Thames & Kosmos Gumball Machine Maker

I’m extremely happy with this purchase. The quality exceeded my expectations, and everything arrived exactly as described. It was well packaged, easy to set up/use, and feels durable and thoughtfully made. I’ve been using it regularly and it performs consistently without any issues. You can tell attention was given to both design and functionality. Shipping was fast, the price was fair, and the overall experience was smooth from start to finish. I would definitely purchase from this seller again and would recommend this product to others without hesitation.

Purchased for my daughter who wanted this for her birthday. It's fun for the kids to put together and use over and over again. Pretty cool little gumball machine.

Not only was this very complicated to build, the kids lost interest real quick and frustration took over. The entire thing needs to be more durable for the gumballs, as the pieces easily fall apart as the gumball tries to travel. We were never able to build a successful run start to finish. Not worth the money

First of all it arrive with a crack in the container to hold the gum balls. Easily fixed with tape but still. Plastic seems cheap overall and we were afraid of breaking it further the entire time putting it together. Got it as a silly gift for my adult brother and I and our father. We would probably rate it as a 2 but going to give it a 3 for kids. The mechanism to release a gumball was almost useless. It constantly jammed in both directions and was almost impossible to get a gum all out. This would be the biggest frustration for a child. Several of the “experiments” are overhyped, especially the claim that they teach physics. The dominoes is a disappointment - the ball is intended to fall off the track. Actually it’s intended to fall off for several of the “experiments”. The momentum trap track was basically just the same as the 180 degree track. A few experiments were fun though! Trampoline was cool, although assembly was confusing. Centripetal force funnel was also cool. Slingshot was definitely entertaining even as an adult. Be aware that you can only do a few experiments at once due to the height of the gym all machine, especially if you want to do ones requiring more height like the pendulum. Overall I guess I’d recommend it if it was $10-15 max but for the price it’s not really worth it and I could see it being frustrating for children.

It’s a little tricky for an 8 year old, says my grandson. Getting things to line up is almost impossible says grandma. We had fun together but it was frustrating because we never got a gumball to make it through the machine maker.

My nephew is gumball obsessed and he loved this gift. It comes with a handful of gumballs. He finds it to be very fun that the gumballs come our different ways. He loved building it.

The durability is great. Easy to put together for my 8 year old son.

very cheaply made. Some of the parts don’t fit right and it’s very easy for it to come apart, spilling all the gumballs. Plus there is no lid so the top is open allowing dust to gather on the gumballs that your kid is going to eat. poor design.

Not worth the price, reasons follow: 1- it has edible gum-balls which are soft and gets stuck in the machine. 2- gum-balls leave color on kids hands 3- assembly is not easy instructions are not clear 4- build quality of the machine is good but major elements i.e gum-balls are edible and soft.

I bought this item as a gift for my niece. She put it together and loves it.

As mentioned by other buyers, the gumballs get stuck in the top turning mechanism and they don't come out no matter what we did. We have to get the gumballs from the top opening manually by hand. Total disappointment! Build quality is flimsy. The domino effect doesn't work well. I should have trusted the reviews but my son really wanted it so I had no choice. Really not worth your money. Buy elsewhere.

It’s like a marble run gone horribly wrong ! Real low quality runners and plastic

Missing pieces & broken pieces , & for almost $70.00 , non of the tracks they demonstrated actually work. The gumball never makes it through the run. Wouldn’t let me return or refund or even get the missing pieces. Not impressed