Petron Sureshot Kruisboog

My little boy tried something similar in the Dinosaur park Tenby, and desperately wanted his own. This is well made and good fun and arrived quicker than expected

gift for grandson he loves it

OK- so we might not win parents of the year getting a toy weapon for a five year old, but our son is into Super Heroes like Hawkeye and Green Arrow…so…we took a chance on the Petron Sports Sureshot Crossbox and it actually has turned out to be a great toy- under constant supervision of course.There is not much assembly required so it’s ready to use within about 10 minutes. The bow is made of heavy duty plastic so it has some stability behind it and can withstand a bit of manhandling by a youngster. I will say, it was smaller than I imagined- I feel a bit silly firing it but it is seems to be abotru the right size for a 5 year old to handle. The darts themselves are heavy plastic with a rubber suction head to allow them to stick to most surfaces. One should be careful as they do shoot with some velocity- I am not too concerned with standard windows but they may crack things like mirrors or knock over glass bottles pretty easily.After we shot the first couple, we decided it was an outdoor toy- one where we aimed at a specific target or used in an open area and shot for distance. It’s pretty accurate for a toy and the loading operation is easy enough to master that our child can do it with a bit of help- of course that just means the parents have to be that much more careful as the temptation is great to aim for one’s brother. The darts are rubber so I don’t think they would hurt…but still. Also, one has to be sure no one is too close to the shooter when he fires- the crossbow strands do flex out and could cause some injury if you are hit by them.Overall, it’s a fun toy and we will probably look at other Petron products like the full sized bow once the boys are a bit bigger and are still into super heroes.

I bought this as a birthday gift for my son.Its quite accurate and more powerful than I thought it would be. The only negative things I can say is that the metal frame of the bow slips out regularly on firing but this was easily fixed by using electrical tape to secure it. The target sight at the front was displaced regularly on firing and stopped the trajectory of the dart so we just took it off and it fires fine, all in all my Son loves it all the same and its a lot of fun. I would have given it a 5 star if not for those parts I mentioned.

Good item. Sturdy and easy to assemble.