This is so blissfully absurd, I adore it.

I think I'd have more fun building the things than playing whatever shallow muck game is supposed to go with it. Can't help but wish it was VR related, stuff like the fishing rod and robbit are crying out for it.

Kids will love it and, if they don't get bored after five minutes, break it.

Just RT'd a very good idea in that we should get Mr Katamari in on this.

My gf can't see past the price but I'm all in for the variety pack day one.

Price will always be contentious. I know for a fact I like building stuff like Lego and Warhammer, the time you sit enjoying it is valuable, especially if you're doing it with someone else. Warhammer has a big game and community beside it, but Lego is practically pointless once it's done. I know people always say you can make extra stuff or whatever, but I think that's rarer for adults than kids.

The games seem like bonuses to an extent, like all the extra software and sensors I got with an old Build A Robot magazine I used to collect as a Kid. I had 100x more fun just building than I ever did using the software.

Aye, that's fair. Though you don't *have* to buy the robot one. The variety one seems worth it for a few rainy weekends to me, but then I do live in Glasgow.

It turns out that the Wii U is never going to come out after all. Nintendo have replaced the Wii U button on the Nintendo UK website with a Nintendo Labo button.

RamSteelwood wrote:

i'm gonna guess at some kind of model/craft thing that uses the IR sensor. so kids can play/make something then have it end up on screen.

Close enough!
What do I win?

Me too. Cheers for the heads up.

Turns out Nintendo are crazier than Sega.

I love it!

Toy-Con RC Car: Insert the Left and Right Joy-Con into your newly built RC Car and control its movement using touch screen controls on the Nintendo Switch. The HD rumble feature in the Joy-Con controllers will cause vibrations that move the car in the direction you choose. Materials to construct two RC Cars are included.
+ Toy-Con Fishing Rod: Construct the Fishing Rod with an active, rotating reel that is attached by string to a cradle holding the Nintendo Switch console. Catch one of many exotic fish shown swimming on the Nintendo Switch screen by casting your Fishing Rod and unwinding the reel to lower the hook. Once you feel a vibration from the Joy-Con inserted in the reel, you must crank the reel quickly and tug the Fishing Rod upwards to try and complete the catch.
+ Toy-Con House: By inserting various assembled blocks into openings in the sides and bottom of the House, you can interact, feed and play games with a cute creature on the front-facing Nintendo Switch screen. Each differently shaped block is detected by the IR Motion Camera on the Right Joy-Con inserted on top of the House.
+ Toy-Con Motorbike: Insert each Joy-Con into an assembled set of handlebars to drive a motorbike on the Nintendo Switch screen. Pressing the ignition button starts the engine, twisting the right handle activates the throttle, and leaning your body or turning the handlebars left and right controls the motorbike.
+ Toy-Con Piano: After assembling a beautifully crafted 13-key piano and inserting the Nintendo Switch console and Joy-Con, you can create your own music by pressing different keys. You can even insert different assembled knobs to create new sound effects and tones.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Tempy wrote:

How on earth is this not the kind of things your kids are gonna be mad into?

£120ish for two multipacks of cardboard, that's how.  It's an Awesome(o) idea and it'll sell but the truckload, but I'll stick to building robots from the discarded boxes at Lidl.  There's been a giant T Rex from Poundland behind my sofa waiting to be assembled for 6 months.

You're not being fair here. The game is included in the initial outlay, the cardboard is an extra ten on top of that. 

And if you're going to argue whether it's a ripoff or not, look at damn near every collectors edition of useless shit like helmets and posable plastic robot arms.

Meh / WTAF

I certainly wouldn't knock it for the under-10s, but when I was that age I'd have viewed it as a pocket-money enterprise, and so spent that level of money elsewhere. I know that times have changed quite a bit, but I saved £50 over summer when I was 11 and bought a motorbike with it. One of my mates bought a Honda Cub for £25.

No probably not Bob.