The product is flammable! My sons played with it on Halloween and the blade cracked a bit. Today they went to play with him and he made funny noises. I put new batteries in and it got so hot I couldn't hold it. Then, I'm not kidding, it started smoking and smoldering! I don't know what happened but I threw it in the yard because it was raining outside and I didn't know what else to do. Be careful!