Customer Reviews

Tyco R/C N.S.E.C.T. Robotic Attack Creature - 27 MHz - Green

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

The dang bug runs and closes its jaws but won't shoot darts (just clacks, yes they are pushed in all they way). I don't want to manually glue stuff on there. Web research shows Mattel shipped units with the wrong sized darts (supposed to the the "black ones"). Allegedly Mattel will ship the darts free if you can get hold of them...
-Dave

I love the insect action of this toy. As noted, the missile firing is problematic. It's hard to determine the specific problem from some of the reviews. My issue turned out to be that the insect wings were too heavy and preventing the cannon from fully rising. A quick fix was to unscrew the head plate (three screws), remove the wings (held by two plastic brackets using two screws each), and then reattach the head plate. I wasn't too keen on the wings to begin with, and I like the appearance with the cannon visible at all times. A very fun toy!

We bought this for our son (7), but the whole family (ages 5 to 80) have really had fun with it. It's movements are very "life like" for a robot, and the darts fly clear across the room. We have found a few glitches where it stops working exactly as it's suppose to, but turning it off and on has fixed those so far. Overall we'd recommend it - lots of fun.

Well, out of three, only one works. I had bought both of my boys each one for Christmas. The first two were from target. the blue one works well. It's really cool and no issues. The green one wouldn't fire the bullets so I returned it and ordered a new one from Amazon. The new green one came in and it doesn't work at all. Power goes to both the bug and remote but the remote will not work the bug. My poor son is begging for me to fix it. Meanwhile the two are fighting over the blue one, not to mention, now I have to figure out how to return it to amazon without it costing me any more money. Basically it's cool if it works but mattel may be shipping defective bugs just to meet the demand at Christmas time.

I bought two of these for my nephew for Christmas '06. The idea was that he and I (or he and his dad) could play with them together and have battles. Unfortunately, one of them arrived with a broken gun. The internal cylinder used to generate the air pressur for firing was cracked and, thus, did not work. On the other hand, the toy with the working gun fired REALLY FAR. I was impressed by its range. The controls for raising and lower the cannon were simple, but sometimes caused issues by getting stuck between the wings or, if the cannon was positioned at a lower angle, it would sometimes spontaniously lower back below the wings without hitting the control. Occasionally, the toys would get stuck in "attack mode" and would require a reset.

After only one day of play, it became painfully clear that the mechanisms that move the toys were not very robust. When the bugs run into something, the gears that move the legs skip teeth on the worm gears that are powered by the motors inside. This doesn't seem to be a problem at first, but after about a day of running into stuff and getting the toys stuck, one of the toys started to go limp on one side. The worm gear for that side had worn down from the skipping and was no longer any good. It would have been much better if the worm gears had some give to allow them to skip teeth on the leg gears without wearing down. Trust, this thing is going to skip teeth... a lot... especially if you are running them into each other when battling.

It was a fun toy while it lasted, but just not built to last through the kinds of play a to which a 9-year-old is going to subject it. The robustness is disappointing considering the price tag.

My 11 year old son wanted this for Christmas. Very disappointed after charging recommended time that the darts did not shoot at all... just clicked horribly loud. Called mattel, sent replacement dart (said wrong darts packaged with product), received replacement darts in 2 days, still didn't work. Called mattel again had to return portions of the unit to them. Received refund check in the mail in 3 weeks. Very courteous customer service department at mattel. Son wants me to buy a replacement with the refund check. I think I'll talk him into something else. Why take a chance.

This is a cool toy. We got it for Christmas and had lots of fun with it. The darts shoot amazinlgy far. It is also easy to control unlike most remote control cars so even a 5 year old can make it go where he wants it to.

This toy had my 10 year old amazed. It still does. He loves to have it run around the house and chase the dog, pick up things, and fire its missles. What a great toy. He can't wait for summer to take it outside and attempt to shoot it's nerf missles at the wildlife.

My son wanted this toy when it first came out, but I talked him out of it when we read the bad reviews.
I later broke down and bought it for him when it went on sale. He absolutely loves it. We have had no problems with it at all. All the features work and the darts fire perfectly.

The first one of these I bought in December was a big hit. Everything functioned properly and kids love it. Keep you dogs away from the 6 foam darts or you'll be looking for replacements:) I tried twice to buy a second one in January. Both were recycled Christmas gifts with missing parts. Amazon accepted both back at no cost to me with printed mailer.