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Date	Publication	Article	Full Story
5^th Jun 2013	Tech Life Australia
5^th Jun 2013	PC & Tech Authority
28^th May 2013	Popular Science
24^th Mar 2013	Nickelodeon		Link
8^th Mar 2013	Game Arena		Link
7^th Mar 2013	ABC News		Link
6^th Mar 2013	TheAge.Com		Link
4^th Mar 2013	Today Show		Link
20^th Feb 2013	Reuters		Link
18^th Feb 2013	Time for Kids		Link
16^th Feb 2013	Blue Peter		Link
13^th Feb 2013	Live with Kelly and Michael		Link
13^th Feb 2013	Popular Science Magazine	Best of Toy Fair 2013 Attacknids: Six-legged badass robots battling each other. Need to know more? Each robot stands 10 inches tall and has a head that rotates 360 degrees to aim its gun. The interchangeable blasters fire disks, darts, or balls, and plastic armor for each spidery leg flies off when it’s hit. After three direct hits to a plastic switch on the face, the robot shuts down. The electronics are in the robospider’s body, so it can wade through water and mud up to 3 inches high. Battles can last up to three hours on 6 AA batteries, and you control the bot with a wireless R/C handset. (Available fall, about $90) Popular Science also awarded Combat Creatures with their 'Best at New York Toy Fair 2013 Award'	Link
12^th Feb 2013	Mashable	Robots were a plenty at the 2013 Toy Fair in New York City, including one called the Attacknids from U.K.-based company Wow! Stuff. The remote controlled Attacknid robot moves with realistic spider-like motions and features a rotating head. It fires discs up to 30 feet and can be synced and controlled with other Attacknids when in game mode.	Link
12^th Feb 2013	Wired	Besides its nightmare-inducing size and walk, the Wow! Stuff Combat Creatures features interchangeable add-ons, including Bionicle-type heads, a dart shooter, and a disc thrower. Armor on the Combat Creatures' body and legs can be knocked off in bot-on-bot combat.	Link
11^th Feb 2013	PCMag.com	Combat Creatures combines the grace of robot spiders with the cerebral experience of shooting foam darts at things.	Link
3^rd Feb 2013	Trusted Reviews	Sure to become the bane of many a household pet, the Attacknid has fast become one of TrustedReviews’ favourite gadgets. It’s solid, well-made and it’s refreshing to play a great game that’s not confined to a screen. Attacknids also have longevity, one of the things most robot toys are not best known for, with owners telling us they still play with them months after purchase. 9/10	Link
1^st Feb 2013	Metro		Link
20^th Dec 2012	Late Show with David Letterman		Link
18^th Dec 2012	Sunday Times Ireland	Jaimie Mantzel, an eccentric American inventor, has a cult following on YouTube from his attempts to create a 12ft spider machine. When he unveiled a combat version of his creation for children in February, he got 2m hits in three days. The Attacknid, set to be one of this year's hottest Christmas toys, is a radio-controlled, six-legged battle bot featuring three removable weapons that fire projectiles 30 feet. It has a fully rotating head and armoured legs that blow off when struck by another Attacknid.	Link
16^th Dec 2012	Attacknids on Fox News		Link
14^th Dec 2012	City AM
14^th Dec 2012	Readers Digest	"These ten-inch, remote-controlled robots are the nearest you'll get to running your own army with your pocket money. They fire missiles up to 30 feet, have armour that flies off when hit by another robot and shut themselves down after three impacts, so you can make them fight to the (temporary) death."	Link
4^th Dec 2012	This Morning		Link
3^rd Dec 2012	The Gadget Show		Link
3^rd Dec 2012	The Gadget Show	"These newly launched arthropods from Wow! Stuff are the coolest remote control toys we've ever seen - and perhaps the most violent too. Not only do they totter along like crabs, but they fire plastic discs up to 30 feet from a spinning 360 degree cannon. Brilliant fun, especially if you can get more than one in the room at the same time."	Link
2^nd Dec 2012	Reuters		Link
1^st Dec 2012	C\|Net	"It's time for Robot Wars! These remote-controlled spidery robots have been specially designed to go head-to-head in battle. They can be rotated fully through 360°and have an impressive walking action that allows them to travel across uneven terrain -- much cooler than old-fashioned wheels."	Link
1^st Dec 2012	Wired		Link
1^st Dec 2012	The Late Late Show		Link
19^th Nov 2012	Stephen Fry's Gadget Man		Link
18^th Nov 2012	The Sunday Times	"From action men to the kid at heart, look no further for that ultimate present... A battling robotic spider - scary"
18^th Nov 2012	The Sunday Times		Link
16^th Nov 2012	The Independent	"This is one for all the family" "Number 1 R/C toy for 2012"
16^th Nov 2012	The Independent		Link
30^th Oct 2012	Daily Telegraph		Link
22^nd Oct 2012	GizMag	"One of the must-have toys for the Christmas season"	Link
11^th Oct 2012	City AM	"Battle against other Attacknid robots by firing foam discs at your enemies to "flip" off their armour. These robots could be the big seller this Christmas."	Link
11^th Oct 2012	City AM	"Battle against other Attacknid robots by firing foam discs at your enemies to "flip" off their armour. These robots could be the big seller this Christmas."	Link
10^th Oct 2012	Toy News	The Attacknids were genuinely brilliant - Dominic Sacco
3^rd Oct 2012	The Sun		Link
25^th Sep 2012	The Entertainer	We've now seen the finished Attacknid robot under the Combat Creatures brand and it just blew us away. It has all the makings of another Robosapien* and is our top boys toy of the year. The creators of Attacknid and the Combat Creatures brand, Wow! Stuff, have done a really clever thing here by capturing a core children's gameplay of battling and combining it with one of the most advanced, controllable and exciting robots we have ever seen - Stuart Grant
25^th Sep 2012	Toys R Us	As the world’s largest dedicated toy only retailer it’s our duty to ensure we bring the best of, or new in, each category to market ahead of our competitors. We are delighted to once again be the first to do that with Attacknid - Mike Coogan
20^th Sep 2012	Argos	Attacknid and the Combat Creatures brand of battling robotics is a great example of a surprise toy which we feel will be very popular and so we have committed to obtaining as much stock as we can - Martyn Walker
12^th Sep 2012	Toy World	I have to say your fighting toys are brilliant - Tom Roberts
22^nd Aug 2012	Loaded
10^th Aug 2012	Huffington Post	"Mantzel has teamed up with the award-winning toy makers Wow! Stuff to produce a line of combat robots for kids. And the result - a set of highly-manoeuvrable, six-legged, remote control spider bots with disc weapons, armour and "Battle Brains" - are among the most awesome gizmos for children ever invented."	Link
11^th Jul 2012	Pocket Lint	"Attacknid, that's the name of the toy your young man-child will be shouting at you over and over again come Christmas time hoping to see it under the tree."	Link
29^th Jun 2012	Bloomberg	Battle against other Attacknid robots by firing foam discs at your enemies to "flip" off their armour. These robots could be the big seller this Christmas.	Link
23^rd Jun 2012	Stuff Magazine	"These are going to sell out quicker than crackers at Christmas"	Link
20^th Jun 2012	Stuff Magazine	The Attacknids setup was amazing, and the product is fantastic - Will Findlater
12^th Feb 2012	C\|Net	"Hottest toy of 2012"	Link