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| | | Description: | | The most famous ship in the galaxy flies into action! The Millennium Falcon soars through space, taking the fight against the Empire everywhere it goes. This powerful starship may not look like much, but shes got it where it counts!Get ready for a battle of epic proportions! Featuring enclosed rotor technology, this detailed vehicle comes with three different channel selections so you can race or fight against other ships (sold separately). The future of the galaxy is in your hands are you ready | | | Features: | |
• Flying radio-controlled rogue space freighter from the Star Wars trilogy - Han Solo's vehicle is specially designed for indoor flight
• Are you ready for takeoff The Millennium Falcon is
• If you've always wanted to fly Han Solo's rogue space freighter and here's your chance, also includes a remote control
• Specially designed for 5 minutes of indoor flying time per session, this terrific radio-control vehicle from Star Wars
• Measures about 12" across, is foam bodied and comes with a ring around its blades to prevent damage to your walls and furnishings
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 15.98 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Package Length:
| 16.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 48 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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63 of 63 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth itOct 05, 2010
By FRANK MADEJ
I purchased this Falcon through Walmart. First, the manual states 4-5 minutes of flight time. This was not true in my case. I was able to only pull about 2 minutes of time out of one charge making for a pretty poor excuse of an RC flyer. The unit is not very agile at all and once you start to fly it and get used to it, the battery runs out. Also, you have to trim the controls on each flight which alone probably takes up 20 sec. and is a lot when you consider the overall run time. To sum up, the price point for this piece (I paid $54) is way above what it is truly worth. If I had to put a price, I would say about $10. Even this is pushing it. It is hard to give value to something when you can barely use it. Luckily, I was able to return it easily. Order at your own risk.
46 of 46 found the following review helpful:
Switched to the darksideNov 08, 2010
By Pen Name
Don't waste your money on this toy. It takes 20 minutes to charge for 4-5 minutes of play. But there's a catch. In order for the Falcon to fly you have to trim it out correctly which takes 4 - 4.5 minutes to get it to atleast fly straight up. Then guess what? That's right, you have to recharge the battery. All the trim settings reset during recharge then you get to run the gauntlet again to trim it out in time to play. I believe Satan has one of these in hell. Right when you think you are going to have fun....yah right... you're in hell, try again.
18 of 18 found the following review helpful:
save your money-ripoffDec 04, 2010
By kimberlyb
As a mom of two boys ages 11 and 10 I knew they would love this toy they are starwars fans-paid 50-60 bucks forthis toy at toys r us and am so sorry that I did -it was the biggest waste of money ever- you can't hardly get the thing off the ground- 30 seconds max- I ended up with two frustrated boys-I am going to try to return it- they should not be allowed to sell stuff like this that doesn't even work and at a hefty price- don't waste your time or effort- I wish I had read the reviews first
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Take the afternoon to learn to fly this Falcon - you won't be dissapointedDec 28, 2010
By Daimion
I've read all of the negative reviews here, and many have valid points. Do I wish the battery life was longer? Yes. Do I wish the learning curve was a little easier? Yes. Do I think that many of the negative reviews are from people who expected this to fly like the real Falcon, with little or no effort on their part? Yes. Have my kids and I had a blast with it? Yes.
It takes a little practice to get the hang of flying this Millenium Falcon. That said - take the time to learn to fly it. By 4:00 in the afternoon on Christmas day, myself, my 10 year-old son AND my 5 year-old daughter could fly this with little problem. It will still get wobbly at times, crash into the wall, or land hard - but it's a toy, not a profession RC helicopter. As I said, my 5 year-old can fly it now - it's very learnable.
Here are the two biggest tips I can give you. First, don't try and launch it from the floor. It takes it a second to get it's equilibrium, and taking off from a sitting position will results in far more uncontrolled crashes. Instead, hold it lightly by the nose, engage the rotors, and let it lift off from your hand. Once we figured this out, we almost never crashed on take-off. Second, don't worry about the trim. As another reviewer said, we use the left/right control to control it. Granted, you can't fly a living room obstacle course and make a perfect landing on the fireplace mantle, but as I said before - THIS IS TOY, not a professional RC helicopter. Have fun with it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Sadly, the poor reviews are trueFeb 05, 2011
By j michael rowland
"j michael rowland"
Sadly, the poor reviews about this toy are true. Its design and construction are extremely fragile, putting it at risk even in the act of removing it from the packaging (which is unnecessarily complicated).
The body of the toy is flimsy styrofoam, otherwise known as packing material; a fingernail damages it. Charging the internal battery of the flyer is accomplished by plugging in a short (too short) cable permanently attached to the control handset. This means that the act of merely plugging in the cable stresses the styrofoam body housing the motor; don't expect to be able to do this too many times before the connector tears loose or the foam gives way. The charging cable is so short that the flyer can't sit level on any surface while it's plugged in; and because it won't sit level, the plug does not tend to maintain a good connection. Meanwhile, because it's not sitting level, the thin plastic struts holding the motor housing to the body are stressed.
The internal battery must charge from the control handset. That means you're using the AA batteries in the handset to charge the flyer, thus requiring you to replace the batteries sooner, an operation involving a very small Phillips-head screwdriver.
In the only credible favorable review posted here, Daimion "thewordzombie" gets at least one thing right: the only way to launch this toy is by holding its nose lightly in your hand while you carefully engage the rotors. This means that it takes two people to fly it, as the controls CANNOT be manipulated "carefully" with one hand. The person holding the flyer must back away very carefully, as ANY air disturbance close to it will cause it to lose control.
I, too, found it useless to try to adjust the trim controls, given the short flight time per charge and the vehicle's inherent instability immediately upon takeoff. You can give up, in fact, attempting to steer it at all. You better have a very big, open room, clear of furniture. You can fly it outdoors only on a perfectly still day; any air movement at all rips it out of control.
As negligible as the "weight" of the foam body is, it is just enough to throw the extremely sensitive balance out of control; there IS no balance. The craft will invariably tilt forward and to the right, toward the greater mass of styrofoam.
The rotors are flimsy, floppy plastic. Mine came out of the box bent, with no way to correct them. There are no spare parts included.
One other thing worth mentioning: the toy is spoken of, in at least one place in the product description, as being "radio controlled." The letters "RC" in this case mean "remote controlled." I'm not sure, but I doubt very much if this is RF-controlled, as it seems to behave, in every respect, as an infrared-contolled device, like your TV remote. This means line-of-sight, and a very short range. The latter is a small concern, as the only way the flyer could get very far away from you is if you pick it up and throw it.
Taken all together, this means that the experience of "flying" this toy consists of one person rather ineffectually operating the controls, with another person attempting, unsuccessfully, to get out of the flyer's way. This might lend itself to the creation of at least one mildly amusing YouTube video. But it gets old pretty quickly, and you'd better get it right on the first take, as the toy will not survive repeated trials.
On one other score (and this is the key factor, here) Daimion (who seems to have had greater success flying this thing than anyone else here) is mistaken: it IS, as he says, "just a toy"; but the fact remains that it is also a very badly designed and executed toy. It didn't have to be this bad, this poorly thought-out, and this shoddily-constructed. You can spend less money and get a truly fun and rewarding flying toy from Xheli.com... one that you can actually hover and control.
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