator and duck you can turn them into 008 from this is fighting robots and breaker box from BattleBots for your next episode of antweight anarchy

[@Peepyscrewup]

The wheels for my rotator could barely touch the ground! Rotator is the worst performing hex bug I have. I contacted hexbug and they sent me a fixed rotator by cutting down the little nub cylinder, now my rotator can finally move! Now more people who get rotator can see what I mean.

[@carribob1992]

So that explains why mine had issues with movement. I ended using a nail file to sand the rear caster thingie down, now it moves pretty well.

[@eishiba3916]

My old bio hazard and diesector were the same. They were fun to play with but neither one really had a useful weapon. Biohazard arm wasn't strong enough to lift anything and diesectors jaws did clamp but it wasn't like you could take the opponent to the hazards. The look great and are fun to play with if you like bum rushing all the time with no weapons.

[@LaSnek]

A bit late.But the duck team have made a video on how to improve the hexbug duck.

[@Spencezilla_]

Bless you 3:41

[@juanitavilla3433]

(THIS IS MY MOMS COMPUTER) do a battlebot and robot wars seris that has the bots battle in a tournament

[@micahadeyemi4663]

Oh. Yeah

[@eunosmedia90]

My only issue with duck is that mine does not track straight so its impossible to use cause when you press forward it spins in a circle smh

[@micahadeyemi4663]

Yes. Is. Good

[@youareanidio1]

HexBug needs to make Hazard because Hazard is one of the other battlebots

[@BigEOT3]

As good as these are, I think I’ll stick with just making robots with LEGOs. Even if the colors don’t match up if you don’t have the pieces, it can be fun to try to recreate some robots or make your own inspired by robots that HexBug hasn’t made yet.

[@captainercoupe2016]

Lot's of people complain they are made cheaply and don't last long.

[@heathernaistus5021]

Real sad duck,s lifter is

[@travispenney290]

Got my hands on duck, does anyone else think that if they glued the clutch gear and got rid of the 2 nubs on the bottom it would be a full lifter and be able to spin 360 degree's? I believe the clutch is there so kids don't strip the gears on the little nubs. And the nubs are only there so the blade resets and doesn't go to far and lift the front up, ease of operation for kids. Any experts think the same thing?

[@chefboiarby304]

I think so too. I'm debating if I should cut off those useless blockers since Duck can get high centered anyway.

[@travispenney290]

@@chefboiarby304 I also think the blockers are there because its only front wheel drive. Its the only reason without the blockers it would be to hard to drive for kids. If it was 4 wheel drive there would be no blockers cause you could still drive it. And the clutch on the lifter if there just to stop kids front stripping the gears on the blockers. I'm planning on gluing the gear connected to the spring and removing the blockers here soon. When i get some time.

[@nodsib]

Did you try gluing that yet? I got this set not knowing that Duck couldn’t lift another bot, I just assumed if they were going to make a lifter bot it was going to be able to lift, lol. Another option would be a stiffer spring to not allow the gears to separate, but even so I don’t think that little motor has the torque to lift an opponent

[@travispenney290]

@@nodsib yes I glued the gear and it does help, the issue with duck is the slop in the gears. Even if you put more volts through the bot with a higher powered batteries the gears start to slip on themselves, not stripping just to much slop. I have 2 ducks one nodded and one not. The nodded duck can flip people but it takes skill like the old bot biohazard. You have to lift and push and keep lifting.

[@nodsib]

@@travispenney290 Cool, good to know, I was wondering about adding a very light spring somehow to the lifter arm on the side that isn't driven by the motor so that there is always a very small amount of upwards tension, not enough to lift it on its own, but just enough to assist the motor slightly when going in the up direction

[@BLKBRDSR71]

QUACK!

[@gorrayguudon5099]

My rotator turns good

[@micahadeyemi4663]

Wow. So cool. My name. Is. Gergeous

[@BradleyBoy]

Have you ever tried rotating a duck?

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

THEY DON'T LIKE THAT!!

[@jackblackbourn]

Make sure you speak to Hal Rucker about duck, he’ll send you a mod kit to make your duck lifter, well...useful

[@ToastGhost]

If you head over to Duck’s KZbin channel they have. an awesome fix for Duck's lifter. It's a little fiddley but my duck can now lift and even carry all the other Hexbug BattleBots.

[@mr8I7]

Have you got a link please. Just checked his KZbin channel out and he hasn't posted in a few years on there?

[@ToastGhost]

@@mr8I7 My mistake, the video was on Duck’s official KZbin channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZmuaYZ8fLGWZsk

[@duckthebattlebot3545]

I've posted a how-to fix to add power to DUCK!'s lifter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZmuaYZ8fLGWZsk

[@AlexOfficialGamer]

Thank you

[@heathernaistus5021]

Duck,s beak is red

[@teamgoogleyeyes4871]

we need quantum and cobalt

[@Ducilios]

Man, the new duck on the the new season is way worse than the old one, and the old one was just a steel bar on weels.

[@benfisher4598]

Have you heard of the news that Cobalt won't be fighting this year and why?

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

I'm guessing it's american teams only due to the rona.

[@aloywizard6583]

Top Bot

[@teamxba]

Who do you think Hexbug are going do next Stephan?

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

SAWBLAZE 👏 SAWBLAZE 👏 SAWBLAZE 👏 But probably Hypershock and Whiplash

[@teamxba]

@@Votesaxon07Reviews interesting

[@micahadeyemi4663]

Have. You. Watch corn. And. Peg

[@notcheddar4050]

The rotator I own handles much better, something might be wrong with yours

[@royalpayn4089]

I own this set. Duck sucks. He can't even push bots. His only hope is jamming a weapon with the beak

[@clickslidebang1871]

My duck cant flip shit

[@megs8654]

got myself rotator and duck. rotator came with non working one wheel, and duck is weak and unusable. not even tryin tombstone and witch doctor from arena set... goin for refund. if u wanna just models of bots that work like "more interesting rc car" go for it. if u wanna actually fight ? forget it... they are too weak

[@lazyman1011]

Sadly they miss the chance and made a WISH edition.

[@hrucker008]

IMHO the flaws in DUCK! make it fun to play with. You can lift an opponent if you push them into a wall and lift at the right time. If the plow lifts the front tires, learning to adjust for that takes some skill. It’s zippy and fun to drive. Overall, in DUCK!’s defense, learning to win matches with it is more fun than just turning on a spinner and pointing the bot forward.

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

Well of course you're defending it Hal, every time one of these is bought you're getting a bit of money in the bank! 😆 If they made a little Push to Exit toy with a crap flipper that can't drive properly, I'd be singing it's praises from the rooftops as long as the royalities are coming in! 😅😅

[@duckthebattlebot3545]

@@Votesaxon07Reviews FWIW the builders make very little money on the toys.

[@Votesaxon07Reviews]

@@duckthebattlebot3545 All the more reason to want as many shifted from shelves as possible!

[@gregwhite8523]

I agree. People are acting like the real Duck! is some powerhouse flipper. It isn't. The toy has enough power to lift the front wheels up, if you time your drive, you can push the opponent wherever you like. Takes a bit of skill and practice, but it is actually one of my favourites due to the technique required.