ANKI OVERDRIVE’S APP-STEERED ROBOT RACE CARS GET A FAST & FURIOUS BOOST
The coolest connected toys of 2015 are back for round two this fall. Sphero has just rolled out— sorry—the similar BB-9E and the even grander R2-D2 (follow-ups to its delightful app-controlled BB-8). And now Anki is back with a new edition of Anki Overdrive—this time with the blockbuster Fast & Furious film license attached.
It’s such an obvious fit, pairing the explosive action of the smash movie series with Anki’s speedy connected cars, and the familiar rides from this year’s The Fate of the Furious fit in perfectly with Overdrive’s existing supercars. By and large, the addition of movie branding doesn’t result in massive changes to the two-year-old experience, but it brings a little more personality and pop to the still-fun experience.
OVERDRIVE, ALL OVER AGAIN
At its core, the ($169.99 MSRP; same price ) is very similar to the original Anki Overdrive, and the starter kit provides much the same kind of core
