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 enlarge | Brand: Bakugan
Buy New: $15.99
New (27) Collectible (1) from $11.91
Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 165
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 6 - 12 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 2.7 x 6.8 x 10.6
MPN: 6002003
Model: 6002003
UPC: 778988778845
EAN: 0778988613153
Availability: Pre-Order (0-0 Business Days)
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 20
 Great idea, poor quality and execution. December 13, 2008
bookreader (Marina, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This toy would have been great if it was not so poorly constructed. The thing broke within an hour of my son opening up the package and playing with it. Luckily we bought it locally and where able to bring it back. It still looks neat, but unless they improve the construction and put in more powerful springs, I do not recommend this toy.
Not well designed December 12, 2008
Ohio Mom
My son received this for his birthday. Unless it is a defect, I would say this toy is not well designed. It does not shoot out the Baku Balls very well.
This toy is sitting on a table...forgotten.
He also received the carousel which store the Baku Balls and has detachable units which clip on your pants - that seems to be more interesting.
 It's Okay December 3, 2008
M. Suire (Louisiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 6 year old daughter loves Bakugans. We have collected several toys and recently purchased the Launcher. It took us a few minutes to figure out how it works. My daughter likes it but wished it would work a little better...she would like for it to shoot out further. I think it is good for 5 or 6 year olds. She is still enjoying it after having it for 2 months...still works.
Do NOT buy this toy, it just doesn't work November 7, 2008
P. Ryan (San Diego, CA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
My 8 yr old son got this for his birthday. He was excited at first because he had seen it on TV and is a big Bakugan fan. But after a while he was just bummed out about how bad this toy is.
Firstly, the toy holds two Bakugan, however the little plastic doors unsnap and fall off very easily while you're using it.
To load the device, you take either Bakugan out of its little holder (carefully so the doors don't fall off). You then slide the barrel forward to reveal a hole in the top, which you are supposed to drop the Bakugan in. This sliding mech. jams very easily as it's very flimsy and it doesn't come out parallel. After wrestling with this a few times he did what any kid would do and just dropped the Bakugan down the barrel. Whichever way you load the Bakugan in, if you angle the unit downward, the Bakugan will often just drop out the front and fall onto the floor.
The package says the toy has three modes, curve angled or straight. These are determined by two arms which have "hands" at the end of them. When the arms are in the forward position these hands are meant to interfere with the flight of the Bakugan as it launches. They sure do interfere, often causing it to just fall out the front, or bounce back into the barrel, but if you angle them just right or out of the way, then the Bakugan will come out. For some strange reason these arms fold back and lock into place. They can then be deployed forward again by pressing a button and they spring forward. Of course if they'd put this effort into the launching process...
The launching process, (which is what this toy is supposed to do, after all) is pathetic. If you have managed to get the Bakugan to stay inside the barrel, then you retract a small sliding button backward. The button is under spring tension, but it doesn't lock into place, it just works like a rubber band being pulled back, only harder to use. There is no way to lock the mechanism back and aim the unit. Launching is a process of perhaps folding the arms back, flicking them forward (not sure why) and then totally separately pulling back on the slider while trying to stop the Bakugan from falling out the front of the unit, attempting to aim while holding your hand on the slider and then releasing the whole thing at once. Naturally, if it's on your wrist your arm wobbles all over and the Bakugan dribbles out the barrel nowhere where you wanted it. And you have a hand cramp from trying to hold it all together and still while you tried to aim. If they'd spent less effort on getting the useless arms to lock back and used that effort having the launching process lock back and fire with a button like every other toy known to man and child, it might make some sense.
And if you want to put it on your wrist, the strap is a piece of thin nylon webbing with holes melted into it with a soldering iron in some sweat shop in China. No grommets or edging, just rough, melted holes.
Don't disappoint your kids with this one, even if they are huge Bakugan fans. And certainly don't reward the manufacturer by buying this poorly designed, poorly implemented piece of not-so-distant-future landfill.
Bakugan Launcher October 15, 2008
Thomas Christie (Darien, CT USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Launcher does not come with instructions, and it badly needs some. I had to do a lot of online searching to find out how it works. When it fires, the Bakugan barely drizzles out, at best. It's useless.
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