Thames & Kosmos Pinball Machine Maker STEM Experiment Kit Toy of the Year Finalist - Build a Reconfigurable Pinball Machine, Explore Physics, Force, Motion, Gravity, Simple Machines, Gumballs Included

My kids love this pinball machine and think it’s so much fun! My son enjoyed putting it together and it creates a great STEM activity. The only downside is that it comes with gum balls to use instead of a longer lasting option or small marble.

They end up handling the gumballs a lot then putting them in their mouth so maybe set up some handwashing rules:). Gum isn’t great quality and gets grainy fast. The build your own pinball machine is awesome. Took a bit to assemble pieces. Great value.

This is very cool and very fun. Getting it put together the first time is rather complicated and requires side cutters (wire cutters) to remove the pieces from the moldings. The instructions are fairly simple but not as good as Lego’s. We have a very bright 6 year old but there’s no way he would be able to do the setup. But once it’s together it’s very good. The 9 year old immediately started strategizing and moving pieces around so he could have success. Had to remind them that if they chew all the gumballs there wouldn’t be any left to play the game. Fairly sturdy but needs some adjusting as play goes on.

very inexpensive and this provided a lot of entertainment for such a cheap purchase.

One hit wonder ! It's cute and son enjoyed the assembly ... lost interested after that. It also takes up a large amount of table space and it's a very thin cardboard

My 32-year-old son has taken a sudden interest in pinball. Of course, growing up he didn’t even know what a pinball machine was. As much as I love my only son, I couldn’t seem to swing a real pinball machine so I bought this for him for Christmas and he got such a kick out of it. It’s a very fun toy-I guess

Such a fun gift. My 9 year old spent s chunk of the day building it and then days playing with it. He likes that it sits on counter in his room and it comes out still when friends come over.

My grandson had fun putting this together but after that the functions were pretty much inoperable without constantly readjusting parts. Can’t even claim it as a paperweight because it’s too flimsy. Disappointed!