This is a lightweight plastic toy with fairly cheesy design and visuals (labels, etc). When the target is hit, it makes a nice loud POP sound as the targets goes flying several inches into the air before falling back to earth. My 12-year-old son scoffed loudly when he saw the toy in the box, then he and his best friend spent the next 2 hours shooting the targets. I generally consider the birthday gift a success. We found it very interesting that our TV remote control sets off the unit, sending the targets sailing whenever they happen to be reset and we change the TV channel.