My son had this for christmas 2011 and loved it, its taken some hard knocks and still is working perfectly well. The light saber stays extended all the time unlike the ones we had before that slide inside to make it smaller, but this has not detracted from the fun, the sound effects are brilliant and just like the real thing and goes with the movement of the saber and when it clashed with other objects or sabers i would highly recomed this toy for any star wars fans, the postal service was on time aswell.