Minecraft RC Flying Ghast

We got this for my 8 year old for Christmas and he loves it. He has been playing with it constantly for 2 days. This is not really an outdoor toy, it is very light and will get damaged easily in the wind. Perhaps on a really still day it might be ok. It took a little bit for us to get the trim set so it flew correctly (normal for any drone) but it has been terrific! It's easy for him to charge and use himself. It's taken quite a few noisy crashes and hasn't been damaged in any way (including a fall down our stairwell). It's hit the ceiling many times, door frames, the Christmas tree, a basement floor, The noise gets to be a bit much, going all day long (he plays with it constantly whenever it's not charging). But to be expected. Know what you are getting and realize it's not meant for an everyday outside toy, and expect to need some patience teaching a kid how to fly it, and how to adjust the trim. It is actually better than I expected. I hesitated to buy it because of some other reviews, but it was the number one item on our son's list so I grabbed it when it was on sale the week of Thanksgiving and don't regret it at all.

This was purchased for my son (paid $75) as one of his bigger Christmas gifts. What started out as utter excitement as he opened the gift ended with a very disappointed child that was grumpy with Santa for delivering a "broken" toy. I'll start with the good. Amazon shipped on time and the packaging was very good if not excellent. While this wasn't frustration-free packaging, it was incredibly easy to unpack. Bravo! Now the bad. The pairing process is incredibly wonky and frustrating. I closely followed the "destructions" and couldn't get this thing to pair to save my lives. Thinking that it might be me, I had a few other adults also give it a try just in case I was having a moment. Turns out, I wasn't. Hours later, and after some voodoo magic and random button mashing, it finally paired--albeit this was short lived. The unit finally took flight but our joy died three seconds later--NOOOOOO!. The blades stopped and the unit came softly crashing down as if the remote and Ghast were no longer paired. Dusting ourselves off, we once again performed our voodoo in an attempt to fill the air with joy once again. Low and behold, it took flight but, Houston, we had a major malfunction." One blade was inoperable and the craft began to break up (e.g. Crashed into the wall). Defeat! We are done! Game over! We "called Santa" and he helped us with a workshop-return slip. This thing is going back.

Easy to fly and assemble, but very fragile! Daughter brought it to school and it was accidently stepped on. The entire top part used to fly the ghast came unattached. 8 year old daughter managed to tape it back together herself and still use it. Controller is easy to use. Very lightweight, best used indoors - any breeze would sweep it away outdoors. Gave it a 4 for ease of use and enjoyment - having it better reinforced would make it a 5.

My 7 year old got this for Christmas. It has been enjoyed by him, his 9 year old brother with watchful guidance by their father. And of course as a minecraft fanatic, he loved zooming a flying ghast around the house. It crashed plenty of times, as all flying toys things do in our house when being controlled by an elementary school child. It seems to have a fly time of about 15-20 minutes, pretty typical of most chargeable items. As to the reviewers who feel it was too delicate and difficult, I do not feel it is that delicate compared to other type of RC flying devices that we have purchased of the years. We have used multiple brands of flying devices including fast lane brand. I find it pretty similar.

First, you should be aware this is very cheaply made and delicate. So, prepare your child for having to baby the toy when playing with it. It takes FOREVER to charge and the charge plugs into your computer, not the wall, so your computer will have to be open that whole time. Also, the chord that goes from the controller to the Ghast to connect their charges is way too short. You can't stand it up to charge, but have to find some way of rigging it. Mattel really could (and should) have done much better.

Santa sent this as a Christmas present to my daughter who is a huge minecraft fan. And having owned and flown a couple of other RC helicopters, I can say that I would not recommend this. toy to anyone The construction is cheap. It is literally thin cardstock and foam taped together with some motors and a LiPo battery. I cannot imagine how it could be manufactured any cheaper. The bean counters at Mattel truly cut every possible cost. Compare that to the nice metal frame you get on a Syma S107 for about 1/3 the price and it is just shameful. The charging method is poorly implemented as well. I've seen units which plug into the wall. I've seen units that plug directly into a remote. What I have not seen is this method where you have to plug the remote into the wall via USB, and then plug the helicopter into the remote. What a pain! They probably forced this daisy chain method on you to save another few cents per units in profits. Once you do this, then charging takes a ridiculous and painfully slow 3 hours. Now compare that to the cheap s107 which charges in like 15 minutes. Unlike others I didn't have any pairing problems, that at least just worked. I was able to get the thing up and running without much fuss, but this isn't the easiest copter to fly either. The controls are extremely touchy and considering the shoddy construction I cannot imagine this thing would survive more than 1 or 2 crashes. Coupled with the uber sensitive controls you are headed towards a very short-lived $70 thrill. They say this is for kids 8 and older, but most 8 year olds that I know would crash and most likely destroy this thing in no time. It would be much more cost effective (and probably more fun for your young one) to get a cheaper/slower helicopter, some thin cardstock, foam tubes and some hot glue and make your own ghast. You'd save a good chunk of money, have a better toy, and it would look just as professionally done as this thing.

This is well built, the blades are protected good, we have had many crashes with no broken pieces. Sometimes it doesn't communicate well between the ghast and the controller but a quick turn off fixes that. (I am sure that we are probably doing something wrong lol) It is very easy to fly especially compared to other flying toys we have had, the kids are able to keep it in the air for several minutes (and they are younger than the recommended age) We only got one, the kids are asking to buy 2 more and likely in the future I will do that.

It could be made a little sturdier but overall this thing is really fun. My 7, 4, and 2 year old have been playing with it non stop for three days now. Definitely recommend for any young minecraft fans.

Minecraft R/C Ghast this is so cool .. its so much fun... we had a lot of laughs flying this thing ,.... well made to be light wait to get more lift and longer flight time .... good aerodynamics.. got here fast thanks ..

Not worth the money you pay for it! only after a few minutes of regular play, the top plastic frame for the chopper blades broke off. I had to re-glue it. Left it for a night to set up. Then the next day of play, it must not have been balancing correctly, because it wasn't flying properly. It kept falling over to its side. super cheap construction. not cool.

my 11 year old grandson loves Minecraft and this will be a perfect gift for him.

Disappointing that the propeller mechanism is so poorly made. Without propellers the drone is useless. They break and come off easily and once the extras are gone the machine is unusable.

looks good. prompt delivery.