I personaly hate them from both a playability and display perspective.

My eyes hate them after being shot by them. I look like the picture on the instructions.

I personaly hate them from both a playability and display perspective.

I agree...Really a worthless feature and look IMO.

I really wish they'd just go back to the spring loaded missiles, and if the set isn't big enough, it can do without.

Flick missiles simply do not work. No matter what I try or how I approach the thing, they just don't go anywhere. Display is alright on some models but usually the way how they are integrated into the build messes up everything and I would rather do without. I prefer something that looks like it has workable missiles even if they don't instead of a convoluted mess with half assed non-working rockets.

I despise them...

Lego needs to figure out a smaller version of the spring loaded missile. Flick fires are stupid, and the spring loaded are huge, making you build your entire model around the firing mechanism.

Looking at the poll results so far it looks like the general consensus is many of us don't like them all that much. (12 no, 7 depends, and 0 yes.) My question is then why does TLG continue to add them onto sets? Is it for the enjoyment of kids or an easy addition for more playability? Otherwise you would think Lego would have gotten rid of them by now.

Looking at the poll results so far it looks like the general consensus is many of us don't like them all that much. (12 no, 7 depends, and 0 yes.) My question is then why does TLG continue to add them onto sets? Is it for the enjoyment of kids or an easy addition for more playability? Otherwise you would think Lego would have gotten rid of them by now.

Maybe some kids are just better at getting them to work or like to throw them through the air like a javelin or something. I guess I just have not come across that one set to convince me they really work.

Some people do, otherwise why would Lego insist on continuing their creation. I personally don't, but whatever, it doesn't affect whether I buy a set or not. They are just a fixed emplacement for myself as opposed to the fluid mechanism Lego suggests.

Flick-Fire missiles travel like 3 inches if you are lucky. Before, I would shoot it then carry it across to the target. Now I don't fire them. Waste of Lego IMO.

The flick-fire missile is an embarrassment.

Well, at least one person voted "Yes". And 17 still say "No".

Well, at least one person voted "Yes".

And 17 still say "No".

That 1 vote must have been made in error, or maybe it was someone from the anti gun camp.

The Necroposter strikes again!

Could a moderator please add a poll back onto this thread? Thank you.

I don't mind them as long as they are not noticable and aren't placed in ridiculously innappropriate places (eg. the missiles that shoot out of weathertop. Because ancient ruins from LOTR totally have built-in defense systems).

Could a moderator please add a poll back onto this thread? Thank you.

Done.

I think they are an awful addition to almost every set! 

i Think that kids love them .... it gives them at least some palatability with those useless sets.

Done.

Thank you TheOrcKing!

Nope. Kids don't like them either. At least the 4-7 year olds that frequent my house to play with my son. The 7 year old was actually good at flicking them across the room.......but he had to remove 90% of the wing to get a good flick at it.

Ninjago ball squeezrs suck as well. You can't support a sloppy, flimsy dragon while squeezing the heck out of the squeezer tryin to make a shot. Those balls do fly though...when you finally pop them. And promptly disappear.