Customer Reviews

Air Power Rocket Extreme Performance with 7 rockets

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Of the three pump rocket sets I bought for my child's birthday party, this was the one which got destroyed almost immediately. The rockets sometimes stuck on the tube and the base was very flimsy and didn't hold up to the 30 kids' enthusiastic play. It lay in twisted ruins by the end of the day.

Good for a few hours.

Plastic airbag is made of a tough plastic such that it is difficult to collapse under teh weight of 4&5 yr olds even when the jump on it. Plastic air tube flimsy and stand for this is not durable. We bought this because a neighbor had a similar one which was incredibly durable and easy to use for even our 2yr old. The air bag was made of softer maleable plastic. Save your $10... look at another product instead.

Way cool toy. The rockets will go very far / high so be prepared for shots into trees and over the house. My only problem was one or two of the rockets losing either the nose cone or the bottom fins. I'm 185 lbs and I can stomp on the air bladder and it's come back every time. My weight causes the platform to fall apart but it doesn't break and goes back together.

My son and husband enjoy the popular "Air Hogs" cheapo-airplanes that are powered by a little hand-held battery operated device. This rocket was next to them on the toy store shelf. It is cute and cheap, just like the air hogs. It gets them outside together and if you hit the air bladder right, the rockets really flies! There are several "rockets" in the package so littler siblings can run around collecting them, then get a turn when they are all returned. Rockets are very lightweight and will not hurt anyone if they land on someone's head. This is VERY inexpensivly made, so be gentle carrying it around. Ours has not broken yet, but I can see that it would be easy to tear the tube in a tug of war between children. :)

My 2 1/2 year old is very into 'ROCKETSHIPS!' So I went looking for something that would be appropriate for him but not cost an arm and a leg since his attention span with toys is equivalent to that of a tumbleweed in a ghost town.

Anyway, he loves this thing...it says ages 8 and up, but the tips are very soft and he can't generate enough force to do any damage (and I am always watching/helping him, as a good parent should!). He puts the rocket on, walks over to the launch pad, says, "Ready, Set, Go, Blastoff!" and stomps the air bladder. It launches about 4 feet and he picks it up to do it all again. Then, after about 20 times or so, he cries out, "Daddy's turn!" and steps way back, does his countdown, and watches with delight as I launch the rocket sky-high...it goes really, really high (no idea how high, not sure how anyone else can measure the height of a rocket) and all of other parents that have seen this are amazed at how high it goes and mutter, "I've gotta get me one of those...".

And it seems as if the attention span thing hasn't worn off yet (two weeks and he still acts likes it's new each time). I give it a high rating because it's fun for both my son and me, so it's something that we can do and have a real fun time doing it together! My only concern is how long it will last...although at 10 bucks, we could always get another one if one of the components fails.

My 8 year old got this for his birthday. He loves it he played with it all day. I had to drag him in because it was getting dark. We got it up about 300 ft or so. This is the first toy that he played with all day. Great toy under $10!

try this if you like altough the tax and shipping is more than half of the toy itself . . .

The grandkids come over and play with them for hours. Loads of fun for them and myself.

I bought an earlier version of this toy more than 10 years ago. We used it during dull moments in the office; it takes careful angling to get it to go over a nearby cube wall, not hit the suspended ceiling, and come down again as far away as possible. It was great!

Now my kids are using it. They're 3.5 years old, and we only point it straight up. At their size and coordination, the rockets only go 4-10 feet in the air, which is just fine. Sometimes the rockets bonk them on the head, but they are lightweight and don't fall hard, so it's not a problem.

pirty good, pirty good. not 400 all say bout 200ft. ya i was dragged in the house after bout 6:oo. hhmmm it does tend to crack a little bit in the sides if crimped i little bit to much the pad has stayed nice and neat since i got it for my birthday number 10. rilly good- go check it out!