Hasbro Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader/Death Star
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Toys and Games Reviews of Hasbro Star Wars Transformers Darth Vader/Death Star
Customer Review: Worthy Companion to Primus and Unicron
Summary: 5 Stars
As mentioned in numerous other reviews, the Death Star transformation is not for the faint of heart. It requires perseverance, full engagement, and deft hand steadiness to execute. If the Primus and Unicron are rated Skill Level 4, this thing should be about a 6. It takes patience and practice to learn how to best approach it. That's why I rated it high in educational, "brain" value... The Darth Vader mode is cool - with noises and lights and trash talk, but the conformation is not comparable to Unicron or Primus. I'd put it third of the three as a robot, with Unicron the baddest, most capable. As a planet though, the Death Star is striking, and embodies the ultimate evolution of the sphericals. It even has retractable stand legs, unlike the Primus.
Sitting side-by-side, they make a nice ensemble. Of the three, I like the Primus best for play value - quick and easy and fun to transform and show off with. But this one can be fun if you are up for the challenge, or is cool as a noisy paperweight in whichever mode, if you aren't...
Customer Review: Help me Obi Wan (helpful tips to assemble death star)
Summary: 3 Stars
Yes, this almost drove me to drink!! Getting the death star created is a royal pain. Thanks to Andrew for his helpful hints review. A few more suggestions. Mine went along pretty well until I got to the arm pieces.
*Vader's arms need to be close to his side. I put the pieces on his biceps in first. Make sure his hands are turned thumbs up and pushed down as far as possible. The other piece (the hinged piece) should fold in without much resistance. If it doesn't slide flush, look in through the top (Vader's head) and you can see if his hands are in the way.
*On the pieces above the missle launcher, there are some connectors that swivel. You don't need them, but make sure they are pointed down and out of the way.
*With the final 2 pieces, the one on the left has to go on first (if you are looking at the back of the toy (part with the battery compartment)).
Good Luck and May the Force be with you (but not too much force or it'll break apart).
Customer Review: Listen to the Other Reviewers!
Summary: 2 Stars
What just about everyone else is saying here is correct - it is a major pain to assemble this into the Death Star. It took my husband about 45 minutes along with a deluge of curse words to finally "transform" it (our son was not home at the time - thank goodness!). It's so bad that my husband won't let our son transform it back to Darth Vader. I'm very curious how the manufacturer can rate this toy for ages 5+. There is no way a 5 year old can figure this out. And the instructions, talk about a joke!! We both laughed when we looked at them - they could not have possibly been written with a child in mind. Did Hasbro actually test this product prior to its release??????? In all, my son is keeping it and he does play with the Death Star - it comes with tiny action figures and the TIE fighters. It also has little compartments in the Death Star that our son can store these items.Customer Review: horrible to assemble into death star
Summary: 1 Stars
This thing is terribly hard to assemble into the DS. the instructions stink, impossible to make sense of. I finally figured it out, took 1.5 hours and various re-tries before getting it right. for instance, the directions don't clearly show that (a) the arms need to be hooked onto the body at the elbows and (b) the feet need to be turned around. both of these caused the final assembly to not close, and forced 2 re-starts of the whole process since you need to open the thing up in order to change those elements. Also, if closed together as the DS, and this is important as to the playability, an inside piece (both times I assembled it) depresses the trigger for the missile, so the missile will not stay back in the barrel in order to fire, and the missile firing is the ONLY playable piece when it is in DS mode.Customer Review: Transformers - lots of hype, little satisfaction
Summary: 2 Stars
My 8 yr. old son really wanted this toy as well as a Star Wars Lego set. After spending several hours with him constructing his 471 piece Lego Imperial Land Cruiser we were both happy and satisfied. The toy had several working parts including gears and weapons that fire. On the other hand this Transformer is nearly impossible to "transform" completely. At some point when trying to get it into the Death Star form you just want to brute force it into place. Almost 2 weeks after Christmas this Transformer has not been played with much and the Lego craft has seen lots of play time. It is not a matter of skill or following directions - the transformer toys just don't transform well. Trying to transform these toys will try your child's patience while Legos will reward their ability to stay with the activity.