Kobian Glo Sword for Nintendo Wii - Scorching Red

My wife and I purchased these and, although they are bright and would be fun as props or for a costume, they are not practical for gameplay. It makes the entire apparatus top-heavy and causes arm pain after only a few minutes of play (my wife is a bowler and has fairly good forearm strength already, so it's not just a matter of needing to work out the muscles). If the Wiimote had been placed in the middle, allowing for the batteries to add weight at the back of the hilt, this would be a much more useable toy.

I had pre-ordered this in June for my brother's birthday in July it was delayed into August and then September, but I got email notifications each time. I also go a notification for the $5.00 promotion with the message that they will not be carrying the item. My guess for this decision would be repeated failure by the manufacturer to deliver the product as agreed.To make up for the horrid inconvenience they offered it for the same price as the other ones would have been regularly. Yes it is more than the $19.99 that I originally reserved 1 for, but I'm now getting 2 of them, dropping the price to about $15 each, and they look cooler. I do not see a problem with this, because Amazon is not the ultimate source of the problem, if you're going to be mad and boycott something why not the manufacturer for not meeting demand?

I agree with the other reviews. I am very disappointed because my 6 year old son is a Star Wars freak and you have to keep taking the remote out to control the game, then put it back in for the battles. At his age, he cannot do that easily, so I have to help him with that. They are cool looking, but not practical at all!

This is a classic 'bait and switch' tactic. Same thing happened to me. Most stores that encounter this situation would give you the product upgrade at the same price as the original offer tendered. Do you think that will happen? Not holding my breath....

Everyone is just making comments about Amazon and preordering! I am thinking about buying Star Wars, Clone Wars game for my son and I would like to know if these things work and can he play the game without them.