Ondrej Holzman There are countless toys for the iPhone. With it you can control a crazy ball, pilot a quadcopter, but you can also transform into the role of a racer, even if in the case of the TobyRich MicroSUV only an ant - a smart SUV that fits in the palm of your hand. However, you will have more fun with it.
Almost every boy in his childhood wanted a toy car to control. Today, there is no need for giant controllers, rechargeable batteries, or indeed large boxes. The latter is especially true in the case of the TobyRich MicroSUV – with dimensions of three centimeters in width and less than six centimeters in length, it fits in your pocket, and when you want to drive, all you have to do is start the appropriate application on your iPhone, pair the car with your phone via Bluetooth, turn on the lights and you're off.
Turning on the lights is not a figurative expression in the case of the TobyRich microcar. The cleverness of the toy car is not only in the perfect controllability, which we will get to shortly, but also in the complete range of light effects, which are offered by ordinary real cars. Are you turning? Don't forget the turn signals. And if necessary, turn on all four at once. For normal driving, the MicroSUV offers daytime running lights, but also high beams for better visibility.
Of course, this - together with the horn - is only basic equipment. The MicroSUV can also dazzle with an effective halogen under the chassis, in several modes. On the one hand, you can let the chassis light up blue, you can also let the "halogen" flash, and other modes offer a combination of light effects and a siren. So the microcar is impressive for its dimensions. However, how the car is handled will always be crucial. It may realistically simulate the behavior of lights and flashing lights, but if you are not comfortable with it, enthusiasm will quickly pass.
In TobyRich, however, as well as the already mentioned effective details, they also placed the utmost importance on control of the steering. The result can be absolutely precise driving ensured thanks to precise determination of speed and fine control of the turning of the front wheels. The MicroSUV doesn't only know the forward arrow and the backward arrow, on the contrary, the gas-brake/reverse slider guarantees practically the same experience as if you stepped on the gas pedal. So the more you slide the slider forward, the faster the car goes.
Controlling speed and turning is so accurate and precise that you can practice longitudinal and transverse parking with the TobyRich MicroSUV. Proof of how precise the steering is, let it be longitudinal parking in a gap less than two centimeters larger than the toy car itself. That's what makes driving a TobyRich car fun. It's not just about frantic speed racing, but it's all about precision and the art of turning the steering wheel. Moreover, you don't have to control the car just by turning the steering wheel, the iOS application also offers a virtual joystick, and if you're confident, you can even drive by simply tilting your iPhone.
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Many people may find a similar toy car to be controlled as pointless, especially when it costs more than two thousand crowns and a person will probably only enjoy driving it for a few minutes. But TobyRich is not aimed at the masses, enthusiasts for MicroSUVs will mainly be found by lovers of toy cars or small English cars, which can now be controlled with a smartphone.
An adult will probably only be satisfied with a small control car for a few minutes, even we couldn't play with it for hours on our own. However, everything changes when several MicroSUVs from TobyRich come together at once. In addition to the ten orange cones, the box also includes a smart target line with automatic passing detection. This means that you start the race on the iPhone, build a route (either from cones or any other obstacles) and every time you pass the finish line, your lap time is counted and finally the total time is also measured.
At that moment, fun with a miniature car takes on a whole new dimension. It depends on how you build the race route, but since the TobyRich MicroSUV can turn and drive through even the craziest turns, it is far from being just about speed during the race, but it will show who is a truly complex driver.
And finally, we don't have to talk about adult entertainment at all. Toys, including those with controls, have always been the domain of children, and the MicroSUV, thanks to its miniature dimensions, is perfect for racing on school desks. Starting up, like setting up the track, is a matter of a few tens of seconds at most, and the attention of classmates is guaranteed. The car lasts for about 20 minutes on a single charge via microUSB, so you only need to "refuel" during class.
At more than two thousand crowns, it is still a significant investment, but TobyRich appeals mainly to those "with youth at heart", and if someone in their life has taken toy cars to control, they can also succumb to this MicroSUV. For others, however, it will really just be fun for a few minutes.
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Sorry, but I would like to read more articles regarding future products. MacRumors is full of information about the iPhone, etc... and still nothing on Jablíčkář. Of course, I don't stand for tabloids like competing sites. But the little car did not excite me very much, I apologize to the author of the article.