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Taking Remote Control Fun to the next Level
I must say I was initially rather skeptical when I read the product description. Our family already has some experience with the Air Hogs helicopters, but adding in an automatic tracking-and-firing missile turret...I had a hard time believing it would live up to expectations. Still, I figured even if it didn't work exactly as we hoped that it would be a fun distraction for my 11 year old's birthday. :-)
When the box arrived, I was initially a little surprised at the size. I expected the turret to be bigger than the chopper, but I was pretty impressed with the overall size of the product. As with other Air Hogs products, it just "looks cool" and looks to be made of good quality stuff. As has been mentioned in other reviews, this does require 10 (TEN) AA batteries. Fortunately we had just enough. Unfortunately it took much longer to get the toy out of the box than it did to find the batteries. One thing's pretty sure...it's unlikely that the turret or chopper will...
This is a lot of fun, once you get the hang of it - but after several days of play the helicopter fizzled
You're the pilot of a stealth helicopter, flying over unfamiliar and uninhabitable terrain when suddenly out of nowhere missiles start firing at you. It turns out, there is a highly sensitive, unmanned robotic battle station designed to follow your movements and destroy you. You try to outmaneuver, but it just keeps firing. Suddenly, you're hit but you manage to stay up in the air, and decide to go on the offense, firing directly upon the tracker and destroying it in a single, well aimed shot.
Something like that, I guess, is what you have to imagine here. Or, you can just think: this is a hilarious and fun toy, I'm remote-controlling a helicopter and this robot-thing on the ground is tracking my every movement, announcing its strikes loudly in a scary robotic voice. My sons and I couldn't stop laughing as we played with it. When you have the tracker on automatic, it's just fun to watch, as it follows the movements of the helicopter. It just makes it more intense, I guess,...
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