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Ollie A nippy little number for smaller drivers

- £80 Sphero, gosphero.com

3 All bright colours and rounded edges, Ollie seems seems designed to appeal the younger market. Linking up to your iPhone through Bluetooth, its control app offers general driving duties to your right thumb, leaving your left free to hit up the ‘trick pad’ for spins, hops and so on. It sounds simple enough, but its learning curve is steep if you want to gain any real control, especially given its speedy movement – we found ourselves using the recalibrat­ion option more often than we’d have liked. Its sturdy build and emphasis on creating tricks, though, is sure to drive kids wild.

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