Lazer Tag Team Ops Single Player Camo Green

I recently purchased this Laser Tag set for my nephews: 6 years old and 8 years old. I couldn't believe how complicated they made this classic game! There's at least 10 buttons on the gun: trigger, shields, ammo reload, "option", sound on/off, indoor/outdoor, "2nd F"?, and like 5 others underneath an LCD screen. All I wanted was to put batteries in this thing and watch my cousins shoot each other. Instead I had to spend 15 minutes reading the instruction manual. And there was no off switch either for me to reset the game and start over (to follow the instructions). The youngest was getting frustrated because he was holding down the the reload button which wouldn't let him fire. He was actually crying saying, "This doesn't work!".All I wanted was the simple classic Laser Tag from my childhood: turn on and shoot. Not to say that this game isn't fun for older kids. In my opinion, though, Hasbro has gone way overboard and ruined a perfectly good game.

I bought this game because when my older son was a pre teen we had so much fun running around the house tagging each other. Although Lazer Tag Team Ops is much more computerized my sons still had loads of fun.

Why people purchase a toy for tikes when it is specifically targeted at older kids is beyond me. Always look at the box for the minimum age a toy is best for. That said, all LTTO taggers, including this one, have a simple "grab and go" game called LTAG. All you have to do is pull the trigger twice and you're on your way. This is early in the manual, way before all the complicated games that frustrate 6 year olds and their parents.I love LTTO. I even run a club that uses it here in Auburn, WA. But I *always* start new players out with LTAG, then move up to hosted games, and then to the more complicated games. Never try to start out by hosting a team Hide and Seek game, 'cus it's just too much for a young or completely new player. But that's why the LTAG game exists! Just grab it and play! No messing with the control panel.Don't take a low rating based on an inapproprate purchase as worth much. Similarly, take my rating with a grain of salt since I'm a huge fan. But for kids 8 and up to adults, LTTO taggers are a wonderful, durable, and long lived toy that gets you moving AND thinking.