Blast up super high with a giant stomp!!
My 3 year old had to have this after playing with our neighbor's, who actually had a different manufactured one. It certainly launches high, thanks to the big pump and hose, but my 3 year old can't stomp it very high. She has fun with it. The only thing I don't like about it is: the connection of the hose to the base has a cheap wingnut attachment and the base tends to angle off course. I keep having to tighten the wingnut.I think it should have a different base; sturdier. So it gets 1 star for durability and 5 stars for fun factor.

Fun for tots and parents too
Lightweight, easy to assemble, rockets soft and durable, even my 2 year-old boy can make it work--most of the time. (He sometimes will jam a rocket down too far onto the launch tube, then step too slowly on the air bag, so the air just hisses through the rocket foam. I'm trying to get him to STOMP the air bag to make the rocket pop off.)

Great fun for safe and easy target practice, even indoors. Note: Outdoors, I can't get it to fly much higher than 30 feet. Perhaps the stomp rocket set for bigger kids will give higher max. altitudes.

A Blast of Fun!
I bought this for my sons, ages 5 and 2, and the 2 year old loves it probably more than his big brother. The rockets are as soft as Nerf foam, and they launch very easily. The rockets fly high and fast, but they don't hurt even when they hit you in the face. The 2 year old has taken to carrying the rocket launcher like a mini bazooka and chasing his brother with it around the house... he holds the rocket launcher on his little shoulder, drops the stomp-pad on the floor, and fires a salvo at his brother in less than a few seconds... it is amazing how good his aim has become. So far, they have been unable to damage anything with it or hurt one another.

This all said, this is not how the toy was meant to be used, but if you have boys, this is how it will eventually be used. If you have objections to your children firing foam projectiles at one another, then this is not the toy for you, (I know several parents that dislike the idea of their children "shooting" at anyone and refuse to buy them water-guns or Nerf products).

If you use this as it was meant to be used, you will take it outside and launch it straight up into the air, and it really goes amazingly high. Even when used properly, this toy is a blast to play with... even for dads.

So Much Fun!
We bought this toy as a Christmas present for our two nephews (1 1/2 & 3 1/2). It is so simple and they just love it! It's great for all ages and a hit at the playground. Other kids are just clamouring for a chance to stomp. So simple, so cheap and SO MUCH FUN!

perfect toy for all ages
My two year old son can easily put the rocket on the launcher by himself. It is his favorite toy. ALL the kids in the neighborhood play with it (2-80 years old!) Boy or Girl, doesn't matter which. When the fins come off the rocket I just glue them back on (only one has come off after 4 months of regular use). It is portable so it comes with us to the park and other kids join in the fun. Kids learn taking turns, controlling direction of the rocket (other rockets only go up, this one can be adjusted so you can easily measure who has made the rocket go the farthest).