Robotic Dinosaur Kit

I really had fun building these kits with three of my kids. I did pretty much everything for my 4 year old, but my 8 and 10 year old boys were able to do about 90% of the build. I had to help with the wiring and a few small adjustments in part placements.I found the build quality to be excellent and the instructions very good. We didn't have any second guessing or redoing because of hard to follow instructions, which is really nice.We didn't have any parts break during the build. I have had things like this happen before, which is frustrating. The feet are a potential week point where the screws thread in. I have one break after some use. Nothing a little wood glue wouldn't fix.Three things I thought could use improvement. They are related to the wiring. 1) The wire is VERY thin and likely won't hold up to much use. Probably something like a 22 or 24 gage. 2) The positive and negative are not marked on the wire, which isn't a big deal, but does mean that you have a 50% chance of the buttons doing the opposite function as you would expect. 3) I added a a knot in the wire inside the build to keep it from pulling directly on the terminals. This will keep the wire connections from coming use when the wire is pulled on during use. See photos for example.With the knotted wire modification, these are great and I highly recommend them!

This is a STEM activity set that includes 3 whole dinosaur activities. I was really impressed with the quality of each of the kits and did I mention it contains 3 instead of just 1. I got this for my Grandson who is only 3 so it was a bit of an challenge for him to do alone. This would be a great set for an older kid. We were able to finish 1 dino but I had to do it for him. We decided to save the other 2 for another day. The sets are good and if you follow the directions an older kid would have no problems finishing. Even so I gave this set 5 Stars. It is a great idea and with all the stuff included in the kit it is a very good value. This would be a perfect snow day activity for a school age child.

This was a fun dinosaur building kit that I did with my kids. The instructions were easy to understand and follow for me. My 13 year olds were also able to follow the instructions to put these together helping their younger siblings. Younger children will definitely need assistance putting these together. We decided not to paint these, but the kids did take markers later and color them.Once they were all put together the kids had fun playing with them and having dinosaur battles with them. These are built out of wood so they are breakable and it didn't take too long before the head piece broke on the Brachiosaurus. I was able to glue and tape it back together. The Brachiosaurus is the most wobbly when walking. The T-rex and Triceratops were more stable walking. Some of the pieces (the little circle pieces that hold the legs on for example) tended to fall off after some time. A tiny bit of glue on the outside part can be used to fix this, you would just have to be careful not to get the glue on any of the moving parts.

This is a neat Stem Kit for my 9 year old daughter. Kept her entertained for a long while. The wood is soft balsa and is fragile. Some parts inevitably break. Luckily they have extra wood parts in each kit that come in handy.Instructions with each kit are pretty good. I would recommend using wire cutters to skin the leads on the battery packs more so than a lighter as the instructions say.

5 Stars

I worked on this project with my 4 year-old-son who loves dinosaurs! It was too challenging for him to do alone, but it was a great bonding experience for us to work on together! It combined his love of dinosaurs with building and technology. The dinosaur moved well when we attached the wires. If you have a child who loves dinosaurs and building, I highly recommend this product!

It's a really fun family activity! I like that it gives the kids the opportunity to paint, assemble and bring the Creation to life!

My son loves projects where he can build, the fact that it also moves is just so cool! It’s a great activity to do together. Very easy to understand and such a good time!

10/10 would recommend! I loved having an outdoor family craft day while building these dinosaurs together with the kids! They loved the whole thing so much! Easy instructions to follow and the kit includes everything from paint and paintbrushes, to the whole mechanical assembly!

This kit has been so much fun! I ordered it for my dino-obsessed nephew but after completing a similar kit with my older daughter I realized it would be too difficult for him. It goes beyond the very basic assembly I expected. My daughter built and painted one dino for him, assembled the second dino and allowed him to paint that one, and let him "help" her with the third by handing her pieces until he got bored. So many great lessons here, including the unintended ones. :)Please note that the main material is balsa wood. This wood is very lightweight and fragile. It's not a flaw with the product. Balsa wood is often used to keep costs low in kits like this. The added cost of a heavier/denser wood and the cost of mechanics that could move/support said wood would likely prevent the manufacturer from creating a kit that's so affordable. You should expect this to be a project rather than a "toy" and younger kids will probably need supervision when using the robots.