Had one like this when I was a kid
354765
Just don't work! Had one like this when I was a kid. It was great fun and the rocket seemed to go hundreds of feet up, may have only been one or two hundred, but it went way up.

I saw this and thought my son would enjoy it. He wasn't able to get it to work so I tried thinking maybe he wasn't doing something quite right. After a couple dozen attempts the best we got was a flight of 10-15 feet. We tried varying the water amount, the number of pumps, everything we could think of. On the bright side we did get one up to 10-15 feet. The first several barely got off the launcher!

So disappointing. Far too much effort for a little spurt of a flight.
1903565
Bought this because it reminds me of the kind I had as a kid.  Highly recommend!
2673136
When I was a kid in the 50's I had one of these. Loved them and I was pretty good. So I thought I'd give it a go again now that I'm retired.
2666847
This is an old classic which I enjoyed as a kid
1512366
Well built.  Just like the one I had when I was a kid.
3778214
It may be retro, but kids still love this thing as much as I did when I was a kid.
4429877
One of my favorite candy bars when I was a kid. Just like I remember.
1732046
I wanted my kids play with slot cars like i did as a kid.  I found this set and it works just like I remembered. I think that I use it more than the kids.
3989808
i had one when i was little
and im 29 now and still remeber this!
your never to old for stuff like this and glad i found 1!
i will have fun with this with co-workers family and friends but won't say how i did it!
3676317
Just like I had as a kid. That one lasted from 1963 to 2003, then somebody stole it from my Dad's front yard. He was using it to take his garbage cans out. Otherwise I think it would still be going strong.
2275807
i remembered this mini series from when i was a kid. it's one of those things ive never forgotten.maybe a little cheesy 40 years later but i still love it. <3
4136497
This is amazing. I had this when I was a kid back in the late 80s and I always wanted to get a brand new one since I ended up destroying my first (kids...). This sits on my desk at my home office. Small kids should not play with this because of the swords. Overall, I love it.
2614731
i had something like this when i was a kid and now my daughter has one and she loves it and it folds up nicely for travel or clean up
391204
This reminds me of MY childhood. I'm so glad to have one for my kids.
4380531
Just like my childhood. My wige and I along with my 6 year old and 4 year old have fun with this. A nice family experience.
2016080
I had similar items when I was growing up.  When I saw this on Amazon, I had to pick it up for a stocking stuffer for my son.  Just be aware that it is smaller than expected, but exactly like the ones I remember when I was younger. My son put this on his desk and sometimes I'll catch him just staring at it.  We've even used it as a timer.  The kids will use it to brush their teeth sometimes since sometimes they rush thru that.  When all the blue is at the bottom (which takes a few minutes), then they are done.  Overall, a great buy.
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I bought this for Christmas.  It was not like the one I had as a child.  I think the screen needs to tilt a bit to help keep the pegs in.  This straight up and down lets the pegs fall out. Making it kind of difficult to make good pictures with.