Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Corps! Rapid assualt helicopter.
Ok, so this is really a quick review of a thing that I scoffed at for years and now want several more of.

The Corps!, produced by Lanard, re-released the Rapid Assualt Helicopter. No longer in blue, this one is in some shade of green with brownish grey engine...Now the Corps stuff runs hot and cold, but the vehicles tend to fill that 10yr olds need for cheap ready to roll and tough toys.
This toy was too toylike in blue. But now it's fine. It comes with 2 wings that thankfully just come off. These wings come with 2 missiles each, one is poorly molded on, one is not too badly done and removable. But! take the wings off, and the lil helo becomes sexy and svelt. There are two tabs, one each side, that two missiles snap right onto. The Corps jets are too small for me, I have the swing wing, but I digress. So I kept hearing about this thing called a FANG. I looked at some pics and made up my mind. I had to get one. As far as small flying vehicles go,  this one is scaled ok, and it looks like it can fly. Not far of course, but one good joe or evil viper fits ok. Kind of loosely but ok. There is a very nasty twin gun that needs to be removed by the 47 yr old man. The 10yt old kid says, COOL!!! this thing is armed to the TEETH!!! But alas, (I like alas, my wife has a great alas) (hehehe, he made an ass joke)  Once the twin gun is removed there is this funky ball on the nose. I am thinking amputation, or maybe it's a GPS thingy. There is a single control column in the cockpit that so far, no unmodified figure can use it. A minor gripe.
  Now , I have a RoC Sky sweeper in yellow, a PTE dauphin in yellow so a lil helo in yellow is just around the corner.
  So as a 57yr old man, this is well worth money. For the 10yr old boy, this thing is fantastic. I'll get another one, even if it's blue, I can always paint it.

3 out of 5 stars (ok I've never done this b4)
1 star for looks
1 star for price
1 star for play abilty,

I dock it for realism and the figure, but really....who cares?