Product Description

* Kids want to be clone troopers * Comes with signature phrases and voice amplifier * Adjustable head straps allow helmet to fit all head sizes * Helmet features sound effects and has five different voice clips from the movie * Can be used by a little kid or a full-grown adult

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #740 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Hasbro
• Model: 87627
• Released on: 2008-07-26
• Dimensions: 12.00" h x 10.75" w x 10.00" l, 3.30 pounds

Features

• Kids want to be clone troopers
• Comes with signature phrases and voice amplifier
• Adjustable head straps allow helmet to fit all head sizes
• Helmet features sound effects and has five different voice clips from the movie
• Can be used by a little kid or a full-grown adult

Amazon.com Review
Any child can be instantly transformed into an authentic Clone Trooper with the Hasbro Clone Wars Voice Changer Helmet. Featuring a sleek, futuristic look and details that are sure to please any Star Wars fan, this adjustable helmet issues popular sayings from the TV show and amplifies your child's voice, adding a fun element to imaginative play. Designed for aspiring troopers aged five and up, this helmet is fun for adults, too.

What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Durable, realistic Clone Trooper helmet The Bad: Size may be awkward for younger children In a Nutshell: Inspires active, imaginative play that spans distant galaxies At a Glance Ages: 5 and older Requires: 3 AA batteries (included)

The mask is sure to please a Star Wars fan. View larger.

The microphone inside changes and amplifies your child's voice. View Larger.

Join the Grand Army of the Republic
Preparing for your first mission as a Clone Trooper is quick and easy. Before you assemble the helmet, adjust the straps on the insert to fit your child, then snap it into place. We had to try several times before the two back pieces and the front of the helmet snapped together neatly. Once we got the three pieces aligned correctly, they attached securely, producing a sleek, sturdy helmet. The three "AA" batteries that power audio features come already installed.

Featuring realistic details, including a tinted visor, a crest on top, and clone-inspired colors, this durable, plastic helmet has three buttons on the right side that prompt five different sayings from the Clone Wars TV show. A button that issues radio static keeps communication interesting, and commands like "Cover Me!" and "All units fire at will!" add a quick adrenaline rush to any battle. Plus, there's a voice-modulator microphone so kids (and adults) can issue their own statements in a cool clone voice.

Experience Intergalactic Role Playing
Whether part of a Halloween custom, an everyday role-playing game, or a display in the ultimate collector's bedroom, this Clone Trooper helmet brings home all the excitement of Star Wars. We were floored by the accuracy and durability of its construction. Plus the tinted visor was much easier to see through than we expected, as long as the helmet was sized correctly.

The size and weight that make this helmet so realistic and durable did cause us to worry about how easy it would be for smaller children to wear. It's true that the straps inside adjust to fit small heads, but that doesn't prevent the size of the helmet itself from being awkward. Similarly, the microphone is adjustable, but it can still be stuck too far away from a small child's mouth. This means that the helmet has to be lifted by hand to speak through the microphone.

When it's positioned close enough to the wearer's face, the microphone does a good job amplifying statements and commands, as well as providing the static you'd expect from a clone. It's ability to truly modify and deepen a voice is less reliable, although this doesn't really detract from the fun. Overall, it's hard to beat a toy that encourages active, imaginative play the way this helmet does. Even adults who are loyal to the original trilogy are likely to enjoy slipping the Clone Trooper helmet on and taking part in the struggles of the Republic.

What's in the Box
Clone Trooper helmet and instruction booklet.

From the Manufacturer
With the Hasbro Clone Wars Voice Changer Helmet, your child can become a mighty Clone Trooper! Equipped with this movie-authentic helmet, kids don't just look like a Clone Trooper, but also miraculously alter their voices to sound like one. Recommended for ages 5 and up, this helmet is truly the ultimate headgear for any Star Wars fan. The Clone Wars Voice Changer Helmet is incredibly detailed, resembling a Clone Trooper right down to the grooves on his forehead plate. Constructed from durable plastic and finished in clone-like colors, this helmet is virtually indistinguishable from the Clone Troopers in the movie. If your child isn't using it as a toy, you could easily put it out as a display piece. The helmet also features easy-to-adjust straps, which fit the helmet comfortably over your child's head. This helmet uses an incredible voice modulator system to transform your young hero's voice and make it sound just like a Clone Trooper's. It doesn't matter whether you're a little kid or a full-grown adult -- when you speak through the microphone, your voice will instantly be changed into the rich baritone of a Clone Trooper. In addition to changing its wearer's voice, the helmet also features sound effects and has five different voice clips from the movie.

Customer Reviews

Great for star wars fans
My two sons are Star Wars fanatics. My 9 year old especially loves the clone troopers. The helmet is big (my head can fit it it) and the kids do look like bobbleheads as the other reviewer mentioned. The voice changer could be better but the other reviewer was too critical. The point is to sound like a clone trooper not like Darth Vader. So it doesn't do much to change the voice because after all, clone troopers are just cloned humans anyways. And there are the other buttons which sound out phrases from the Clone wars movie. My son thinks "it's perfect."

definetly not for little kids
I bought this from TRU ([...])for my 5-year-old son. First, he looked like a bobble-head when he put it on. I think a child would need to be about 10 before it could fit him. It is made to fit 5-adult. The inside head strap is adjustable, making it fit any head, but definetly not any body. My son couldn't walk without holding on to it. Even then it was wobbly and difficult and he couldn't see well. Second, it says it is a "voice changer". It should have read "voice amplifier" because it doesn't change the voice. It does the same thing as my son's toy cash register's microphone feature. I returned it and got him a rather snazzy Darth Vader costume instead.

Lives up to expectations
Our 8 yr old wanted to spend some Christmas money on this item. We were very happy to find it on Amazon for $25. We had looked at it in many other stores for anywhere from $30 - $50. I read him some reviews from here, particularly regarding the "voice changer" before purchasing, but he wanted it anyway.

He LOVES this toy. It does require snapping together, and was a little tricky, but not too bad. The "voice changer" does not. And the microphone does not reach his mouth, so he really does not use that part of the helmet. Nevertheless, he loves playing with it, and being a clone trooper. He is a little smaller than average, but has never complained that the helmet hurt him or was too heavy. Mostly he uses his own voice and commands. He wears it outside, playing imagination battle games. It has been dropped on hard floors several times, but has not broken.

Although this clearly is false advertising, regarding the voice-changing function (which doesn't), nevertheless, it was a good investment for Daniel.