16 Robot Gifts Under $20

[RoboGuy]

As a warm up for our annual robot gift story, here's alist of 16 tempting robot gift ideas that come in under $20.Perfect for the irritating coworker in cubical 13, or the littlenephew who won't be ready for the expensive stuff until next year.Let's start with a T-Shirt sporting aglowing Decepticon logosince Transformers was such a hit this year.Continuing with the this theme - duke it out with theseAutobotand Decepticon fighters,and watch this Megatronaction figure wield his arm-mounted fusion cannon!If you're looking for a desktop gadget with a robotic twist,check out this plush robot tissuebox,sum the universe with this 6-jointedrobot calculator,and trim your fingernails with this retro-robot pencilsharpener.Construction-oriented gifts includeDiscovery's motorized robot kit with light and sound,Kool Toyz Build-Your-Own Robot Kit with 47 pieces and a remote control,this refreshingly low-tech 6-piece set of wooden stacking robots,and this semi-bizarre Cranium Robot/Bug/Alien Mega Mask creation kit.One of the more sophisticated robots in this price range isWow Wee's Mini Roboquad, but other gadgets couldalso lead to some interesting brain fun including this radio controlled tarantula,and this sound-activated jungle robot that can walk along a cord.Finishing up the list is media includingBionicle Heroes for the XBox 360,a widescreen edition of the great Robots movie,and How to Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson.Whoops, I almost left out everyone's favorite, the 1966 classic Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots by Mattel - make it 17.

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