Although my son is only 6 years old (the NERF is empohlen from 8+), but he and his friends are all crazy about it. She has a great range and the boys love to play with it. (Cans or balloons meet). Since the darts of NERF are soft, it can be used also in the apartment. The only drawback: they caught very quickly during the charging process and it needs 4x1.5V LR14 (thick) batteries! A toy with which one can make but probably every boy very happy at the moment