ProudGrandma Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I bought this at a local store for my ds7 for Christmas, came home to check the reviews on Amazon....if you own this toy, is it as bad the reviews say? My son really wants it...but I certainly don't want hi to be disappointed or frustrated either....thoughts please??? here is the amazon link... Amazon.com: K'NEX Collect & Build Amusement Park Series #2 - Vertical Viper: Toys & Games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 anybody?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We bought it. It was fun for about 10 minutes. Putting it together was the best part. After that it was the same ol' thing. blah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 thanks...I don't need blah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We didn't have that one, but we had an amusement park ship or something w/ sound/animation. Once it was put together, the playing pretty much was over. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritsumei Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I don't have that one, but my son was given a K'nex set for his birthday last year and I won't be buying any more: the stupid thing won't stay together!! He'd like to play with it, but it comes apart ever 1.2 seconds (at least) - even when an adult is doing it. NOT FUN. We love the Kid K'nex, but won't be getting any more of the regular K'nex. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Have it...blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We had a roller coaster. I'm not sure if it is this one. Beware of any kits that use the smaller K'nex pieces. They do not stay together. My son built it, but he basically made up the track layout himself because he could not get the directions to work. And my kids can build anything. I'd get something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We have one of the tubs, which is filled with the sturdier regular K'nex and several of the roller coasters, which are usually the "micro" K'nex (one has a mix). I *hate* the micro K'nex. My then 7-year-old could not assemble them himself, and I broke several of them assembling them for him. (The company was good about replacing them, though.) My now 9-year-old still does not play with them, but his 7-year-old sister does. She doesn't build roller coasters; she makes people. She plays mostly with the sturdier regular K'nex from the tub (and the one roller coaster.) Were I ever to spend money on K'nex again, I would not get one of the sets from the local store. I would instead get one of the "education" sets like this or this. I've seen these at a local "educational toys" store and they are filled with the regular K'nex, rather than the micro. I won't be tempted, though, until my son is closer to 11ish. His small motor skills are getting better, but aren't quite there yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I should say, for those who don't know which you have, the rods in the regular ("standard") sets are about 1/4 inch thick; the micros are more like 1/8 inch thick. I haven't seen a "kids" set in person. You can't really see the difference on their webpage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We bought this set on sale last spring. After sitting in our living room in various stages of construction for 6 months, I finally gave up and disassembled it. My son (7 at the time) could help with the assembly, but the instructions were not clear enough and the pieces too tricky too keep together for him to assemble alone. So it pretty much became a mom project, which I did not need. Had we ever actually completed the thing I'm sure it would have been neat, but I can't imagine it staying together long enough to last very long--just a little bump could disconnect a whole section. I'm glad we got it on clearance, but sorry we spent any money on it at all. It's garage sale fodder now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We got one. The kids did play with it for a while, then it just took up a LOT of room for no reason. I made them disassemble it and put it back in the box. I believe it is sitting in our attic but I know pieces are missing. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We had a K'nex rollercoaster about 12 years ago. It was a great project for dh and ds to work on, but it took up so much room! And, once it was up, it was kinda boring. He remembers it, tho, and the times they had putting it together. For us, it had value as a memory-builder, but not much as a toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 thank you so much for sharing all of the opinions. Knowing that my son has something different in his mind than the reality of the toy, it is going back to the store....I have other toys in mind that he will like a lot better. thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We had a roller coaster. I'm not sure if it is this one. Beware of any kits that use the smaller K'nex pieces. They do not stay together. My son built it, but he basically made up the track layout himself because he could not get the directions to work. And my kids can build anything. I'd get something else. :iagree: DS got one of the K'Nex rollercoasters last year and it did not go together as per the instructions and he's a kid who can build anything! He just wound up doing his own thing and it was fun, but once built, it was taken down and all the pieces just mixed in with other pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Ds8 got the roller coaster as a birthday gift. I ended up putting it together. The chain never stayed on right. The track didn't work the way it was supposed to. It's in a giant ziplock bag in his closet. I don't know what to do with it. Sorry, OP, not what you wanted to hear, I'm sure. Maybe your experience would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 We bought this set on sale last spring. After sitting in our living room in various stages of construction for 6 months, I finally gave up and disassembled it. My son (7 at the time) could help with the assembly, but the instructions were not clear enough and the pieces too tricky too keep together for him to assemble alone. So it pretty much became a mom project, which I did not need. Had we ever actually completed the thing I'm sure it would have been neat, but I can't imagine it staying together long enough to last very long--just a little bump could disconnect a whole section. I'm glad we got it on clearance, but sorry we spent any money on it at all. It's garage sale fodder now. Yep, this was almost word for word our experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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