Holiday Hexbugs

The Hexbug Nano by Innovation First was one of the most popular toys of 2012.  Available in a variety of colors and styles, you could find these 1.5-inch "robots" at diverse retailers.  The gimmick was simple: You flip a switch on their undersides and they scurry around like roaches.  But the real gimmick was the collect them all effort to find the rare varieties and to buy the exclusives only available in "habitat" playsets.

That winter they released three holiday Hexbugs which had tiny translucent antler attachments.  The red and the green came packaged as ornaments, and the brown reindeer came packed pulling a tiny paper Santa and sleigh.

Interestingly, these have still shown up the past two holiday seasons -- even though Innovation First has not updated their design in any way.  It's such a missed opportunity because these are the perfect stocking stuffer to make exclusive special edition versions of every year. Considering how strong the Hexbug Nano came on in 2012 (with 40+ varieties), I'm surprised we have not seen metallic versions, flocked versions, and a huge array of attachments.  Nope, just these.