Buzzing about indoors with your micro PicooZ helicopter is of course one of life's great joys, but now these masters of invention have just doubled the fun. Not only does this kit include two helicopters and transmitters, but now they can fight each other in an infrared war. We're not entirely sure that that much fun should be legal. Each of these virtually indestructible little fliers comes packed with the ability to fire an infra red beam at its opponent, which when hit will tumble satisfactorily from the sky. We're still just a little dizzy with the amount of fun this is - and it's not easy, there's no denying that skill beats adrenalin every time. Your control unit has all the up/down left/right control of the standard PicooZ, and now of course the added fire button to let loose a barrage of infrared to take out your opponent. The copters charge from their control units in about 20 minutes and will give you up to ten minutes battling time, which is enough to get you truly exhausted and in need of a breather while you charge up for round two!
Reviews Posted Before Our Rating System Began (Prior to 12th Oct '09)
I was delighted on recieving the first picooZ, it was fun and amazingly small. But what I really lacked was fire-power, how can you run a house-empire without a weapon?
Now its back... with lasers!
David, Coventry
These little things are immense, these toys are fun on different levels. You have to get to grips with the controls, master them and then pit them against your sibling or dad. Any living room will do. These little things are incredible!
Stevie, Milton Keynes
The fighting helis are amazing - very easy and quick to master loads of fun for a short while, then you have to recharge and wait for yet more fun.
Jennie, Warwick
Sky Challenger Review:
My brother and i bought each other these as an early christmas present, and they're incredible! easy to use, fun and reliable, they're exactly as described. we found once the power dies down a bit you could expertly control them, flying circuits and landing on tiny area (we used a teaplate as the pad!!). An awesome RC gadget. Must have fun for all ages !!
Chris, Glasgow
I was very excited about these helicopters. Unfortunately when they arrived they were very dissapointing.
The helicopters both spin uncontrollably. You can use the trimming to minimise this but you'll never stop them spinning totally. I spent around an hour trying to get a decent flight out of them and for a few minutes this was nearly possible, unfortunately the constant spinning ruins them.
As for the lazer game, I couldn't get either helicopter in the air long enough to get close enough to the other to shoot it.
Sadly a dissapointment. However IWOOT delivery was extremely quick and it came the next day.
Andy, Manchester
the blade runner 3 is the most amazing thing i have ever used before. I went to hamleys in the Christmas holiday and was tempted to buy one of the helicopters they were flying around but i decided against it. My friend has one set of these sky challengers and he says it was really wearth the expense. He and i spent hours flying them aound the house and annoying his mother but i cant express enough how fun the were. When i next go to his house we will have 3 sets so that we will be able to keep flying for a long period of time. Thank you i want one of those they are so much fun on a rainy afternoon.
George, Cheltenham
OMG these lttle things are so addictive, immense fun i can't put them down, and although they have had some major crashes (blame that on me sis) still work perfectly, the best thing i have brought for a very long time. Love em
Leon, Bracknell
I received one of these for Christmas this year and as an r/c helicopter veteran I took to the controls very quickly. These helicopters were much tougher and crash resilient than the other helicopters I had flown surviving many encounters with coffee tables and the like after being hit by gusts of air from the windows or one of my sisters running past. These are small enough to be flown in most rooms (big and small alike) but big enough to stay firmly planted in the air. A great gift and a must have for all r/c fans.
Edward, Crewkerne
