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Our family was THRILLED with the operation of this toy...it was the most interesting toy (of Imaginext, K'nex, Hot Wheels) that we have constructed so far. We got this toy on markdown at a toy store, and concluded that it was the best deal we've EVER gotten.
Construction: My 8 year old son needed a little help to build this, which 10 year old sister was unable to provide (too hard to find the mistake, and she's not as good with spacial skills as little bro). Good spacial skills are required, so recommended for older kids and/or experienced builders.
Oversight: It took a little parent correction of complicated build (checking for firm clicking and good angles) and tweaking of ramp heights to get this working perfectly and feeling surprisingly stable. Instructions were fully detailed drawings of steps, fairly easy to follow, but a little difficult to tell the orange from the red (deducible by length).
Operation: The run of the three tubers is fascinating to watch (at least an hour...'til bedtime). There is only one ramp that has not quite enough slope to *always* get the tuber down, but he goes off by himself; occasional flips of tubers upright in the bottom pool before the lift are helpful but not required (25% of the time). Less than 10% of the time does a tuber flip cause the tuber to run off the ramp. We've had 2.5 hours operation without mishap (once we tightened the lift belt and lift sticks) so far, and are looking forward to trying the alternate build. We were very impressed with the engineering; particularly since we'd had to build our own machines from scratch for class assignments, and the kids know how hard it is to plan something that actually works.
Reliability: Cannot yet speak to reliability, as we haven't yet encountered a problem.
Missing parts: Unsure whether parts were missing, or whether kids just lost two rods when tearing open packages. We were able to find the same length and color rods in our other K'nex sets, and there are some "leftover"/replacement parts for most of the pieces--particularly the unique pieces.
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I got it for christmas. But I didn't open it until the 29th. I started at 5 P.M. and ended at 9 P.M. 4 HRS!!! The last was 2 days with screaming serpent but didn't work as planned. I don't know why though. I'll try again on July 28. ANyway, If you're gonna get a knex set for someone and they're a rookie or have never done it before, I TOTALLY recommend this set. It's the greatest K'nex Set I have ever owned.
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BUILT THIS WITH MY SON.TOY FALLS OVER WHEN HEAVY MACHANICAL PIECE IS SET ON TOP OF UNSTABLE BASE CAUSING MAJOR DESTRUCTION AND DESTROYING HOURS OF WORK. BAD DESIGN.ALSO WAS MISSING PIECES NEEDED TO FINISH.
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I am 14 and I could do this very easily and it worked great I reccomend it to everyone
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For all the K'nex we have bought, this one was a dissappointment. As others have stated, the overall design is clumsey and cheap looking. The chain mechanism works ok with assistance, and the sliders fall off or get stuck. Our son is very clever with these toys and he was confused by the instructions. Oh yeah...we had several missing pieces....maybe that's why!!
I will say this though...we got ours for 50% off and that's the only consolation to buying this toy.
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