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| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 2.3 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 12.3 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.8 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 12.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing!Jun 18, 2009
By S. Lopez
I thought this would have been a great toy for my 4 year old son, who loves to build things, but because of poor construction, it's difficult to use. The threads on the blocks are so tight, that it's hard, even for me, to screw the screws in. The screwdriver chipped almost immediately, because of the force required to turn the screws, and another screw snapped inside a block because we were unable to turn it without using a low of force.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
DON'T BUY - low quality, incompatible with other Melissa & Doug setsDec 25, 2006
By Ion Halalay
"Ion"
Poorly built and disappointing, a waste of money. The screws chip and erode very easily during use, due to the low quality of the wood. Some of the screw lengths are insufficeint for buiding the toys shown in the diagrams. The set is INCOMPATIBLE with other Melissa & Doug wooden constructino sets (e.g. the Wood Take-Alonmg 24 Piece Tool Kit). Worse yet, the set is a let-down for kids of any age: young ones (5+) won't touch it, older ones (9+) will try to use it, only to give up in frustration.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Good idea, bad paint job.Oct 20, 2007
By Judith S.
"Judith in Jamaica"
I bought this toy becase the idea is excellent for educational value and the child I got it for was excited to build the helecoptor and the crane shown in the instruction sheet included; BUT the toy is POORLY CONSTRUCTED!!! The paint is inside the threading of the nuts and prevents the bolts from screwing into them and damages the bolts. I had a previous version of the Melissa & Doug construction set which came with a box that folded out to a workbench stand and the nuts were not painted inside the threading and the bolts screwed in just fine. That version couldn't made three-dimentional objects. This version has blocks with holes in all sides to allow three-dimeintional building - that is great. The wooden bolts for my earlier version are fairly durable but the edges will chip easily. The two versions are not compatible. The makers just have to get the pain job right and the toy would be good.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Screws have too much manufacturing variability and are too short.Sep 01, 2010
By Anne Cordelia
"Anne Cordelia"
The screws are sometimes not quite long enough to construct the desired projects. 3 of my 16 screws have manufacturing defects (length, taper) that make them unusable. It's very hard to distinguish blue and green screws on the enclosed diagram. The wooden screws are very hard to turn and the screwdriver (only 1/3 the width of the screw head) is impossible to use. Aligning 3 or 4 items and then inserting a difficult-to-turn screw is challenging for me even as an adult. This is far more difficult to assemble than Ikea furniture.
Melissa and Doug has some good toy concepts, but this one is a failure, due to poor manufacturing execution.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Fun and Endless Possibilities! We own 4 sets!Jul 29, 2007
By MariaSM
"Maria"
We personally own 4 of these sets. I had not intended to purchase one per child but all 4 of my children enjoy this set in different ways. After fighting for the pieces from one set, I decided to stock up! My son has built and expanded upon the ideas provided on the idea card. My daughters use the pieces to make everything from pretend popsicles to slides and parks and doll furniture for their little dolls and pet shop pets. They also use the pieces in conjunction with buidling blocks for cool structures. The only problem we encountered was some of the screw head came off. We fixed this easily with wood glue and a slight tap. Lots of Fun!
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