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From the Royal Mail website of 31st Jan 2023: Summary of International services which have been reinstated: International Tracked International Tracked & Signed International Signed International Untracked (Standard / Economy) Letter services Customers in Northern Ireland are also able to submit both export letters and export parcels for all services bound for Ireland into the Royal Mail network through all channels. These services are currently only available for customers based in Northern Ireland. Delivery of International items may take slightly longer than usual and customers using Tracked services may notice different tracking information as items leave the UK. 

We have managed to hold almost all prices unchanged for several years now, but finally we have to bow to the inevitable and impose some increases. From January 2023 you will see increases of around 5% (yes, only 5% !) across most of our robotic products and Microbit accessories. A few products have components that have increased a lot and they see slightly higher increases. You should also expect to see Microbits themselves increase significantly (18% perhaps) but that is out of our control. So if you need anything we have in stock, purchase before the end of 2022 to...

Despite the coronavirus and Brexit, we are still managing to keep running. Currently we have problems getting stock through UK customs so some items (notably BitBot XL) are in very short supply. We have added a new section to our store for astronomy accessories, filters, adaptors and cameras. Please take a look.

Last Update: 28th April We now have high stock levels of BitBot XL, MiniBit and CrumbleBotXL. All these have been low stock for a while. New products Orbit and Really Useless Box are also available. Update: 9th April Although orders have almost dried up, we will continue to ship what there is. Internation shipments are still available via both UPS and Royal Mail. You can see the latest Royal Mail international delivery information Update: 30th March Being a small family business, we are able to combine social distancing as a family unit with continuing to operate as normal. As long...

We've now introduced BitBot's baby sibling, the MiniBit. This is a ready-built, entry-level 2WD robot at a great price and extremely easy to use. It has its own Makecode extension that allows you to easily control the motors, LEDs and an optional ultrasonic. It also has an integrated pen holder that fits directly between the wheels to give an accurate drawing method. MiniBit is available here now