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Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull Adventure Projector

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Officially licensed by LucasFilm: Indiana Jones(tm) Crystal Skull Adventure Projector, #14005, by Uncle Milton.

Yes, that would be the Uncle Milton of ant farm fame. I wonder what an "Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" ant farm would be like? ;-)

Hard translucent blue plastic skull measures 9-1/2 inches long, 4-1/2 inches high, 4 inches wide. Battery-operated light mechanism (3 "C" batteries) creates a surprisingly bright beam.

Box art includes full LucasFilm Ltd. markings in addition to the Uncle Milton logo. The base of the skull also bears both LFL and Uncle Milton trademark and copyright information.

The lower jaw is hinged and movable.

Set includes Skull Projector, set of 3 8-frame cardboard transparency strips, and an audio CD featuring narration to accompany the slides. The slide transparencies appear to be 16mm size film stills. Batteries not included.

As I said above, the light is surprisingly bright, in that, for example, if you point it straight at your eye (not recommended), you'll wish you hadn't. Once the slide strips are inserted, however, unless the room is absolutely pitch dark, you won't be able to see much. Even the slightest amount of ambient light washes out the images, most of which consist of scenes from the various "Indiana Jones" franchise films. Additionally, the images are small. While the 16mm film frames could, in theory, be projected quite large with a high level of detail, the fixed-focus lens on this projector, in addition to the limited brightness, require keeping the projector quite close to the screen or wall, resulting in a small image, perhaps little more than 12-inches (30 cm) in height.

An included audio CD, meant to synchronize with the slides, features a narration by a Harrison Ford sound-alike actor, who does quite a good job. I have listened to the CD in my car stereo a few times; it's rather entertaining on its own, without the slides. Slide transitions are signaled by a whip-crack sound effect; changing the slide strips is indicated by an airplane engine sound.

I suspect most kids would grow tired of watching the 24 small, dim slides rather quickly; but the skull itself is pretty cool. I actually removed the projector mechanism from the projector skull I purchased and installed a low-wattage light bulb, creating a spooky glowing Crystal Skull night light. The surprising amount of detail molded into the projector makes this a great crystal skull prop (about 1/2 scale, I would estimate, compared to the on-screen skull) for Indy film fans.

This toy is cool for your kids (or those of you) who love Indiana Jones; however, as cool as it looks, it's not that much fun on a continuous basis. BUT, it does look really neat whether you play with it or not, and as a 7 yr old durability test--it was dropped on my concrete driveway and didn't have a scratch on it. Overall, this is a neat item.Indiana Jones Crystal Skull Adventure Projector

I wanted to add my review because I was concerned after reading another. This was a last minute purchase for an almost 4 year old Indy fan. Putting Indy and Lego together for the video games has really revived the Indy industry!

We used this last night and it works exactly as it is supposed to. The slide and cd content is a bit mature for my guy, but he loved looking at the pictures and hearing Indy's voice on the cd. I am glad I purchased!

I almost didn't buy this because of some of the negative reviews but i'm glad I did. My six year old son absolutely loves it! Even after watching the slides he can continue to use the skull as a flashlight and he lisens to the accompaning CD every night at bedtime even without the slides. Great Purchase!