What is a StikBot?

Here's a look at Zing’s new Stikbot, which the company says it one of the first-ever social media toys. Here's a bit of the PR pitch, then I'll add my thoughts. “Designed with social media sharing in mind, kids become part of a social community using the Stikbot figure and free, easy-to-use app to create awesome stop-motion videos. Kids can then upload their videos with the #Stikbot hashtag to the Stikbot community to see what others are creating. Stikbot comes with a cool, easy-to pose, robot-like Stikbot figure which sticks to most surfaces. The simple-to-use app snaps individual photos and stitches them together into a film, complete with built-in music and sound effect options. And now back to me! One of the 1^st things I check with a new gadget is the price. A Stikbot is $5 and the app is free. That's sounds reasonable. For $10 you get two Stickbots and a tripod for your smart phone, which I think is a better deal. The suction cups  on the figures work well on a smooth surface, but I don't have the patience to make a video. It's stop motion, so ten pictures equal 1 second of video. However I think kids just might find this a lot fun, especially since they can add music, sound effects and easily share their mini-videos. Here's a two minute tutorial that explains a lot more: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF0Qdx-oaoQ

Company website: http://www.stikbot.toys/

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