| My Air hogs helicopter Office Scramble! | | | | Whilst my morning rituals the moment I hit the office |
| Not being a morning person, my morning traffic scowl | | | | involve sipping the bitter coffee brew from the coffee |
| was put to the test recently when, upon arriving at the | | | | maker before addressing the office, this morning was |
| office, I found the whole staff scrambling around, some | | | | different and, with the remote control I'd wrestled from |
| cowering under tables, and some just plainly enjoying | | | | the manic depressive tech in my hand, I too became a |
| themselves - chasing what seemed to be a large | | | | Nims Island iguana that morning, running in all directions, |
| buzzing blue bug with bright colors and a flashing LED | | | | dive bombing the temps and putting Gracey, our office |
| light! | | | | Golden retriever, into cardiac arrest! |
| Turns out our techie had brought in an air hogs | | | | At first hand, I was kinda apprehensive attempting to |
| helicopter, an indoor electric micro RC helicopter from | | | | fly such a tiny object around the office and into solid |
| SpinMaster. If you're not familiar with air hogs toys, | | | | walls etc. I mean, air hogs toys measure just over 6 |
| you're in for a huge treat. This toy is probably the | | | | inches in length! However, these toys are really durable; |
| World's smallest remote controlled helicopter, similar to | | | | they can take a lot of wall crashes or fall from the |
| the Picco Z chopper, and fits into the palm of your | | | | ceiling onto the floor and they're good to go again and |
| hand, comes in super funky colors and ideal for indoor | | | | again. |
| flight only. | | | | I was able to fly this toy as high as 10 feet within the |
| In case you're thinking well, indoors only, it may get lost | | | | warehouse, much to the amazement of Juan, our |
| among the furniture etc... that's not the case, the air | | | | forklift operator, who swears by his ancestors to get a |
| hogs helicopter comes standard with a flashing LED | | | | few for his brood, and he has a few! |
| light that you can use for location purposes, and they | | | | These toys, especially the helicopters, are really fun |
| also buzz, more like a large insect or bug. | | | | toys for the whole family or, as in my case, the whole |
| The toy our techie had was an iridescent blue, slim line | | | | office. |
| with dragonfly-like eyes with dragonfly wings to match. | | | | The biggest drawback I got was, Air Hogs toys can |
| As bothered as I was, let's face it, I love my morning | | | | be pretty addictive and, with Corporate breathing |
| scowl thank you very much; I couldn't help noticing just | | | | down my neck, I may as well kiss the bonus check |
| how nimble this machine was, it could literally fly in any | | | | goodbye, considering all the time spent monkeying |
| direction, land on almost any surface and take off in | | | | around with this snazzy toy! |
| like manner. | | | | Time to undertake an employment performance |
| On closer investigation, I discovered that air hogs | | | | evaluation on the techie responsible for this toy; |
| helicopters are made for ages 12 and up but honestly, | | | | someone needs to tell him how unproductive air hogs |
| any intelligent 5 year old can handle this bad boy with | | | | toys are! |
| ease and glee, truth be told! | | | | |