An unfun toy : TOR II rocket

On the box the makers (Quercetti from Torino, Italy) make the bold claims:

• Catapault launch climbs over 100 metre.
• Suitable for ages 8+ (three and above because of small parts).
• 50 years of experience in educational toys. Since 1950 we have specialized only in toys that help children's physical and intellectual development while stimulating creativity, reasoning and learning.
• Fun - Creative - Educational

What do you think? Have you bought this toy and just like me think it's a heap of rubbish? Or can you get it to work? Use the comment link at the top to tell me!

However, we have got a refund for it of the full £7.50, and they refunded the postage too.

2010-12-26 20:54:35 Richard young says: "I owned one of these toys when I was young..probably about 1956. It worked really well and is my favourite toy that I remember. I think it had cotton for the parachute then. Highly dangerous if you didn't pack the chute properly and it failed to open as it ended up being a missile and could have easily killed someone if it hurtled down on to someone's head."