Avatar RDA Scorpion Gunship

Item Description

From the Manufacturer
Incoming! A important player in the battle scenes in James Cameron's Avatar is the Gunship, recreated here in intense, movie-accurate detail. Comes with dual firing projectiles, quadruple spinning blades, rotating gun barrels, and a cockpit that opens to fit most 3.75-inch figures in the line. Includes a vehicle specific i-Tag for instant access to additional movie themed action. Figures sold separately.
Intended for ages six+, each and every Avatar Creature/Vehicle interacts with most three Â¾â?- four Â¼â? figures, and is accompanied by a character-certain i-tag. The Scorpion Chopper capabilities rotating blades and firing missiles, and seats a single pilot figure (not included). The AT-99 Scorpion Gunship is a VTOL Gunship utilized as both close-in fire help and air assistance in conjunction with RDAâ?TMs mining operations. In the movie Avatar, the Scorpion was outfitted with dual co-axial ducted-fan rotor systems with 4 three-bladed prop rotors and twin Magnussen KE-76 turbine generators powering counter-rotating annular ceramic motors weaponry included gimbal-mounted .50 caliber guns, 190 TK-411 WAFAR in ten 19-tube rocket launchers, and eight Hawkeye HELLFIRE projectiles.

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 14 x 4 x 12 inches ; 3 pounds
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
ASIN: B002GP5XK4
Item model number: R2317
Manufacturer recommended age: 6 - 12 years
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 16,543 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)

By : Mattel
List Price : ~~$26.99~~
Price : $23.99
You Save : $3.00 (11%)

Product Functions

From James Cameron's film, Avatar
Scorpion Chopper, recreated right here in intense, movie-precise detail
Comes with over 24 points of articulation
Contains dual firing projectiles, quadruple spinning blades, and rotating gun barrel
Articulated cockpit that fits all fundamental Avatar RDA and Na'vi figures

Buyer Critiques

Why I am qualified to speak: I have been collecting action figures considering the fact that the initial Star Wars figures back in the 1970s. I have thousands of 1:18 action figures (literally THOUSANDS) and hundreds of vehicles that go with them.
I Paid $[...] for this ship (movie pre-release sale at K-mart) and really feel that it was the fantastic cost for this item. I see that they are now $24.99 to $29.99 at various retailers and that value is way more than the value mark. Watch this item for sell-out, although, as it is the very best AVATAR product at present on the shelves.
It appears that this vehicle is released in the identical quantities as the flying creatures and other vehicles as they all had equal representation on the shelves at eight various stores I visited.
THE Decent:
-The olive drab color is excellent. There is a extremely, quite subtle gold dust in the paint that is good if the model is touched by the sun.
-The cockpit has especially nice plastic "glass" and has an interior section that folds up and out to make it easier to get figures inside. The effect is imagination inspiring.
-Assembly was fun. It type of reminded me of an elementary snap-together model kit at initially. Moreover, when it is together it stays together.
-The over-all structural look is great. This is 1 of my all-time favorite vehicles... based on appearance alone.
-The Cockpit hinge is made to snap on and off conveniently to avoid breaking if torqued.
-The guns on the front wing rotate 360 degrees.
-I like the reality that this ship has no springs inside and that it does not shoot any funky colored missiles. (But I would have liked to have had individual missiles that separate from the wing)
THE Negative:
Components and ASSEMBLY (the negative):
The front "wings" exactly where the machine guns are attached demand adult strength and child fingers to simply assemble. I was afraid that if I held them at the outer edges while pushing I ran the threat of bending them and getting a crease exactly where the plastic would be lighter than the surrounding regions. With a little work and focus I was in a position to get them installed even though sustaining a solid grip on the larger gun and the top of the wing at its base.
Those identical front wings every have two stubs that protrude INTO the cockpit location. So lengthy as the cockpit is closed you won't care, but those nubs detract from an open cockpit knowledge.
The tail assembly and the snap-on wings are a different sort of plastic than the body of the ship. Bright light passes by way of the softer plastic and it is significantly additional flexible than the rest of the ship. The color is also not perfectly matched up and a close inspection makes it effortless to see where one begins and the other ends. It is as well early to tell but I would anticipate discoloration differences more than time to make the components stand apart even a great deal more.
SCALE (the bad):
-The seat inside the cockpit is also smaller and is virtually not even there. It is molded into the rear wall of the cockpit and serves to do tiny way more than hold the hips of a sufficiently small pilot.
-I wish all the different organizations would settle on a standard 1:18 scale for their figures and then honor that scale with acute focus to detail. This ship is as well little for most 1:18 action figures. If you honestly bend and crunch a standard GI Joe figure (with no gear) you can squeeze him inside. Neytiri just barely fits inside if you squish up her legs sufficient (a difficulty with Neytiri's scale far more than the ship's) [EDIT meaning that Neytiri is too compact and should really not be able to squeeze in there... but this point is included to give an approximation of how massive the ship is for people today who are not up to speed on the size of other action figures]. GI Joe's Scarlett in Reactive Influence Armor (See Desert Ambush Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara) fits snugly, in a right seated position, with her feet beneath the fold-up dash and her head squarely below the cockpit hinge IF you swivel her holster up onto her lap.
PAINT (the negative):
-With the exception of the white, yellow and black implemented for six TEXT areas of the ship (two No Step and four missile designations) the only other color on the ship is gold on the end of some missile tubes and a hint of red that I consider is supposed to be a follow light for night ops (a tiny red, see-by means of plastic "light" would have been much nicer). I am not a major fan of weathering for paint jobs, but they could have conveniently increased the aesthetics by basically doing a black wash to bring out the molded line facts (like the vents and plating joints).
-The rockets that are painted gold are not individually painted. Rather, they painted the entire face of the assembly gold, to involve the rockets and plating behind the rockets.
ARTICULATION (the bad):
- The twin rotors on each side spin and the entire assembly pivots just as it does in the movie... with eight clicked-position increments but it is currently wearing out so it is becoming free of charge moving, but nonetheless tight enough that it holds its position.
-The nose sensor is not articulated.
ACCESSORIES (the poor):
- Missiles do not detach and there are no accessories. (1 missile on every single side does fire applying springs. They are really nicely integrated and blend in perfectly)
CONCLUSION:
I Really like this ship. If it were to scale with GI Joe and Star Wars I would have purchased 6 of them. Considering that it is too smaller I'll just have to settle on two of them (for Scarlett and Cover Girl). I will apply my personal black wash and add a couple of high top quality bitz to spice it up. It was a excellent value at $[...]. I can see spending $[...]. It is over priced at $[...] but I bet it will sell anyway. If this is nevertheless about when clearance hits, snap it up if it gets anyplace close to $15. Less than that and it is a steal.

It is modeled specifically like the 1 in the movie. He's obsessed with the movie and loves all the Avatar toys he got for Christmas. It really is a enjoyable toy for him and it remain put together even immediately after dropped a couple of tough occasions.