Spider-Man Web Blaster Is Crapola
Written: Apr 14 '02 (Updated Feb 03 '03)
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Pros: A child will have some fun playing with his webs for about an hour.
Cons: This toy is more work for the short amount of enjoyment the child will get.
The Bottom Line: A child will have some fun playing with this for about an hour. This toy is more work for the short amount of enjoyment the child will get.
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| stockholder's Full Review: Toy Biz Spider Man: Dual Action Web Blaster |
Spider-Man Web Blaster
I want to start by saying Spider-Man is a great superhero. I love the way he shoots his webs building to building, swinging around above the busy city streets and catching bad guys by capturing them in his webs. In the cartoons he would shoot his webs by using his middle finger to push a button that releases the spider web that shoots out near his wrist.
I wanted to introduce my 6-year-old grandson to Spider-Man. He had a birthday party this weekend and I bought him this Spider-Man Web Blaster. It comes with one Spider_Man glove, two small cans of Spider-Man webs, one small water bottle for squirting water instead of the webs and one Spider-Man wristband that allows the child to attach the cans of webs or the water bottle.
This is a great idea for a child to have fun pretending he is the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, shooting webs at the bad guys and fighting crime.
Unfortunately the incompetent toy makers could screw-up a wet dream. They took this simple idea and made it painful for the child and much worse for the parents.
The first thing that thay screwed to sh*it was the wristband, it took me about five minutes to attach this thing to the Spider-Man glove, so, that means a six-year-old will never be able to do this on their own. When I was trying to attach the wristband to the glove I almost cracked off my little grandson’s arm. He was standing next to me wearing the Spider-Man Glove and I was wrestling with his arm trying to attach this stupid wristband. Finally when the tears came rolling down his face, I realized I was putting too much pressure on his arm. He wanted to play Spider-Man so bad he was not about to inform me of the sharp pains rushing through his arm.
What I learned afterwards is you do not want to attach wristband to glove while the child is wearing the glove.
The next thing the out of touch toy makers botched is the cans of Spider-Man Webs. The webs are actually something like Silly String. This stringy sticky substance comes shooting out when the child touches the button on the wristband. Unlike Spider-Man's webs, this stuff does not come out in a strait line and attach to buildings or people. This stuff comes spraying out like a combination of Silly String and furniture polish. The stringy stuff shoots out but you also have a lot of other liquid shooting all over the room. I was drinking a glass of soda about 20 feet from where he sprayed the web, I took a drink a few seconds later and I tasted the spray in my drink. The actual string that comes out does not stick to anything and was fairly easy to clean. After shooting a web at the dog, the TV, the toilet, my dinner and a shoe, the first can was empty. In total the child can play about a half-hour with each can.
The worst thing these bottom dwellers did was give kids an option to shoot water. After the kid wastes all of the webs by shooting anything and everything, the child wants to fill this little tube with water. After making a child feel like a superhero the last thing you want to do is arm the little fartknucle with water. The water was shot at everything in the house. I think he took the most enjoyment in shooting his water-webs at everything that was plugged into an electrical-outlet. I think water was shot at the microwave, the TV, the stereo, the toaster, not to mention my face and crotch. I took a nap on the couch, when I woke-up I thought I pi.ssed in my pants, until I heard the little snickers of laughter coming from my little troublemakers favorite hiding spot.
The Bottom Line
The Spider-Man Web Blaster is such a great idea, I was sorry to see it turn to a nightmare for adults and frustration and disappointment for my grandson. This toy is more work for the short amount of enjoyment the child will get from it. The sale price of $14 dollars at Wal-Mart saved it from being a total disaster. I give the Spider-Man Web Blaster two stars.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 14
Type of Toy: Other
Age Range of Child: 6 to 8 Years
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