Purchased for Halloween 2009. 4 yr old plays with it regularly (battling the other neighborhood Jedi) and it's holding up well after 3 months. The double light saber feature is incredibly cool -- 2 toys in 1! My son loves to playing both good guy and bad guy by switching from single to double saber. Weight, size and operation are no problem for a 4 yr old. Love the way it collapses to store and that the little saber can be completely tucked away in the handle of the larger one. The sounds are very fun. Wish this had been around when I was a kid!!