Kid Galaxy Backyard Flyer Classic Race Ace

The "Kid Galaxy Backyard Flyer" 5 Star Review See a video I took with my IPhone- [...] Great Toy! We are always looking for great toys, and if you have a great deal of space, or if you're able to go where you have lots of open space like a park, rec center etc, this toy will blow your mind. I'm not kidding, at our local recreation center, I took our 7 year old grand daughter, girls love these toys too by the way. We stood her on the 50 yard line of a practice football field, she launched her plane into the wind (that's key), it flew around and around until it flew past the goal post landing in the empty parking lot. It flew at least 45 seconds, maybe more. Some flights are hit or miss, but more times than not, you'll get a great flight. Here's a couple important things I feel you should keep in mind. First, these planes are fragile, they can take crashing when the flight comes to an end but if your kids are young, managing them as they play with this toy is going to insure it last. A kid could easily step and crush, sit and squash. These planes are lite, made to catch air, not to end up under a bookbag. Just note, it's fun for the whole family, just monitoring when played with, teaching to care for fragile but fun toys, will see you'll have many flights to come. Quick note, if flown around trees, these planes will end up in one. So, if you do fly close to trees, it's ok, the planes will be fine, just make sure before flown, you have a ladder on standby. Bottom Line- It's in the best toys top ten for us this year, girls love this as much as boys, I'm 40 plus and I loved it just as much. It's priced right, great value, just handle with a little more care than you would most yard toys, don't get me wrong, it can take a beating but you dont want to put ones body weight on it ;) Have a great flight, The McElveen's of South Carolina

Did not fly more than a couple feet. Very disappointed as this was supposed to be a gift for my young grandson. Certainly did not fly like shown on the Utube videos. It appeared to me that the wings were assembled crooked which resulted in the poor flight pattern. Great idea for a young person but poor results. Not worth the effort or the money.

As others have mentioned, you really need a lot of space for this toy. If there is no wind, it will not go very far. However, if there is a light steady breeze, this plane can fly for a very long time. My three year old daughter launched the plane and it almost hit the ground within 10 feet of her. But then it began climb and climb and climb. Eventually it flew out of the park with the light breeze at its tail. The park is made up of 3 soccer fields and 2 baseball fields and we launched the plane from the upwind side. Needlesss to say, the plan flew and flew and we never saw it again. Fortunately, we bought two, and we still have the other one. My daughter loves it, her friends love it and every kid at the park loves it.

1st plane I received did not fly, and went straight down after shot off the launcher. Called customer service and they sent a replacement quickly. The replacement launcher didn't work at all, so I used the first launcher with the replacement plane. Waited for a windy day, and set out with my 4 year old daughter to the park. On the first gust, I shot the plane into the wind and up it went. Then up some more. Then more, and before we knew it, it was gone. All I can say is that it worked... to good. It flew off over the trees and a fence and down a cliff. I guess it was a fun toy. You just need a LOT of room on a windy day.

This was a big hit for my 6 and 7 yo... much older and this might have less appeal. Like others have said, this plane can fly a good distance, especially vertically. You need a large open field or else you absolutely will be fetching it from far up in a neighbor's tree or roof. Based on other reviews we took it to a field to fly it and had fun. It can fly around for a good 30-45 seconds... my kids had fun chasing it and shooting at it with their nerf guns. It tries to go in circles, but it's almost completely styrofoam so the path it takes is very dependent on the wind. Overall a neat little toy for $20.

I don't know what happened. We ordered the same plane a few years ago for my older child. That plane was a hit! It would soar high and EXTREMELY far. You couldn't fly it at home as it would definitely get lost. We went to parks with large, expansive open areas. We had lots of fun with it until my younger one was born and went on his three and four year old campaign of destruction of any toy that he could his hands on. Now that he is older I thought it would be fun for him to see what his older brother enjoyed while he was younger so I ordered it for Christmas. When we finally were able to make some time and get it out of the box to fly it we were ecstatic and excited to get it up in the air. We were going to sail the wild blue yonder! My now six year old would see what all the fun was about of which we spoke. However, only to our disappointment it didn't come through. 99% of the time when launched it basically came off the gun and made a beeline for the ground. Only one time was my 10 year old able to get it to fly about 50% of what we experienced before. We followed the directions to a "T" without success. In fact the one time it did somewhat fly was when my 10 year old launched it with the wind instead of against the wind as directed. However we couldn't duplicate it. We compared it to our old plane that even with glue flew better than this one, and my four old noticed that the older one was firmly sealed whereas the newer one had a small gap in the front fuselage and that the propeller was more extended on the newer one than the older. I don't know if this makes a difference but all I can say is that we weren't happy. So it's a chance......

I purchased two of these for my four year old twin grandsons and could not be happier. Although the no-planes are made of styrofoam, they are sturdier than I would have thought. The planes fly on their own, and are quite acrobatic. The boys really love these planes, and the only problem we have ever had was the result of them flying too well...one flew away from the center of a large park and was lost. We bought another as a replacement...one month later a neighbor two blocks away returned the original aircraft which had landed in her backyard. Make sure you have lots of room when flying these fun no-planes.

Easily the best flying plane we've had. Our family is big into toy planes. Gliders like the Air Hogs Titan, full R/C ones, and little "charge and fly" jobs like this. I got this because of the good reviews, and because the reviews all talked about how long and high this plane flys. Also, my three year old loves flying them with us, and I thought this would be a good item since he could just point and launch it. It did not disappoint. The first flight lasted a solid minute with the plane rising and circling all over. My son was able to launch it and fly it as well very easily. And I've seen enough cheapo Air Hogs items to know whether something will last. This one has been flown a bunch in the last few months and crashed into a whole lot of trees, houses, and streets... no big issues so far. The thing flies so nicely that it doesn't "divebomb" onto the street or concrete very often. Usually what stops this plane is a tree branch or trunk, which should help it last long. Unless you have to smack it out of a tree and break it! The best recommendation I can give is that I bought two more of these and gave them to my brother-in-law and father-in-law as gifts.