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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
RDA Makes a Darn Good Display
I've outgrown toys, and I accept this...but this toy managed to lure me into purchasing it. It's a pretty big toy, too, standing at approximately 7-9 inches tall, it looks great and cooler than your classic movie toy.
I've heard about the problems with assembly and how the articulation is faulty and how the gun and knife don't stay in the hands, but these are...
Published 6 months ago by S. Huisken
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Pretty Disappointing
When I first saw the Avatar movie, I couldn't help but think that it would be awesome to have an action figure of the mech from the movie. After I watched the movie for the second time, I had to go and get one. Boy was that a mistake. This thing was a disappointment and I wish I hadn't bought it. I mainly wanted it for display purposes, but it doesn't look very nice. It...
Published 8 months ago by J. Boyes, Jr.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Pretty Disappointing, January 5, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
When I first saw the Avatar movie, I couldn't help but think that it would be awesome to have an action figure of the mech from the movie. After I watched the movie for the second time, I had to go and get one. Boy was that a mistake. This thing was a disappointment and I wish I hadn't bought it. I mainly wanted it for display purposes, but it doesn't look very nice. It doesn't look the least bit metallic. In fact, it looks like a big hunk of cheap plastic.
Another gripe that I had was that the weapons don't fit in the hands properly. The gun was very loose, and the knife just completely falls out. I don't see the point in having a removable knife if it can't even fit in the hand. The AMP suit also does not stand up very well. You have to position it perfectly or else it will fall over, and when it falls over, rest assured that at least one of the legs will fall off.
Since I should try to say at least one positive thing, it was fairly easy to assemble. Even if you feel like you have to have one of these, I would recommend that you wait since another version of this is supposed to be released in the future. Hopefully, it will be a major improvement over this one.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
RDA Makes a Darn Good Display, March 9, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
I've outgrown toys, and I accept this...but this toy managed to lure me into purchasing it. It's a pretty big toy, too, standing at approximately 7-9 inches tall, it looks great and cooler than your classic movie toy.
I've heard about the problems with assembly and how the articulation is faulty and how the gun and knife don't stay in the hands, but these are minor problems if, like me, you want to use it as a display on your shelf. The gun DOES take some talent and patience to pose and the knife stays in play if you position it right, and the articulation is just fine.
I hope you enjoy this toy!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Good product overall with some glitches., January 4, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
I bought this for my son after seeing the movie. I was afraid of the quality because the packaging did not have windows and I would have to put it together. Not to worry. The assembly was not hard and it looks just like the picture on the box. The only con is the legs keep coming off. My son got to where he was playing without the legs on because of that. I solved that by putting a thin, long piece of grey duct tape around the top of the legs (wrap it around the whole body and both legs at least 2 times). It still has movement when you do this. He was very happy I came up with this idea instead of super glue. The gun is loose in his hand and the knife falls out of the other, but doesn't seem to bother my son. This is why I only gave it 4 stars.
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A nice change from less-plausible mech toys, July 16, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
These power suits were the things that I loved the most about Avatar. The design is inventive while not being far-fetched, and the intensely military look of the combat amp suit is a great appearance, in my opinion. While there are no metal or diecast parts, the toy's construction is still quite solid, and it has a fairly good amount of articulation - particularly in the arms. The weapons are nicely rendered, and with a little fidgeting, can rest securely in the hands of the amp suit. I can't really find too much wrong with this toy, although I would have liked to see some more decals and instrument panel details. Where these suits really shine is in a squad. I purchased four of them, and they look really cool in a squad arrangement. A cool toy, and a good buy.
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Returned before even assembled, June 16, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
Of the four avatar toys I got at the same time, this was the only real disappointment. The way they connect the legs to the body is just not well done. The legs have a male piece protruding, like a hexagonal shape, that mates into the same shaped female receptacle on the body, but that female receptacle is protruded, and is very thin, weak plastic. One of the legs went in alright, but I saw the other one, the female side of the connection on the body was cracked even before we could try to put it together, so while the part would slide in, it would not stay in, nor could you move the leg since it just pulled that crack apart and let the male piece spin rather than being held properly.
The detail was impressive on the rest of it, but even if it hadn't been broken before we got it, this way of joining the legs would surely have had them crack within a day or two of use anyway from the force of pivoting that leg with such a thin bit of plastic holding it there...
So it's back in the box and a return already set up with Amazon... Too bad, as this would've been a neat addition. If you're just looking for something for display though, this would work well, as if I were just going to display it, I could've just glued that piece and had no concerns, but I got it for my 6 year old and while the gunship and the fliers will stand up to him, this never would have lasted...ava
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Great!, February 13, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
The AMP suit toy is very fun, especially the missile launcher and knife included, but it should've been assembled. The launcher wouldn't fit in the left hand of mine, and the "shoulder" parts kept coming loose. Worth the value, but it could use some tighter construction.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Super Tech Toy, February 19, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
I loved this figure. I've read a few negative reviews, and I guess it depends on what you buy it for. It probably isn't the most durable thing in the world, so maybe a particularly hardy child may have a problem. however, for the collector, they look great and I can see that I'm going to get years of pleasure from this, not to mention make a mint in years to come as these objects become rare.
I'm super pleased with my purchase.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Very Good Replica!, December 30, 2009
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
I was overall very impressed with this product. Although the leg broke, it is great for reanacting battle scenes. It arrives unassembled but I did not need the instructions to assemble it so it is very easy to assemble. I am planning to pick up the Thanator so I reanact the battle scene at the end of the movie!
I had barely enough money to purchase the Amp Suit so I could not purchase the figure. I had to use my old Elizabeth Swan figure. I hope this reveiw helps!
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Very educational for kids...mercenary work can be fun and profitable!, January 6, 2010
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This review is from: Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit (Toy)
This one is a real winner! If you've seen Avatar, then you know how the intelligent, gentle, kind creatures are slaughtered wholesale by the massive Corporation's troops. Now you can help your kids prepare for the future by actually pretending they ARE the guys inside the robots that slaughter all these gentle creatures!
Now if you think that isn't the sort of fun your kids should be having, you might want to ask yourself: what sort of world am I preparing my child for? If s/he isn't ready to follow The Company's orders and kill who s/he is told to, while inside the giant transformerish robot suit all good modern children dream of wearing, then what sort of future are we really facing?
But hey, if your kid saw this movie and his biggest resultant desire is wanting to be the guys who commit genocide on an entire planet, perhaps your biggest concern isn't how poorly made this shoddy piece of plastic is.
But then, again...maybe it is.
For the right parent, with the right kid, this toy is perfect.
But for those adults and children who HAVE actually seen this movie, please join me in wondering: who the heck came up with the idea for this toy? The same guy who was fired from his last firm for his strangely failed laughing, smiling Stalin doll?
And we wonder why our world is the way it is...
I fully understand the concept of good guys and bad guys, but this toy ain't presented as a bad guy by Mattelistan; read the description on the toy page, that begins:
"James Cameron's Avatar RDA Combat Amp Suit: It's the ultimate in gritty combat action and adventure! Official Name: MK-6 Armored Mobility Platform. Function: Ambulatory hydraulic armored weapons platform for military and civilian operations in hostile and toxic environments."
"Civilian operations"? I think they mean, "killing civilians". It's like describing the Death Star as, "a planet-sized command center with all the weapons you'll need to take care of whatever insurgenices might arise!"
Many may disagree, but I think toys like this are the logical precursor to our having military bases in most every country in the world, and spending more on our weapons and guns than all other nations on the planet combined. We sell our kids on guns and violence and death almost as soon as they leave the womb, so they'll be used to our military-industrial complex and won't make waves when a huge portion of our national budget is spent on guns and bombs, money that could be spent on the childrens' health care we don't have, and paying teachers a decent wage, and in general taking care of Americans instead of wandering the world dropping bombs on anyone we decide is the bad guy.
I don't see many toy reviews making that connection, a connection I truly believe in. We are a war-like nation because we teach that war is normal, and even fun. Played a video game lately? Nearly all of them are brutal first-person shooters. This is what we give our kids now. It's a long way from playing cowboy in the backyard.
Our worship of guns is a learned response, and this sort of toy is part of how we're taught. But of course, I may be wrong. Maybe we just need more and bigger guns, and then finally the world will learn to live as we want them to.
Strange how Avatar's anti-corporate, anti-violent message produces this toy, with this description. And maybe very telling.
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