Title: They don't build em like they used to....
Product review: Probably good enough for young kids, but they don't build em like they used to....I was ecstatic to find this item on Amazon but this is definitely not the same little red, rigid-plastic, water rocket with a sturdy, metal-shafted pump that I had 25 years ago. For starters, the rockets are constructed with lighter plastic. But the pump is where the problems really lie.The shaft is plastic and seems like it will break. That would not be so bad except that air and water begin to leak after 5 pumps. I purchased two sets and both pumps have identical issues. The air did not leak on the older version and the rocket would travel at least 25 feet (I remember many a > 20 fooot roof-top retrieval ventures) vertically. Now you are lucky if it goes over 15 feet.The rockets are distinctly lighter as well. I remember mine crashing nose-first onto the cement with a thud whereas these flay in the wind and gingerly fall on their sides.
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