Hasbro Arc-170 Fighter Review

Received this as a birthday gift from my good fat Austriranian friend.


Looks pretty cool I must say. But that's only the box art.


Comes in a few easy to snap-on pieces.


There. Done in 5 minutes.


Wing things flip up. Wookiepedia says that those things work like a heatsink or something.


There's a secret hidden within the underbelly.


IT'S A HANDLE! WITH A TRIGGER.


The trigger opens up the bomb bay from which two little bomblets (which highly resemble anal-plugs[which I definitely have no experience with]) will drop on to the floor, your friends head or an unreachable corner under your desk. You have to manually stick them back in there to 'reload'.


Sometimes the instructions suggest to me that the manual-writers are writing about a different product. The green triangles you see above are numbered 5 and 6.



But on the sticker set, 5 and 6 are these crazy long blackish things.


Ick. (I removed them later)


More evidence that the manual writers are dreaming. The labelled "buttons" aren't actually buttons.


See? That is clearly not a button.


The actual button is that thing over here.


Well let's see what else do we have here on the sticker pad. Oh. Scorch marks.


Oh wow how photo-realistic.


OoOh~ my fighter just got bullet-holed!


If I thought that the manual writers couldn't get anything else wrong, I was wrong. More proof that the manual-writers were writing about a different product. The 'bomb' on the manual was of a different design.


Holding it by the handle felt sturdy and secure. It's pretty damn big and heavy. But feels durable.


The Clone Turbo Tank would have been more of interest to me. Though it'd probably have some other weird screwed up anomaly in its manual.


I was about to throw the packaging out when I realized that it is unnecessarily pretty in there.


Then I realized that it was a diorama if folded properly.


It's now sitting on a vacant CPU in the office.


With 501st Legionnaire and basic generic Clone Trooper guy. As you can see, a lot more detailing is required to achieve the look displayed on the box. As of now, it is in a matte finish together with flat coloring.


There's also a teddy in the pit in which droids usually sit in.

Overall, nice product but the manual and stickers need some improvement.

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