(I hope to never be this rude to someone by saying such a phrase.)
Context: I would like to use it as a caption for a piece of art for a game, where a character unlocks a type of weapon after a certain level. Insulted, he says, You call this toy an "X" weapon?
The character thinks it's a toy due to how it looks, and is in disbelief as to why people call it X
. (The X
is a proper noun, usually written as katakana. The character has a strong skill with the same name, hence his confusion.)
It has the same tone as, You call that a date? (We just ate at McDonald's.)
or You call this an essay? (It's hardly five sentences!)
From what I know, I would phrase it as, こんなおもちゃなんて、「X」というのか?
Is it natural? Does it mean what I think it means? Is there another way to express this type of sentence better?