RC toy helicopters have been so boring, that it’s so yesterday to get one for your summer party. But when it looks like a cute robot dog, and has a built-in digital camcorder, it’s going to be a seller not only for the kids, but for many others. Air Hogs is preparing to launch their new Hawk Eye RC chopper, with a sweet price of $65. That’s really a bargain actually, when the chopper is able to capture your neighbour’s sneaky act for 5 minutes in 320×240 resolution quality video, or perhaps hundreds of photos at 640×480. But with such quality you’ll have tough luck using it as an aerial photography or camcorder for your low-budget blockbuster.

The Hawk Eye can directly connect to your PC for videos and photos transferring, and also charging your spy chopper while you’re busy editing them, so that you’ll be back in the air in no time after you’re done with your business. It also comes with a 2-channel remote of course, letting you control altitude and spin the chopper left or right, and start/stop the video recording or snap photos.

[Air Hogs via Oh!Gizmo]