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Chris Patterson
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025
I got this 434-piece STEM building set as a gift for my 7 year old daughter to stimulate her technical mind and promote creativity.We set about working together to build one of the robot models shown in the book. The instructions are clear for the most part, but be prepared to stumble a bit and invest some time.Once we got to the end it was time to power up our robot. We inserted the 3 AA batteries, flipped the switch and...nothing. We made sure all our wiring was correct. So we decided to try the 2 battery compartment. It worked but did not offer enough power. Needless to say, my daughter was disappointed. The kit itself appears to be of decent quality, but this one small issue prevents it from being the big hit I'd hoped it would be.
A.V.
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2025
I chose this kit for hosting a homeschool STEM activity at my home. The kids LOVED this kit and stayed engaged for hours! The kit is intuitive and easy for children to use and it inspires collaborative effort and creativity as well as critical thinking and problem solving. Such a great deal for what is included. Highly recommended!
Daniel Moore
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025
This is great learning and great fun and all, but is also frustrating when you go to put batteries into the 3 battery compartment and realize there is no connection across 2 of the batteries and no power will be provided for your project. This small, inexpensive missing piece made the entire kit useless to us. It can't function without power. Minus one star, because it made my daughter cry after working for 45 minutes and find out nothing will work.I used this as an extra teaching opportunity. We went to my junk drawer and I cut out a small strip of metal and soldered a spring to one end and fixed it inside the battery compartment where one should have already been. I don't know who else would have the parts or know-how to do this, but I've got the skill and had some parts, so I taught her how to improvise and repair. We soon had everything going.This kit can definitely provide a lot of great learning fun, but only if you get one with all the parts in tact. Quality Control messed up on this one. I'm taking off 2 stars for them sending us something that was useless until I put in my own parts, time, effort, and know-how to fix what the manufacturer missed. Honestly, for the tears it cost my daughter, it should be more, but I imagine now that it's fixed, and since it was the ONLY mistake I've thus far discovered (and I've searched for more) and since there is a lot of future fun to be had, we'll only deduct the 2 stars.Now on to the instructions. The instructions for each of the projects are difficult to decipher at times. The poorly illustrated black and white is awful. For the price of this kit, they could have put in full color photos of the steps to produce each one. Some of the pictures appear to be smudged and are difficult to see what's going on.There is a lot of variety, though, and beyond the instructions which show how to assemble a fairly large number of items, you can use your imagination and build whatever your heart desires.I love this kit, overall. It was disappointing that the connections weren't there in the 3 battery box, but I'm thankful I could repair it. Otherwise, it would have needed to be returned or exchanged. Is knocking off 2 stars fair? It made my daughter cry. Only taking off 2 stars was being generous.Great product, though. I'd recommend, since there are free returns and an easy exchange if there is a problem with a part. Okay, okay, I've rethought it. I'll add one star back, because the product is good enough to recommend it should be at least 4 stars, but I'm still leaving off one star for my girl's tears.
gail
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
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Bozena
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2025
I am actually keeping this one for my son gift from Easter bunny 🐰 but I am so excited for us both to be able to build robots!
pdxteacher
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
My son is very inquisitive and will be getting this as a gift soon. The variety of things that can be built should help keep him busy (and off of screens) for a while. We had a similar toy a while back but it could only make two things, so this one is very appealing. Will update with pictures when I can!
Jim A.
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
This is a really cool kit. Tons of options of what to make which is great for any kid with imagination. The pieces are solid and it's really well made overall. This is the kind of toy I've been looking for, something that will keep the kids interested over and over because they can continue to use their imagination. Just a really great toy.
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