Review of Lego Star Wars Boba Fett Alarm Clock

PRODUCT DETAILS

Recommended Age:  6+

Batteries:  Requires 2 AAA batteries, included

UPC:  830659003530

Made in China

Put out in: 2013

Several companies listed in its production:  ClicTime, Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM, and Lego.

Package contents:  Alarm clock, Boba's antenna (detached), instructions, and catalog

Instructions come in: Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, English, French, Portuguese, German, Danish, Swedish, and Finnish.

Measurements:  10 3/4" H (with antenna) x 6" W x  3 1/2" D (in standing pose)

Features:  Alarm is posable.  Arms move up and down, hands rotate, legs move up and down.  Figure can stand on its own or sit.

Sound:  Beeps

Functions:  Snooze button, alarm on/off switch, time set, alarm set, digital screen, lighted display when head press down

Just how many alarm clocks do you need?  I have to admit, I am trying to find more reasons to have more than one...because I love these Lego Star Wars alarm clocks.  To date, I have a Darth Vader, Yoda, and now a Boba Fett.  I just ordered a Darth Maul.  Well, I can set them for the different time zones.  I can have a Daylights Savings Time one for Spring and Fall.  Or maybe I'll just collect them because they are just too cute!

Many people have complained about the alarm on these clocks.  I guess most people want music or dialogue from the movies.  Frankly, Boba Fett--at least in the original movies--didn't have many lines.  The guy was not much of a talker.  He also didn't have his own theme music.  Though he has been developed more in the now cancelled 2008 cartoon series Star Wars The Clone Wars, I still don't know if he had any memorable lines or theme music.

Myself, I prefer the annoying beeping sound these clocks make.  Sure, I feel like throwing them across the room...but it does wake me up.  Music or dialogue can too easily filter into my dreams, and I don't always wake up when more musical alarms sound.

The clocks run on batteries, and the batteries tend to last a long time.  I haven't had to change my Darth Vader's or Yoda's batteries yet, and I've had them for at least a year or more.  The good news with battery-operated clocks is that they don't go out if they power does, and you can't kill them by overly winding them.  My stepfather was a serial killer when it came to clocks for this reason.

The alarm clock is posable like most Lego figures.  It has a digital clock.  You can tell the difference between A.M. and P.M. because it will have a P.M. to the left of the time or to the left of the alarm.  When it is A.M., you don't see anything.  You know the alarm is on when you see a bell above the colon and Zzz's beneath the colon.

Pressing down on the head has two functions:
1) When the alarm sounds, pressing down on the head is the snooze button.  The alarm will sound again after five minutes.
2)  If you can't see the time because it is too dark, you can press down on the head to make the display light up.  The color usually seems to depend on the character.  Darth Vader has a red light, but Yoda and Boba Fett have green lights.

You need long fingers to set the time and the alarm if you want to be able to look at the display while you are doing it.  For this reason, it may not be ideal for young children.  However, it is easy enough to set both the alarm and time.

To set the time:
1)  Press the Time Set button down with your finger.  With it still depressed, click the Hour (HR) button to the correct time.  Remember that P.M. will appear to the left of the time when you reach the P.M. hours for both the alarm and time.
2)  Keeping your finger still down on the Time Set button, click the Minutes (MIN) button until you reach the desired time.  When you have the right time, release the Time Set button.

To set the alarm:
Setting the alarm pretty much is the same procedure as setting the time.  The only difference is that your finger will hold down the Alarm Set button while you click the Hour and Minutes buttons to the correct time.  Again, P.M. will appear to the left of the alarm time when you reach the P.M. hours.  Be sure to switch the top most button to ON in order to turn on the alarm.  You will know the alarm is set when you see a bell above the colon and Zzzs beneath the colon on the digital face.

As I said before, the alarm merely beeps.  If you continue to ignore it, the beeps become more insistent.  The video below will demonstrate the alarm.