“I'm torn. On the one hand, this product is brilliant -- a wonderful toy to expose kids to electronics.On the other hand:1). In many cases the components don't function as they are meant to making it the instruction booklet very frustrating for a child to work through. Example: one of the first projects is a circuit with a lamp and resistor in series. The lamp is supposed to light up, but doesn't. The set is meant to be an introduction to electronics so it's a bummer to have to get out a multimeter and start troubleshooting the components immediately (I verified the problem is with the lamp).2). When you open the box you'll see a request from the manufacturer to contact them rather than the retailer in the event of a problem. The difficulty is nobody answers the phone and nobody returns your call.The magic of this set is that it has the potential to spark interest in electronics among youngsters. Poor quality control and customer service extinguishes the spark. I'm rooting for this product and company so I hope they get their act together.My advice: if you run into a problem, return the set to Motion RC and don't waste your time with the manufacturer.”
“This is exactly what we expected and it might even be better then we expected. We bought this for our 10 year old daughter who is an avid reader, completes lego sets super fast and she is still playing with this 2 months after Christmas. Great Product with so many possibilities”
“Not sure if it came from the Western Auto Store or where, but as a kid on a small farm in Idaho I got something like this for Xmas one yr. I did not read well and did the 2nd grade twice. But I loved the pictures and how put the circuits together and then problem solve the mistakes. That set had a speaker and one of the configurations emitted a sound that got higher and higher as longer you pressed the button. When it got so high, the cat would go into a catnip like fit and get all friendly. 55 yrs later it seams to work on chihuahua dogs. This toy helped my retirement. I bought this one for my 4 yr old grand daughter and ps It is a heritage toy, so if you can, pickup the whole set and the case.”
