Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier Playset

by Mattel

Product Features

• Take off to a world of aerial adventures
• Portable playset features all the high-flying details of a real aircraft carrier
• Includes a control tower, 2 working elevators, missile launcher with 2 missiles, and helicopter landing pad
• With the ability to hold up to 8 Sky Busters planes or helicopters
• Comes with 1 Sky Busters plane

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 3 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002MUAL5K
• Item model number: R0778
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,705 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier Playset: Kids' imaginations will really take flight with the Sky Busters aircraft carrier. This portable playset features all the high-flying details of a real aircraft carrier including a control tower, 2 working elevators, missile launcher with 2 missiles, helicopter landing pad and the ability to hold up to 8 Sky Busters planes or helicopters. Take off to a world of aerial adventures! Comes with 1 Sky Busters plane.

Product Description

Take command of the skies with this Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier Playset.  It is sure to provide hours of imaginative play!

• Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier
• Includes a F/A-18 Hornet plane
• Expands to 21.5 inches
• Fire missiles
• Moveable launcher
• Control TowerLift the elevators
• Take it anywhere
• Store up to 8 Sky Busters planes
• Recommended for ages 3 and up

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm suprised how much my son likes it!, June 11, 2010

By 

Jennifer Donovan "5minutesforbooks" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier Playset (Toy)

I honestly wondered how much play value my recently-turned 6-year-old son would get out of it. It seemed so simple. What would he do with it? Well, thankfully I was wrong. He loves this thing!

What does he DO? He uses his imagination. The airplane takes off and lands (with the requisite noises that planes need to make), he shoots with the missile launcher. In other words, he plays. How foolish of me to forget that's what kids should be able to do. They don't need to be entertained. They can entertain themselves.

As with all Matchbox cars and other toys, they get left on the floor, and somehow we stepped on the plane. The wing broke in half, but we were able to super glue it back.

He is enjoying it so much that I purchased a helicopter to go with it (it comes with one airplane).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay toy, but not great., September 28, 2011

By 

Brian Moorhead (Platte City, MO United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier Playset (Toy)

(In my 8 year old son's words...) I love how this toy has storage space for planes in the bottom of the carrier, just like with a real carrier. I like using the missile launcher to shoot a missile at a plane while I fly it over the carrier. I don't like how the planes are not life sized compared to the carrier (they're of larger scale size than what the carrier is.. my son gets technical about these things). I like the features of the carrier, but I wish it had lights and sounds. Unlike some other toy carriers, this carrier can not launch a plane.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Design, Realistic, June 22, 2010

By 

Janet K. Hawkins "JKH" (Alexandria, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Matchbox Sky Busters Aircraft Carrier Playset (Toy)

My four-year-old son LOVES toy airplanes, especially Mattel Skybusters. I bought the aircraft carrier for him last Christmas, and he plays with it almost every day. I love that it opens to expand the runway for play and includes storage space inside for his toy aircraft for when he's done playing. It's even got a nice handle on the long edge that allows for easy carry. We'll probably let my son take it on our next long airplane trip because it's so compact and fun.

In general, I've been very pleased with the quality of the Skybuster line of toys. They are reasonably priced and sufficiently sturdy. My only complaint (minor) would be that I'd like to see more new aircraft models and fewer differently painted copies of the same model.