tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11529403567342565882024-03-13T05:17:51.050-07:00Electric FishHexBlog2012http://www.blogger.com/profile/00023902642862309620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152940356734256588.post-33440002753427497732012-01-06T15:04:00.000-08:002012-04-03T09:22:28.313-07:00HexBug<div style="text-align: center;">
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I am still a bit new to this blogging stuff and just making it up as I go along. Santa brought my son a set of Hex Bugs for Christmas and since then they just won't stop breeding.<br />
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We have nine at the moment, pictured below<br />
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Now these guys (and Gals, mind its hard to tell the difference) are simply mad on the Olympics.<br />
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They have organised 2 events so far. The 100 meters sprint and <a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-olympics-sumo-wrestling.html">Sumo Wrestling</a>. Now, we all know that Sumo Wresting isn't a real Olympic event, but its makes for a fun video <a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-olympics-sumo-wrestling.html">Click here</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">100 Meter Spint Starts Here.</span></div>
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The 100M sprint is split into 2 heats, with the top two countries going through to the final. We have a celebrity crowd for this event with the likes of Luke Skywaker, Harry Potter and Yoda. There are quiet a few others to spot.<br />
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Anyways, Videos links are below (If I get this next part right)<br />
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This is Heat One of the London 2012 Olympic100 meters sprint<br />
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And Heat Two of the London 2012 Olympic100 meters sprint<br />
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And Finally the Final of the London 2012 Olympic100 meters sprint<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Now, we have a few months until the big opening ceremony, so we are intending to hold quite a few more events up until that time.</span><br />
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We have lots of ideas for lots of videos, which will appear right here.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b>Complete and ready to watch </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-olympics-sumo-wrestling.html">Sumo Wresting</a> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-olympics-10m-high-dive-10m-high.html">10m Platform High Dive</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/olympic-village.html">Sneak Peek Inside Olympic Village</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-wars.html">ROBOT WARS</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-hive_28.html">Behind The Scenes</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.com/p/hexbug-olympics-marathon.html">The Marathon</a></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">NEW!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><a href="http://hexbugblog2012.blogspot.co.uk/p/olympic-rowing.html">Olympic Rowing</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> NEW !!</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Coming shortly </span></div>
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110M Hurdles</div>
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High Jump</div>
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Ice Hockey<br />
Long Jump</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">AND WATCH THIS SPACE FOR AWESOME NIGHT TIME EVENTS. </span></div>
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Hexbugs with LIGHTS. Below is just a test video to see if the concept works. AND IT DOES!!!!<br />
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We will be putting another video together shortly to show how easy this modification is.<br />
No soldering. No wiring and it only cost us 20 pence per bug.HexBlog2012http://www.blogger.com/profile/00023902642862309620noreply@blogger.com0