Avatar RDA Scorpion Gunship

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Incoming! A key 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 three.75-inch figures in the line. Consists of a automobile particular i-Tag for instant access to way more movie themed action. Figures sold separately.
Intended for ages six+, every single Avatar Creature/Vehicle interacts with most 3 Â¾â?- 4 Â¼â? figures, and is accompanied by a character-distinct 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 each close-in fire assistance 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 3-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
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Item Features

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

Consumer Reviews

Why I am qualified to speak: I have been collecting action figures due to the fact the 1st 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 best value for this item. I see that they are now $24.99 to $29.99 at a variety of shops and that value is way more than the value mark. Watch this item for sell-out, even though, as it is the greatest AVATAR product presently on the shelves.
It appears that this car is released in the same quantities as the flying creatures and other vehicles as they all had equal representation on the shelves at 8 distinctive stores I visited.
THE Fantastic:
-The olive drab color is excellent. There is a especially, incredibly subtle gold dust in the paint that is good if the model is touched by the sun.
-The cockpit has extremely good plastic "glass" and has an interior section that folds up and out to make it much easier to get figures inside. The effect is imagination inspiring.
-Assembly was enjoyable. It sort of reminded me of an elementary snap-together model kit at initial. Additionally, once it is together it stays together.
-The more than-all structural look is great. This is a single of my all-time favorite vehicles... based on appearance alone.
-The Cockpit hinge is produced to snap on and off easily to avoid breaking if torqued.
-The guns on the front wing rotate 360 degrees.
-I like the fact 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 person missiles that separate from the wing)
THE Poor:
Components and ASSEMBLY (the bad):
The front "wings" where the machine guns are attached need adult strength and child fingers to easily assemble. I was afraid that if I held them at the outer edges when pushing I ran the threat of bending them and finding a crease exactly where the plastic would be lighter than the surrounding regions. With a tiny function and concentrate I was in a position to get them installed while maintaining a solid grip on the larger gun and the top of the wing at its base.
Those identical front wings each have 2 stubs that protrude INTO the cockpit area. So extended as the cockpit is closed you will not care, but those nubs detract from an open cockpit knowledge.
The tail assembly and the snap-on wings are a distinct sort of plastic than the body of the ship. Vibrant light passes by way of the softer plastic and it is significantly way more flexible than the rest of the ship. The color is also not perfectly matched up and a close inspection makes it painless to see where one begins and the other ends. It is too early to tell but I would anticipate discoloration differences over time to make the parts stand apart even a lot more.
SCALE (the bad):
-The seat inside the cockpit is too compact and is pretty much not even there. It is molded into the rear wall of the cockpit and serves to do little additional than hold the hips of a sufficiently smaller pilot.
-I wish all the varied suppliers would settle on a standard 1:18 scale for their figures and then honor that scale with acute consideration to detail. This ship is also tiny for most 1:18 action figures. If you seriously 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 trouble with Neytiri's scale additional than the ship's) [EDIT which means that Neytiri is too tiny and should not be able to squeeze in there... but this point is included to give an approximation of how huge the ship is for many people 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 correct seated position, with her feet under the fold-up dash and her head squarely beneath the cockpit hinge IF you swivel her holster up onto her lap.
PAINT (the bad):
-With the exception of the white, yellow and black implemented for six TEXT locations of the ship (two No Step and 4 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 assume is supposed to be a follow light for night ops (a tiny red, see-by means of plastic "light" would have been considerably nicer). I am not a huge fan of weathering for paint jobs, but they could have quickly increased the aesthetics by just undertaking a black wash to bring out the molded line details (like the vents and plating joints).
-The rockets that are painted gold are not individually painted. Instead, they painted the whole face of the assembly gold, to include things like the rockets and plating behind the rockets.
ARTICULATION (the bad):
- The twin rotors on every single side spin and the entire assembly pivots just as it does in the movie... with 8 clicked-position increments but it is currently wearing out so it is becoming totally free moving, but nonetheless tight sufficient that it holds its position.
-The nose sensor is not articulated.
ACCESSORIES (the negative):
- Missiles do not detach and there are no accessories. (1 missile on each side does fire utilizing springs. They are incredibly nicely integrated and blend in perfectly)
CONCLUSION:
I Appreciate this ship. If it were to scale with GI Joe and Star Wars I would have purchased 6 of them. Considering that it is as well 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 few high good quality bitz to spice it up. It was a fantastic value at $[...]. I can see spending $[...]. It is more than priced at $[...] but I bet it will sell anyway. If this is nonetheless about when clearance hits, snap it up if it gets anyplace close to $15. Much less than that and it is a steal.

It's modeled specifically like the one in the movie. He's obsessed with the movie and loves all the Avatar toys he got for Christmas. It really is a entertaining toy for him and it remain put together even following dropped a handful of tough times.