Customer Reviews:
 It is a toy! April 30, 2010
R.L. (USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I got this for my 8 y/o son who wanted to take up archery like his big brother (11). The bow is a toy. The string was way too thick for the arrow's nock. The arrows supplied were too heavy for the draw weight of the bow. There was no arrow rest - not even the little rubber/plastic or wire type. They expect the shooter to shoot the arrow off the bow's shelf!!!
Starting with a bow like this will only dissuade the child from taking up archery as a hobby or sport.
 Top Choice of 9 out of 10 MVDSs! March 28, 2010
Spawn o' Chuckster (Rather Be Cruisin')
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
The Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow: fits perfectly into small hands.
The Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow: the ultimate not-so-longbow.
The Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow: the perfect accessory for any MVDS.
Mortality, we all must face it...one day. And when that day comes, we must be prepared to pass into the afterlife properly. We all have our different beliefs--even not having a belief is a belief; we all have our rituals and superstitions, though most would call them by another name. Too often, we would rather not think about our impending death, leaving us, or, rather, those who survive us, unprepared to handle our funeral arrangements. And where does this get us? It leaves our survivors, who are shaken enough due to our recent passing, confused and distraught. They have enough on their minds, and now we go and die without preparing them for how to handle our remains. Is it because we are afraid to face our own mortality? Is it because we are too busy living life to worry about how others will be forced to deal with our death? Is it because we just don't care? Or is it because we just could not find twelve bows suitable (small) enough to arm our honorable MVDS with? For most of us, it is the latter...but no longer. For now, my mortal friend, we have the Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow (12 ea.).
Legend says that the Midget Viking Death Squad was the preferred method of honoring the dead for centuries in Norway, Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein and now, the United States. It is rumored that the custom was that when someone passed away, the body would be placed upon a pile of dry twigs on a longboat, then set out to drift from shore. A squad of twelve little people, proudly clad in their ancestral Viking attire, would be lined up on the shore before a large bonfire. Around the bonfire would be 24 young female virgins, dancing to the tunes of twelve minstrels. The MVDS, armed with not-so-longbows suitable to their small stature, would each possess a single arrow with which to hit their mark. Around the tips of each arrow would be wrapped strips of cloth from the deceased's death-garments. In unison, the MVDS would dip their arrows into the fire, notch the flaming arrows onto their not-so-longbows, and shoot them aloft into the sky to make their way to the drifting corpse to be honored atop their soon-to-be pyre. Due to each member of the MVDS having only one arrow with which to hit their mark, it was imperative that their aim be true so as to honor the deceased by setting the longboat ablaze. But there was far more than honor on the line...
Should the MVDS succeed in their honoring of the dead, the minstrels would strike up a hearty tune, and the MVDS would engage in a joyous carnal celebration with the 24 young female not-so-virgin-anymores. After the MVDS had a five minute head start, the minstrels would happily abandon their music and join in the carnal knowledge. The celebration would last for twelve hours, pausing every four hours to feast upon lamb and wine.
However, if the MVDS should fail to hit their mark, failing to set the deceased afire, then the minstrels would strike up a horrid, wailing tune, and the 24 young female unfortunately-for-the-MVDS-still-virgins would dance around the MVDS, and at a climactic moment in the tune, would end the failed squad's lives in unison. This is why it is so important to have the right not-so-longbow in their tiny little hands. In the time of its rumored glory, the MVDS was readily supported by the local bowyer, for every town had one. Today, alas, we are not so lucky. One must often travel up to 5,000 cubits to find a bowyer these days, and up to 25,000 cubits to find one that sells not-so-longbows suitable for a MVDS' hands. Today's generation, however, can now find that bow in the Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow (12 ea.), offered for internet purchase. Today, 9 out of 10 midget archers lives thanks to the Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow (12 ea.), and the 1 out of 10 that does not is usually due to anticipation of getting to deflower the young female virgins causing the little tykes to choke at the crucial moment. It can be difficult to aim a not-so-longbow when a good amount of blood needed to steady your hands has been redirected southward.
That is why 9 out of 10 wee archers uses 1 Lb Salt Petre to keep their little arrows from firing up prematurely, distracting them at the wrong moment. It is said that just a dash placed on the webbing between the thumb and forefinger sniffed before the big event will keep the practiced midget archer focused for just the right amount of time.
Nowadays it is difficult to find a suitable number of skilled archer little people in order to fill the ranks of a MVDS, unlike in the MVDS' hay-day, for, once word spread of the need for wee folk to fill the ranks of these death squads, would-be-Lolly-Pop-Guildies from all around the world flocked to the lands of the Norse--I think the carnal knowledge with the 24 young female soon-to-be-not-so-virgin-anymores had something to do with it... At that time, every Norse little dude had their own ancestral Viking armor--they established themselves as a 'small' community, passing on their special bows and mini-Viking armor from generation to generation. Today, they are in short supply. Once again, however, the internet offers us the Adult Viking Costume (Size:Small 36-38), instantly transforming any off-the-street midget archer into a MVDS applicant.
Thanks to the Barnett Team Realtree Lil' Sioux Recurve Youth Bow (12 ea.), I can sleep soundly at night, knowing that if I were to kick it at any moment, my MVDS would be duly armed, able to justly honor me, and at the same time, they can live to fire their little not-so-longbows another day!
 Nice step up from a basic kid's bow January 30, 2010
skyward01 (Carrollton, GA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This 15 lb bow was purchased for my ten year old son and has been a hit from the start. The bow is sturdy and thick with a nice grip and the string is of equal quality. The two 28-inch arrows that come with the bow are fine but we have had to glue the plastic feathers back on a couple of times.
While it would have been nice to get one more arrow with the set, we have picked up extra youth arrows at a local archery store. If you have a young archer in your family that is ready to step up from a $10 starter bow but not quite ready for a 25 lb compound bow, this set makes a nice transition.
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