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Sunday, March 31, 2013

LEGO Deluxe Brick Box Building Set 6167 Review

LEGO Deluxe Brick Box Building Set 6167
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This is a great set. You can build anything you want. However the price is too high compared to the original price from Lego. You can buy from Lego website or somewhere else w/ just $49.99.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Collect and Build Robo Battlers Series - Slasher Review

Collect and Build Robo Battlers Series - Slasher
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My son got this for his 8th birthday and was excited about it. The age grade says 7+ and this seems generous as the sparse directions and finicky assembly would drive 10 year old batty. First, the instructions. Each step is illustrated in a 3/4 drawing with a bare minimum of clues as to how to build it. The view is always the same, never a nice detailed shot rotated to best illustrate the step -which is critical with the nature of the K'nex pieces and their unique attachments.
My son got frustrated at Step 1 and after I asked him to try again, I sat down and worked on the kit with him. I don't mind building the kits together, in fact I like it a lot, the issue I have is that I'm guessing the chances of him building anything else with the kit, like he would with a Lego kit, is small. Speaking of small, these pieces are smaller than the other K'nex set he has (I think it was a Happy meal toy).
The saving grace for the set is that it has a few parts that can accommodate Lego pieces, this combined with the Lego block I super glued to the battery housing should extend the life of the toy, keeping it out of the bottom of the toy box for now. Right now the robot is walking past with 8 Lego Star Wars Mini Figs attached to it :)

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Collect & Build Scooter, #1 of 4 in the Micro-Bots Series - motorized for exciting mechanical movement! This set comes with 123 K'NEX parts, primarily micro rods & connectors to build a motorized robot. And just as his name suggests, Scooter moves by scooting along! And that's not all - Scooter combines with Hopper to build an even bigger motorized robot! Recommended for builders ages 7+. Requires 2 "AA" batteries, not included.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

LEGO Pink Brick Box Large (5560) Review

LEGO Pink Brick Box Large (5560)
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I grew up on K'Nex. I'm a 23 year old male. I have two little sisters. One's a snob-nosed, arrogant high school senior (I still love her), the other's a sweet, 8-year-old. Nevertheless, the latter plays too many video games, in my opinion.
So I thought of ways to stop that. I hid the controls. She found them. I took away the cable. She complained, but I still kept it away. But I've been thinking for some time of getting her some creativity and educational toys that she can spend hours and hours with. I rummaged through my old toys and found my big ol' K'Nex box. Floods of memories and nostalgia inundated my psyche, and I hoped she would spend countless hours of pure imagination and fun with them as I did. Suffice to say, she played with them for a mere week. Looks like I had lost quite a few pieces over the years; she was limited with the amount she could build and grew bored.
I wasn't too much of a LEGO fan growing up, but I thought I'd give 'em a try. Her birthday came and went, and she's still playing with this set.
Success!
The pink box is a great way to get little girls started with the vast world of LEGOs. Be aware, though: the box isn't filled to the top with the little bricks. I'd say it's only filled about halfway, but that's fair enough in that it leaves room to store more LEGOs in the future.
There are a variety of pieces that come with this set, including a minifigure, a miniature base, garden pieces, a horse, and pieces to form a basic vehicle and house. It's a little household set, if you will.
Furthermore, since this set is geared toward girls, the colors lean to brighter, spring hues.
She hasn't really mentioned video games since getting this set, and even though the structures don't take too much time to build, she spent hours after her initial construction taking them down, and rebuilding several other, imaginative devices of her own.
I'm glad she likes them--that makes me happy. After having a couple friends over, she came down with her LEGO set and started playing in the vicinity. My mates immediately exclaimed "LEGOs!" and began reminiscing of their days rife with the little plastic bricks.
Maybe she wouldn't mind getting some more sets in future Christmases and birthdays, expanding her range of creativity and building. But I sure am glad she likes 'em!

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When you're building, think pink! This pink storage case with transparent lid is portable and reusable for years of play and imagination! Includes hundreds of great LEGO(R) elements, a minifigure and even a horse.
Contains 402 bricks in 12 colors: three shades of pink, red, yellow, orange, two shades of blue, two shades of green, brown, and grey
Features a building plate, windows, door, horse and 1 minifigure
Lots of accessories included too: brush, cups, pot, golden cup, flowers, fences and wheels
Instruction booklet contains 6 different building ideas


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LEGO Clikits: Designer Desk Set Review

LEGO Clikits: Designer Desk Set
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Are you wondering what are Clikits? Clikits are a cool way of showing off your style. I enjoy Clikits there so cool I am wearing a bracelet now I has a flower and a green leaf I have 9 sets in a big blue box I love it my mum and dad said can't have anymore till my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Clikits is a fashionable craft that gives young designers the opportunity to create stylish accessories that express their own personality. With 16 compatible, collectible kits to choose from, Clikits encourage girls to piece together jewelry, room décor, picture frames and hair and fashion accessories. Girls can design their own unique creations, then redesign them to convey an all-new style.
This special CLIKITS Designer Desk Set includes everything you need to take your own special style to school with you. Use the fun CLIKITS icons to decorate a pencil case, pencil, ruler, eraser, paper clips and bookmark.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

LEGO® City Advent Calendar (7907) Review

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This item had so much promise. I had high hopes, my eight year old had high hopes...what better way to anticipate Christmas but with Legos! And a teeny lego kit a day. A huge city was on the side of the box, and I warned my son that there was no way an entire city could fit into those little boxes...or could it? November moved by very slowly.
Let me tell you what he opened: Day 13, A DUMPSTER (thats it!), Day 20, a trash can...because nothing says Christmas like a trashcan. He also got a barrel, a dolly, a computer, and other completely random things. These weren't things you put together either, these were just tiny plastic replicas. On the plus side (?) He got alot of little lego men, a janitor, a police man. But once again, with nothing to put together.
I don't understand the mishmash of items he got! I held my breah that first week or two, praying there was a grand plan to all these weird and completely unrelated items..would it build something? Did it have meaning? Unfortunately, on December 22nd I have decided no. This is a completely odd set, none of the pieces go together, and despite the misnomer of being a "lego" set, nothing snapped into anything else. Just plain strange.

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Have yourself a Merry LEGO Christmas! Boys and girls will love counting down the days until Christmas with the LEGO City Advent Calendar. With a new surprise revealed behind each door, this LEGO set is recommended for kids ages 5 to 12 years old. Holiday Scene With All the Trimmings Some toys are lucky to keep your kids amused for a single day -- but the LEGO City Advent Calendar works its magic all the way until Christmas. First off, it's fun to create a holiday city scene to decorate your home for the holiday season. Then each day your kids can open a window of the advent calendar box to find a LEGO surprise -- 24 Christmas-themed surprises in all! With the 257 included pieces, the set includes the LEGO City equipment, mini-figures, plus a Christmas tree with decorations, a fireplace, and more. About LEGO The world-famous building block set encourages a unique type of play that is fun, creative, engaging, and challenging. Taking its name from an abbreviation of two Danish words, "leg godt," meaning "play well," LEGO has been inspiring children and adults to do just that since 1932. Seventy-five years later, LEGO is one of the world's largest toy manufacturers, with products sold in 130 countries.What's in the Box 257-piece Christmas building set.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

LEGO 50th Anniversary Building Set Review

LEGO 50th Anniversary Building Set
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This set of 700 basic lego blocks is a good value. This is a nice set for making buildings, but it does not include wheels for making cars. Of the sets out there, this is one of the more colorful sets with two shades of green and two shades of blue blocks. The golden brick is unique, but it is hardly the reason to buy this. The box works fairly well for storage and can fit under the couch when not in use. As is the case in all of these sets, you get a fair number of smaller 1x1 and 1x2 bricks, but for under fourty dollars you get a lot of bricks. It would be nice if they included some wheels, but you might consider looking at lego dot com to add specific pieces that you like. Also, you might consider buying some used pieces (even dating back to the 1970s) from bricklink dot com.

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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LEGO brick with this classic collection in fun retro packaging. With over 700 pieces, it offers youngsters endless building possibilities. And don't forget to look for the special "golden brick" that commemorates LEGO's big anniversary. 700 pieces.

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Friday, February 8, 2013

LEGO? Racers Brick Street Getaway 8211 Review

LEGO? Racers Brick Street Getaway 8211
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Step by step instructions make it fun for a kid to set up. My son likes the rubberband slingshot that launches the car.

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Pieces: 552
High-speed police chase in hot pursuit!Unfold the box and join the high-speed police chase while creating an action-packed bank heist scene complete with police squad cars! Slam the police car into hot pursuit across city streets after the cool bank robber truck! Chase the street racers after the heist and throw ?em in jail.


Includes slammer, safe, bank with exploding windows and jail with breakout walls
Take the portable box on the road
Build 5 cool cars
Each emergency vehicle measures 3 (7cm) long
Truck measures over 5 (12cm) long



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Thursday, January 31, 2013

LEGO? World Racers Blizzard's Peak 8863 Review

LEGO? World Racers Blizzard's Peak 8863
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I gave this to my 10-year old grandson for Christmas. He spent the whole afternoon happily putting it together. He loves LEGOs, and loved this one.

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The X-Treme Daredevils and Backyard Blasters race across the world?s frozen fringes!Tearing over the arctic icescape with World Racers, the two teams are neck and neck as they approach the official holding the checkered flag! Racing on specially-equipped arctic racers, both teams have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can the Backyard Blasters use the helicopter to win and beat the X-treme Daredevils?Includes 3 Backyard Blaster minifigures: Bart Blaster, Billy Bob Blaster and Bubba Blaster and 2 X-Treme Daredevil minifigures: MAX-treme and DEX-treme, plus 1 race officialAccessories include official?s snowmobile, checkered race flag and trophyRacers measure over 7 (17cm) long; helicopter measures 6 (15cm) long

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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Engino Mechanical Science: Gears Review

Engino Mechanical Science: Gears
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This is a great concept for a toy but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The models to illustrate the concept of gears quite well. Unfortunately, some of the models just don't work very well, if at all.

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Learn how gears can easily reduce or increase speed, change Force, or transfer motion from one position to another. Build 6 working models, a gearbox, a hand drill, an egg beater, a helicopter, a rotating sign post and a high speed fan. A 36 page activity book is included with innovative experiments and detailed explanation of the different technological principles applied! Booklet with detailed building instructions also included.

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Orange County Choppers Raptor Bike Review

Orange County Choppers Raptor Bike
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This tpy was fun to pout together, but not exactly durable. We are not able to play with i without it falling apart! My son is 5 and he put it together with his grandpa which was fun for both of them, but now it just sits on the stand. Overall, I would stick to the lego sets.

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50005 Features: -Build and customize the 1:10th-scale 'Raptor Bike', just like the guys from Orange County Choppers. -K'Nex building set is officially licensed by O.C.C., one of the premiere builders of custom choppers in the world. -Set includes lots of K'Nex rod and connector pieces, along with detailed instructions for 1 model and 1 building idea. -Stylized, custom chopper pieces like a chrome engine and fat chopper tires deliver the distinctive look O.C.C. has become known. -Set also includes a bike stand to showcase the completed model. -For ages 7+. -Assembly required.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Mega Bloks Plasma Dragons 9538 Sawskreetch Series 9 Review

Mega Bloks Plasma Dragons 9538 Sawskreetch Series 9
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My oldest son's birthday is coming up and he wanted a Mega Bloks Plasma Dragon. He got one for Christmas a few years ago. I looked in the local retail stores and couldn't find any. Then, I decided to try Amazon.com and found a number of Plasma Dragons. BB Toy Store had a discount for buying three. I ordered them and received them in less than a week! I am very pleased with my shopping experience and I know my son will be thrilled!

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

LEGO Cars Building Set (5898) Review

LEGO Cars Building Set (5898)
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The Lego Cars Building Set is a beginner-oriented set of Lego bricks that can be used to assemble a pair of vehicles and a simple gas pump. It also comes with a minifigure, so the set is compatible with the Lego City line. I like the idea of these specialized sets (there are also LEGO? Road Construction Set (6187), LEGO Castle Building Set (6193) and LEGO Pirate Building Sets) over a random bucket of Lego bricks since there are specified things to be built. This gets kids familiar with the building process and how things can be assembled before turning them loose on random pieces.
Complexity: This set is designed for a slightly younger audience than the Lego City line, so I was hoping my son could take a larger role in the building process. He did a bit more this time, but some of the pieces were just too small for him to assemble.
Playability: The cars in this set aren't as neat looking as the typical Lego City vehicles, but my son didn't care. He quickly added them to his City and the gas pump is now as popular an attraction as the pizza shop from the LEGO City Corner (7641). We've also scrapped both vehicles to come up with new car and truck designs, which is a lot of fun.
It's a pretty basic set, but the Lego Cars Building Set is great for younger Lego fans that might not be ready for the Lego City sets.

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Pieces: 139
The best car is the one you build yourself!This set gives you all the bricks you need to build a gas station and some of the coolest cars around! Includes easy-to-follow instructions and extra building ideas for unlimited creative fun.


Includes 1 minifigure
Build a gas station, 2 vehicles and more!
Fill up your car's gas tank with the hose and hit the road!



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Monday, January 7, 2013

LEGO Racers Brickstreet Customs Review

LEGO Racers Brickstreet Customs
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My 8 year old son had been wanting this kit for quite some time. When he got it for two straight nights he sat in the floor and worked on it until it was complete. The kit is for ages 8-12, which at first I thought it would be too difficult for him to work. He only needed help with one small section of the kit. The cars when built really look realistic, unlike the "typical" lego cars. They almost are like Hot Wheels. I highly recommend this kit for any Lego enthusiast.

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Get your LEGO Racers tuned up and ready to drive at the Brick Street Customs racing garage. It's got everything you need, from the working car lift to the fill-up station, plus a tuner shop full of extra parts for your racers. Gas station has a drink machine, gas pumps, tire and oil cans. Work shop includes working car lift to inspect the car, spare tires, engine and more. Includes 7 tiny turbo racers and a flatbed transport truck with car-carrying trailer. Tractor trailer measures 13" long. Racers measure 3" long. 1,021 pieces.

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Mega Bloks Deluxe Dual-Blast Dragon Hunter Review

Mega Bloks Deluxe Dual-Blast Dragon Hunter
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This was bought as a gift for my 8yr old and he loves it. No complaints on the product at all.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

LEGO Racers Chopper Jump 8196 Review

LEGO Racers Chopper Jump 8196
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This set is a great value if you buy it on sale with free shipping. It is a great addition to the other Racer sets and allows children to explore/develop their imagination while playing with the best construction toy on the market.

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Pieces: 141
Cops vs. robbers in the ultimate fold-out racing showdown!Unfold the storage case to create an entire racing scene! The turbo-charged gangster racer is trying to make a getaway...but here comes the police helicopter! Will the crooks' car make it up the jump and over the copter without crashing into the dumpster below? Collect and combine with other LEGO? Racers Tiny Turbos sets to build the ultimate racing chase, then fold it all up when you're done!


Unfold the case and get to ready to race and chase!
Includes police helicopter and speedy gangster racer!
Combine with other LEGO Racers fold-out sets to build the ultimate racing chase!



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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

LEGO? Road Construction Set (6187) Review

LEGO? Road Construction Set (6187)
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My son loves building and especially loves Legos and saw this set and really wanted it and given how great these small Lego's are for hand/finger dexterity as well as further developing a strong pincer grasp we bought them. Right out of the box I could tell that this set was going to be a little difficult for him. There are A LOT of little and TINY pieces and some of the pieces were VERY hard for me to snap in let alone my four year old. But, that didn't stop us, we took our time and slowly went over each step together and looked for all the pieces we needed and really enjoyed building the vehicles. I'm thrilled we purchased this set as we had such a nice time working on this together and as I mentioned Legos are fantastic for the hands/fingers. But I would definately note that the box does say 4+ and unless your child is used to making fairly complex vehicles and has an excellent pincer grasp with pretty strong hands, this will not be something he will be able to do on his own. I did read someone's review who said their 5 year old loves it and had no problems putting these vehicles together, I absolutely believe that as there is a big difference in these particular abilities specifically in boys between 4 and 5. I have mentioned "he" or "boys" in this review because although many girls would enjoy this set, girls almost always have a much more highly developed pincer grasp at the age of 4 than boys so I really felt that what I was trying to relay was more boy specific.
Given all the other reviewers did such an excellent job in letting everyone know not only their experience with this set but also what the set contained etc. I did not want to bore everyone with the same information they most likely already read in another review. This review was based on our experiences in order to aid you in your purchasing decision. When it all comes down to it, no one knows your childs abilities better than you do. I think it's important to be able to set proper expectations for a toy and a lot of times the age limits the manufacturers put on the boxes don't quite coincide with a childs abilities at that age. So, I hope this review has given you some additional information as to what you "may" experience if buying this for a four year old. Overall, I feel this set is a great buy and fantastic for aiding in the further development of the skills I mentioned above as well as learning to "read" the directions (no words are used so even a child who can't read yet can follow the directions) and developing patience, I highly recommend it!

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Little construction workers can dig up all sorts of fun with this set. They can build a truck, a front loader, a steamroller and much more. Includes one minifigure. 300 pieces.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Lego Small Base Plates 9/pk Review

Lego Small Base Plates 9/pk
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These are actual 2 1/2 by 5 inch bricks that can be used for ship decks, flat building roofs and more as well as a base plate. Very nice.
Picture does not show actual colors of set - I got 3 each red, green, and dark gray.

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