Smartivity Pinball Machine STEM DIY Fun Toy, Educational & Construction based Activity Game Kit for Kids 8 to 14, Best Gift for Boys & Girls, Learn Science Engineering Project

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I assembled this kit together with my 7-year-old grandson, who loves building STEM-type toys and Legos. At first, he was a bit overwhelmed by the large number of parts in this kit, but as the components began to come together, he grew more and more excited. When finished, the game works very well and has many clever pinball features that add to the fun and interest. The two paddles that hit the ball both move quickly & easily and are comfortable to use, thanks to padded foam handles. My grandson has had great fun playing pinball with it (quote: "I LOVE this game!"). The wooden look of the game makes it unique and interesting. ASSEMBLY: The kit itself is really an engineering marvel. There are a zillion parts, most arranged on thick wooden panels from which you push out the pieces. There are so many pieces, we panicked on a couple of occasions when we thought a piece was missing, only to find that it had rolled off the table, so using Tupperware or cups to stage the pieces in would have been helpful. The pieces fit together well and easily, with most attaching together with supplied rubber bands. There are a few spare parts left over, along with a lot of extra rubber bands. It's amazing how the small pieces slowly assembled into modules and then it all came together into the finished product. INSTRUCTIONS: The instruction book has a lot of pages, with each step in the assembly process clear and fairly easy to follow. A couple of the steps could have used better clarification, though -- for example, in 2 or 3 places you install a rubber band that just hangs there and you don't know what it's for, until later in the book you learn it finally attaches to another module, or else is used to lock down the modules for storage or transport. Another complaint is that some parts are not depicted clearly in the instructions and identifying them was confusing. For example, there are several foam parts that are bright orange in color but are shown in the book as brown; this confusion is made worse by the existence of some similarly shaped wooden pieces that *are* brown. Also, most of the wooden pieces have a number etched on them, but the instructions never referred to those numbers; you just have to match the shape to find the right piece. OTHER CONCERNS: One concern I have is that most rubber bands in my experience tend to deteriorate and break over time, so I worry that might happen with this game a couple years down the road. However, as I mentioned, there are a LOT of extra bands left over, so if you save those parts, it's likely you can fix the issue -- unless the breakage occurs in a hard-to-reach part of the assembly. SUMMARY: Overall, this was a fun kit to assemble, and my grandson was able to understand the process & instructions and actively participate in the assembly. And he has REALLY enjoyed playing with it. A great purchase.

Unglaublich genialer Bausatz. Alle Teile passen perfekt zusammen. Mein 7-jähriger und ich hatten großen Spaß beim Bauen. Die Anleitung ist so gut bebildert, dass man auch ohne deutsche Übersetzung kein Problem hat, ihr zu folgern. Interessanterweise lagen ausführliche estnische, litauische und lettische Übersetzungen bei, vielleicht fälschlicherweise. Es gibt kaum Plastikteile, sehr nachhaltig. Alle Kleinteile sind überreichlich vorhanden, so dass auch was verloren gehen kann. Und der fertige Flipper? Spielt sich super. Kein kurzer Gag, sondern ein tolles Spielzeug von bleibendem Wert.

High quality components with great instruction manual for kids to follow. The completed product becomes the best table top Pin ball toy out there.

the product is very good for the kids