My kids love legos! And building this one in particular was ...
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My kids love legos! And building this one in particular was fun because we have a pet cat. Results were true.
3541936
My kids absolutely love this game! They love all things Lego and Xbox, so this was a match made in heaven! I wish the Lego characters had more variety similar to Disney Infinity, though. Some of the characters are so outdated - i.e. The Simpsons. My kids have no clue who these characters are, but for now they are content with the 3 that come in the starter pack.
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I bought this to have something new at my house for my grandkids.  They loved it and played creatively with it a lot.  I'm thinking of getting another set so they can build even more objects.  Kids ages are 5 and 7.5.  They were getting somewhat bored with my legos!
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My kids each got one of these and they are loving it.  They are obsessed with lego, so I wanted to try something different for Christmas.  These were a hit.  They use them way more than I thought they would.  I have even made some projects myself.  I will probably buy more kinex products in the future.
4705357
The friends series of Lego's are very good. My kid loves to build this.
It is a nice activity to keep kids and adults busy!
4970929
Two nine year olds were able to build this by themselves. They took turns doing each page. They were elated to finish and it's really cool when complete. They did it over the course of two days and only had a few minor issues they were able to figure out themselves. Highly recommend for any lego building Star Wars fan.
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My kids loved building these.  It was fun for them and I think they were worth the money for the joy they got out of constructing them.  It was challanging to them but not overly fustrating....and I did not have to help them.  It seems like so many toys or crafts these days are spent with parents doing most of it.  My kids are 8 and 10.
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We got this as a gift several months ago and my boy/girl 4 year old twins love it!  Unlike the Duplo blocks that don't stay together well, these blocks lock into place and stay put.  The built in storage with the top that is used as the foundation is phenomenal.  I love how easy it is for the kids to put away and my kids love having a stable base to build their creations. Their older brother helped them build their first couple of "creations" using the book which unlike Lego sets doesn't show step by step but instead shows the finished model and you can see from the colored pieces in the picture how to put together each item.  After a little help, my kids were good to go on their own and we'd find them pulling it out to make items from the book or scores of items using their imagination!  The rounded pieces take some pushing to get them in, but once in they're secure and other pieces can be connected to them.  Great product, lots of use at our home for active minds and hands!
634900
We (my husband, son, and I) are Toy Story and LEGO fans, so this seemed like a perfect choice for a family activity and toy.

LEGO thoughtfully puts the pieces in little bags with one for each car, which makes navigating the visual assembly diagrams a little less frustrating.

Assembling this was a lengthy affair and there was more than one mention of the time it took to build the transcontinental railroad. It took my husband (he has been an avid LEGO fan for at least 30 years) and I (I'm the person that doesn't read the manual and likes to figure it out on her own, though I do have limited dexterity which makes LEGO a challenge for me) almost 2 hours to assemble all of the cars.

Once assembled, the train and the cars are pretty cool.  Though due to the intricacies of the construction, this doesn't seem to me like a set you would really take apart and build something else (which is what I loved do do as a kid)...

All of the main characters are represented and I like having our favorites (Buzz, Woody, Hammy, etc) in our general LEGO man population. I do wish they looked more like LEGO interpretations of the characters though (like in the LEGO video games of Star Wars and Indiana Jones), but they are still pretty neat to have.

One of the cars has a trapdoor mechanism which is fun (my 7 year old had a ball making the LEGO guys disappear)...

This is a train made out of LEGO and I was surprised that once it was assembled, it is pretty sturdy. After playing with it for a little while I feel like I can appreciate the epic instructions, all of the tiny pieces, and the lengthy construction.

The one thing this train doesn't have is tracks.  For some reason, the image on the box made me think it was more of a train set than just a train.  Not that you need the tracks, as the wheels do just fine on tile, but I was hoping to add a motor and have it circle a track of some sort like a more traditional train set.

All in all, it is a nice set and perfect for a Toy Story and LEGO enthusiast.  The construction is challenging though, and in my humble opinion, the construction is too challenging for the age group that would really play with this, and I feel that maybe this is more of a collector's item.  For our family, it meant that we spent 2 quality hours working together toward a mutual goal, and then all of us were proud of the results.  To me that is a pretty good win.
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Bought this for my niece who is in love with Lego. She loved it! She is 9 and was able to build it without any help.
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My kids LOVE Legos. They love building things and have no problem following directions and building a toy to play with. This seemed like it would be perfect: Build a truck and play with it.

The problem is that the building of the truck was a frustrating process that definitely required adult intervention. The instructions just need more work to be understandable. 7+ seems too young even for experienced 7 year old builders. 10+ seems more appropriate for age.

Once the truck is built though, as the other reviewers have indicated, it is able to be played with. The final product is definitely 5 star. The instructions and process is 2-3 star. So I am giving it 4 stars. Expect to help your child and struggle through a few frustrating steps, but if your child likes trucks and construction equipment (and building toys) I would recommend this toy
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My daughter loves these legos, but who doesn't love legos?! I'm happy to see her learning how to build things, working through her frustrations (sometimes she gets upset when she can't get the blocks to stay together, but then she's happy when she figures it out- valuable life lessons). These are fun and challenging for the kiddos! Keeps her entertained and focused.
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My son is a few month away from being nine.  He purchased this with his own money so it was a big deal with lots of Lego looking.  He had fun building it but said that during the building process, pressing down on the Legos often led to part of the assembly snapping off, causing many re-builds.  In the words of the Wicked Witch of the West "These things have to be handled delicately."  Once finished, my son really likes to play and pretend with his Lego toys.  They look very realistic and are just begging to be taken off display and actually put to use.  The side doors on the helicopter break off almost every time he opens them, but he patiently reconstructs it again and again.  The little raft is solid.  The winch works great.  Overall it was a good buy...it wasn't my money.  Like other Lego sets we own, and we own many, they are much more fun to build then they are to use as imaginative toys once built.
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We have plenty of lego sets, but for some reason my boys still love to play with their duplos. Something about the size difference, maybe? My six year old especially loves building big guns, and it's a lot tougher to do that with tiny lego. So, when I saw this set on sale, I picked it up. It had a sheet of eye stickers in it, which we've had great fun with. The stickers themselves are fairly easy to pull off and reapply, so I let the kids go at it and then went back and straightened them out for them. I think their favorite part, however, are the two "glass" bricks (clear blue, 1x2s) that they are always fighting over who gets to use.
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I recently purchased this item for my children and they loved it! That is, until they tried to build one of the modules on the cards provided. They look cool but most are just not possible. I have tried again and again to create the structures and i have steady hands but its no use. The kids got annoyed when they couldn't make the structures but they still play with it.
330991
if your child is into minecraft or legos they will like this and if they are into both, they will be ecstatic!
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We have the animal kingdom set and the army set.  My girls aged 4 and 8 mostly like to build their own creations with the sets, but our oldest has built some of the recommended builds from the instructions. I like that this is an alternative to Legos and gives kids a creative outlet. Highly recommended.