The Amazing Spidercar

No camera tricks. No cables. That radio-controlled car in the video is driving upside down.

This cool new toy is the AeroSpider which made its debut at the Tokyo Toy Show last June where this video was taken. It is manufactured by the Takara-Tomy company of Japan.

The battery-powered toy car drives on the floor just like any ordinary RC.

For added fun, however, a switch at the back of the car activates a mini-fan located on its underside. The fan creates suction and allows it to be driven vertically and even upside down on flat, smooth surfaces. Pretty useful if your mom wants to mop the floor you've been playing on... just don't leave tire tracks on the walls though.

The AeroSpider will be sold by the end of this month in Japan and will cost around $45. There has been no word yet as to when it will be released in other markets but Takara-Tomy has been aggressively marketing its revolutionary RC car with this Japanese TV advertisement:



Takara is the company that first came out with the toy cars that turn into robots on which the now-famous Transformers characters were based. In 2005, they merged with the Tomy company.