Customer Reviews

Capsela 400 - MX Trooper

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I purchased this as a birthday gift for my 11 year old grandson. I knew it would be a hit as my son had received it as a gift from his grandparents as a child and was entertained for hours with it. It did not lose it's charm for 11 year old boys through the years. My grandson was thrilled with it as well. Just enough challenge to keep their interest.

I bought this toy for my 6-year old son as I had a Capsula set when I was his age. When we opened it up one of the capsule's was broken, not a big deal but then they didn't mate up tightly, the switch didn't always make good contact and the list goes on. I can honestly say that I would not buy another one of these to expand the set.

The kid opened it, pulled everything out, was completely unimpressed, and never did play with it. This was a 9-year old boy who likes putting stuff together and likes science-kinda stuff, so he is the target audience for this toy.

If I had to guess, I would guess that the poor packaging put him off. It's very bland and boring and doesn't look like it would be fun at all, judging by the box. If it were colorful and had action and people pictures, and a fun set of directions, my guess would be that he would have been far more interested. As it was, though, nothing.

To be fair, my coworker recommended this as a gift item--he used to have one as a kid and loved playing with it. Different strokes, go figure.