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Rating:  -
I bought this toy for my son after we got K'NEX SCREAMIN' SERPENT Roller Coaster.
We were amazed with roller coaster (everything worked perfect)so we got Corkscrew Canyon. Although it has great instructions and looks amazing, guys riding the water slides keep falling or ending up upside down and the ride get stuck.
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This is a premature and overly ambitious design. My 7 year old is a gifted builder, and worked on several K'nex building models easily, and begged for something more challenging. When I bought this most expensive and supposedly most advanced model from Toysrus, I expected it would give fun not only in building, but also in motorized operation as the box claimed. I was totally disappointed. The whole system appeared weak and shaky, the sliding connections are not smooth, the riders get easily stuck at anywhere, or fall off. It is not broken yet, but it can never operate a full round without some manual assistance. The system also looks cheap and clumsy. It now occupies a big corner of the room, and is waiting to be disembled. We will leave it there for a few more days, only to sooth the boy's remorse for his effort in building it.
My recommendation is, buy it only if your life is overwhelmingly happy, so you need to balance it by spending $80 to buy a few days of frustration.
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Assembly time: 3-4 hours (1 adult).
Time till broken: 45 mins (2 kids, ages 3 & 7).
The gear system that works with the motor for pulling the riders up to the top of the "Canyon" broke in less than one hour of what I would consider to be average non-abusive play. The chain flows around the two gears, but when a tiny bit of resistance is encountered, it gets stuck. There's not enough torque to overcome nominal resistance, even just to overcome the sprocket that is used to adjust which chute the rider goes down.
I think it's a great concept, great toy, but apparently more thought or "horsepower" needs to be built into the most important element of the product. Once this broke, the kids were completely disinterested in it. Not to mention seeing four hours of time down the "slide" just because the manufacturer didn't properly QA or engineer an $80 toy.
I also agree with the other reviewers who said that the riders often get stuck, fall off, tumble upside down and don't behave on "auto-pilot". However, this did engage the kids, and provided more laughter than anything else for it's 45 min fun filled life.
And yes, we tried fresh batteries, and the chain is on the right way ;).
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I purchased this item as a Christmas gift. On the day after Christmas, I helped my son assemble this product. It worked flawlessly for the first day. The next day, I turned it on to show the boys' grandmother. Apparently, the steel ball "wheels" under the "riders" don't roll very well after initial use. The riders would be hoisted to the top, but would fail to slide onto one of the chutes. If they did make it onto a chute, they would sometimes fail to glide all the way to the bottom, or would fall off the chute. The failure rate went from 0% when first used to about 90% after the first day. I've purchased other K'nex items before and never had a problem.
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Whoever these kids are that say it only took them 30 minutes to build obviously have either no concept of time or 5 other friends helping them build. Took me a good three hours and I was not slow in building it. Just like other KNEX toys once you build it you watch it--not much playing involved. Also I noticed that the tubers either would get stuck at the top or would turn upside down or flip off the sides so I suppose there is some involvement with it once it's built. I built this, the Pirate ship and the Sreamin' Serpent alll within the last few days. I'd rate this easier to build than the Pirate ship but takes more time.
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