“We bought this as a gift for our 8 year old grandson’s birthday. He LOVES it. Put it together with a little help but thinks it is really cool! Great fun and learning experience as they are learning coding in school.”
“What this teaches kids is sunk cost fallacy and how to interpret overly complicated assembly instructions.This 'STEM' toy is a glorified modeling set. There's a hundred different pieces captive in plastic that have to be cut out and then the kid gets to spend another 4-5 hours trying to decipher the instructions. This is not easy to put together and the time it takes to put together is more than the time they'll spend 'learning to code'.The most priceless thing about this toy is the look of utter disappointment on my kid's face as they finally finish putting it together and start to do the 'fun' part and they're like: "That's it? That's all it does?"To be clear, this is just a garbage entry of overly complicating something in the name of 'learning to code' and 'STEM'.”
“A little challenging for 8 year old to assemble, needed parental support.Probably could be assembled independently by an average 9-10 year old.The rotating programming piece is slightly rudimentary, and slightly difficult to program, but with some Jimmy'ing made it work.”
“This toy is a decent idea, but the manufacturing tolerances are junk and the fragile plastic pieces break too easy, ruining my kid's afternoon. Son spent all afternoon trying to put this together, trying, testing gear box over and over. Having to separate it multiple times to get it to work. That would be ok, except then trying to get the wheels to turn that plastic axle just snaps. Since there's no space, and no fixing the tiny axle, it's now a hunk of plastic junk.Don't waste your money. This is poor quality rubbish.”
