100 Model Building Set, 863 Pieces, Ages 7+ Engineering Educational Toy

Awesome. My 5 year old plays a lot with Lego. He loves this equally, so do I. Instructions are given only for select models, but final model pictures are given for a lot more (yeah, maybe 100).

Simply delighted. This is far better than Lego product. Gives you freedom and creativity

I bought it for a 4yo and he loves it. The set is generous with the pieces so you can build about one 3D model (e.g. ambulance) and one 2D model (e.g. turtle) at the same time. I'm planning to order 40 extra green rods and 10 green connectors (135 degree shaped) to add more versatility to the set. It'll cost about $10 extra (because of shipping), but I think it's better than buying another $30 set and having an even greater shortage of green rods. I think there are two reasons why this set is marked at age 7+. First, most of the designs do not have instructions. So you need to use a magnifying glass to see the examples in the instruction booklet. There are designs on the K'NEX website which are nice too, but they use a white background so you can't see the white pieces well. Again, some squinting and spatial intelligence is required to figure it out. Second, attaching a rod perpendicular to a connector requires A LOT of dexterity and strength. I broke a piece trying to snap one in today and the shrapnel hit me in the face. I would rate it about as difficult as unscrewing the lid from a jar: some people will not be able to do it no matter how old they are. I think K'NEX is better than Legos, particularly for this young age group. With Legos, you end up making 1-3 designs (see their Creator series) and then you're done building them forever. K'NEX allows much more variation and adaptation to your design. For example, if you spent over $200 and bought the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon 75105 Star Wars Toy you could only make ONE cool thing with it. In contrast, you could make a similar-sized Millennium Falcon with K'NEX with about $70 worth of pieces (and probably every other model in this set). The trade-off is realism vs versatility/playtime. With this age group, versatility and hours of playtime are going to win every time. Once they're old enough to have a credit card, then Legos and Bricklink become an option. But by then, can you even consider Legos a toy any more?

実家で子ども達が遊ぶ用に購入。 中学生の娘が何時間も集中して色々作り、小学生の息子も楽しんでいます。集中力がとても養われ、達成感も味わえて、子ども達は喜んでいます。 説明書も付いていて、作りやすいようです。

Buen artículo por el costo

Jeu extraordinaire qui passionne mes 3 petits-enfants ! Contrairement au lego , on peut faire des modèles à l'infini en allant sur le site de Basic fun ! Je vous le conseille fortement rapport/qualité/prix très remarquable !👍🥰

There are many examples the kids can choose from. More than one child can play with it at the same time, either building something different or together building something more complex. They can play with it for hours while you do something else. Not foe very young children though, it contains small pieces. It is a great educational set that challenges their creativity.