I did not rate my review based on "the educational value" of this "toy" or "how durable" this "toy" is, because, simply, these RINGS are NOT TOYS!! I am so tired of Amazon lumping prop replicas into the "toy" category. These are pieces of metal, crafted, plated in sterling silver, and intended to be worn directly on your person--i.e. JEWELRY. Not a TOY!!
I bought my Breaking Dawn ring set from Hot Topic for $28. It came with a replica "wedding invitation"! Packaging was good, as the rings come in a cushioned box emblazoned with "Breaking Dawn: Part 1" to store them in.
Let's start with the shining star of the set: The engagement ring. While the replica of the *Eclipse* engagement ring left much to be desired--it was a beautiful piece, but not absolutely screen-accurate--this piece is a whole other animal. The *Breaking Dawn* engagement ring, I assure you is as perfect as it can get.
Obviously, if you compare the two rings--the Eclipse engagement ring prop replica to the Breaking Dawn engagement ring prop replica--they've tweaked the design ever so slightly. They've given it the appropriate split-shank band, as seen in Eclipse, and as the previous design lacked. While the Eclipse ring had a thinner top to it (where the stones are displayed), attached separately to the band itself, the Breaking Dawn ring has been similarly manufactured, but seems a lot sturdier.
And, if it's possible to be sturdier AND dainty at the same time, this ring has pulled it off. The Breaking Dawn engagement ring replica is significantly smaller than the Eclipse ring replica. Same general shape, of course, just takes up less space from knuckle to knuckle. It is MUCH easier and more comfortable to wear than the Eclipse ring.
It's also MUCH prettier, I think. Not only does the face have less metal-peek-through between the stones, it's basically a shimmering-stone-explosion all over the face of the ring. Even the sides of the ring base are covered. But, like I said, if you compare it to the ring from the film--from the stills, from the movie itself--it's spot-on. No doubt about it, a FANTASTIC reproduction.
My least favorite bit is the wedding ring, in price if not in principle alone.
For some reason, I find it much easier to accept that people would buy a replica engagement ring--it's pretty, it can be worn without people knowing exactly what it is--more so than I can accept people buying a fiction character's WEDDING ring. I suppose the clencher with me hinges on what finger you intend to wear the wedding ring on; should you wear it on any old finger, it's fine, but wearing it on your actual left-ring finger seems a bit extreme to me. But I digress; I have a bigger problem with the obsession aspect than the product itself.
Anyways...the band itself is just that: a band of metal, as you'd typically find in any jewelry store for FAR cheaper than you would get it for if you split the price of this set. This band itself is NOT worth half of the asking price for the set as a whole. Would I pay $14 for a plain band ring? No. But paired with the engagement ring, and in context, it makes sense. I'm not complaining about the item itself, just the price.
Both rings come with Summit Entertainment copyrights stamped into the inside of the bands. Both have been crafted out of base metal then given a silver plating. Also--and this is VERY important--prop replicas tend to be one-size-only, and this is also the case with these. Both rings comes pre-sized in a standard size 7. This is what I assume is the average ring size for women, but this is INCREDIBLY too big for me; I'm roughly a size 5. However, taking the rings down a size or two is no problem in this day and age; ring guards are very handy for that!
All in all, a great ring set. I would recommend buying it for the engagement ring, if nothing else. Any plain silver band from another, cheaper store could pass as the wedding band, I suppose, but if you want to get technical, the copyrights are for this one...So if you want the actual "movie replica" wedding band, this is it!