“This is such a great idea and my kids were super excited when they got it. Unfortunately, it is not well designed. The pieces don't stay together under pressure. The catapult literally exploded when we attached the elastic. The weights for the gravity fan aren't even heavy enough to turn the fan, we had to use other weights to make it work, and then the fan blade flew off from the force of spinning. It's painful to watch my boy's excitement turn to frustration. Such a great idea, but needs to be better engineered.”
“Catapult is useless, there is no way to launch anything with it. Very disappointing to spend time with my kid building something that comes apart the first time trying to use it.”
“I had such high hopes for this STEM kit but it let me down. Built the catapult with my boys and every time we go to cock the catapult the wheels pop off, the catapult ring pulls off, various other pieces pop out of place. It's extremely frustrating and I believe the tension from the elastic is too high and the kids needs a longer piece.Couple that with the fact that the instructions are fairly confusing due to tiny photos with poor resolution. It's difficult to tell the orientation of the keyhole vs the round and which direction to put pieces together.”
“This was a great starter for very bored little boys. Since the quarantine, it's been hard to keep them busy, this was a great purchase as it keeps them busy. I highly recommend this.”
