“I bought these for my kids when they were tweens. They work wonderfully and it's a great set ( I love it), but my boys just never got into it and it mostly sat on the shelf. But one of their friends saw it and thought that it was the coolest thing ever. I think it just depends on your kids' interests.”
“A great learning system - sure my son will learn from it - if I can ever get him away from the xBox...At 11, he does play with it sometimes... and loves building stuff once he gets started at it.As a guy who studied electronics growing up - I can say this sure beats the bend a spring/insert the wire style...”
“Purchased this set for my husband. He really enjoys seeing what he can create outside of the projects in the books that come with the set. Also purchased the power supply so he doesn't burn through so many batteries.”
“If you have the funds available I say go big. My four year old loves this set and can obviously grow into it. For now, my husband instructs her where to put things (following the instructions book) and then he briefly explains why it works or what makes it work. I realize she is not going to retain the knowledge yet, but I share that info with you because the book does not explain the why/how. You will have to study circuits or know about them if you are using this as an educational tool.Side note: Kills batteries quickly. Definitely get the power adapter.”
“Purchased these for my 8 year old and he absolutely LOVES them. Great step my step booklets inside (4 different books). Experiments range from very easy to intricate projects. As my 8 year old got past the easiest booklet he started coming up with his own way of building projects that worked. I do wish they had a guide that explained just what each connector does and why. We had to personally make up one so he could understand how and why the projects work. He loves building houses and cars out of legos and creating alarms, lights, horns, etc and adding them to his lego creations to enhance them.We will definitely be purchasing another set to go along with this one.”
