What are Zibits? Learn more about these super remote control robots today. One of the best selling 2010 Christmas Toys.

2010 proved to be a great year for the Zibit! Due to the popularity of this toy, they became unavailable very quickly in the run up to Christmas and by December they were incredibly hard to locate in the stores, although could still be acquired by purchasing a playset that included a Zibit.

Zibits are small cool plastic remote control robotic toys (about 2 inches tall), that can move forwards and rotate 360 degrees. There are 12 distinctive Zibit models to pick from and every one has distinct appearance. All the Zibits have LED flashing lights and sound effects.

The twelve Zibits are named: Alpha, Clunk, Dex, Dinc, Gek, Go-b, Gunk, Scrapz, Shox, Spex, Sproc and Tank. These great toys are sold for around £10, so are ideal for Birthday or Christmas presents.

What's more, there are now a variety of playsets obtainable for the Zibits, the most popular being the 'Power Lab Playset', there's also the 'Lightning Ball Battle Arena', 'Zorr Mine Shaft' and 'Z-Crane'.

These robotic toys are fantastic for the kids, but the older generation can have great entertainment with them too. Several Zibits can be operated simultaneously as they function on varying frequencies, so they are terrific for racing around the room with friends and family.

Zibits are powered using 3 LR 44 coin cell batteries (supplied with the Zibit). A switch at the side of the head is used to turn the Zibits on / off, however they also automatically switch off when not used for a length of time.

Zibits possess three wheels in the base, one of which rotates 360 degrees and controls the route the Zibit Robot follows. These small guys do move fairly fast, and may take a an amount of time to adapt to controlling them correctly.

The Zibit Remote Control incorporates a small sized joystick type of controller that can simply be moved up and down, up makes the robot move forward, whilst down causes the robot to spin round. The sound effects emanate from the remote control when the joystick is employed to move the robot. The Zibit remote control needs 2 AAA batteries (that are not included).

We have been playing with the Zibits frequently for a couple of months now, without having to replace the batteries, and we've heard that they last for rather a long time.

Each Zibit package comes with a Zibit Robot, the Remote Control and Instruction sheet.