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by Chad Mumm on December 30, 2009 at 12:10 PM

For our video roundup of cool Japanese items under $50, we gathered and reviewed tons of gadgets. As the hours drew on, we began to speculate on an epic battle between the cutest toys. Late one evening, two of Japan's hottest went head to head. The Hex Bug ($13, acgears.com) is a tiny robotic crawler whose antennae sense when he's run into something, allowing him to turn around. It would need all the senses it could muster to defeat the Hai Hai Daisuki Akachan ($65, Japantrendshop.com), which literally means "crawling lovable baby." This infant machine crawls with certain fierceness and even has interchangeable diaper stickers. Only one shall survive. Enjoy.

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Scott K.Dec 30th 2008 2:47PM

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At first I wanted to say something about how dumb this was. Then I realized I was still chuckling.

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big teethJan 19th 2009 1:32AM

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Hex bugs aren't from japan.. they're from Texas..

http://www.hexbug.com/about

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