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I purchased this robot kit for my six year old son to assemble. The directions were obviously too tedious for him so we watched a few YouTube videos that explained how to build the robot. It was so simple that my 6 year old refused to let me help with building the roly-poly robot. I literally wasn't allowed to touch it. After about an hour and a half, he built the robot on his own (he only cut out the parts as needed--with child scissors) The solar component was a bit weak and so the robot only seems to work if you shine a flashlight directly on the solar panel..but it definitely worked. I am planning to purchase at least 5 more robots to gift to my son's classmates as birthdays roll around.

This is an amazing robot to build. It is easy to put together and keeps a child busy playing for hours. It gets its power from the sun. It has been built in 12 different styles and comes with instructions. It is a good gift for boys between the ages of 8 and 12. It is powered by solar, so no batteries are required, which makes it an awesome gift!

This toy could be appropriate for a 8 year old who likes this kind of toys but I think that it might be good to have an adult to help assemble the robots, the fun part about this toy is the assembly process and then the feeling of accomplishment once it works.I think that an adult help is needed for several reasons:1) All the parts come in several plastic molds that need to be clipped off with a wire cutter or something similar. In some parts, you'll need to make sure to cut off any remainder of the plastic mold or the robots won't work (Specially in those parts that rotate).2) Some pieces need a bit of strength to put together, but you have to be carefull not to break them. If you make a mistake, it also requires certain strength to disassemble.3) It's challenging and fun to make it work, maybe a 8 year old by itself could feel frustrated. (Most of my mistakes were because I didn't cut the pieces properly).4) The main part where the motor is, requires a bit of testing with the gears to make it work, but it isn't very hard.I'm not sure if the parts will allow to assemble and dissasemble 12 times to build each robot, I think that some will break in the process.Overall, I consider this a good toy, giftable, it requires patience to assemble, I think that for a 8 year old kid who is starting to play with this kind of toys might be very challenging.

I don't have a picture as I had this sent to my granddaughter that attends a STEM school.She really enjoyed putting this together. She said all the pieces were there and her mom said it was really a good quality finished project. She is 11 years old and found it a challenge but not overwhelming. She had fun and brought it to school to show the other STEM students. It appears to be quite durable as it has been handled alot and has a fun finished look.

DOESN'T WORK !!!JUNK !!! Worked on it for two hours with kids. DOESN'T WORK !!!Solar cell baaarely enough power to turn gears. Will turn motor when no load, if you have enough sun !As soon as load is added (gears) forget about it. The way the plastic snaps together it creates so much compression nothing wants to turn.I am prior Airforce. Extremely mechanically, electrically , technically inclined. I've worked on far more advanced things than this.IT SIMPLY IS MADE TOOO CHEAP TO WORK. MANUFACTURED SOOO POORLY, THE FITTING OF THE PIECES TOGETHER PREVENTS ITFROM WORKING PROPERLY. THIS IS JUNK ! DON'T BUY !

Motor mechanism would work before closing body. After closing body, either parts are not properly aligned or too tight for the mechanism to work.

Nephew loved it, perfect gift to occupy his mind and interest

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Un muy buen juego educativo para hacer evolucionar a nuestros hijos

The solar panel is weak even at noon where the sun is bright and at its peak. Max output of solar panel is at 1.2V only. I used a 1.5V AAA battery and was able to get the rolly-Polly work. 3V button cell would work well

Algo complicado

After triple check, the trials of the the body and head part doesn’t work … not sure how long it takes for the solar panel to work and it’s tricky