Do not recommend, buy the Neon Twister Set instead
343903
Some people may get lucky with tightly fitting pieces but we did not. Unfortunately, we had the problems that many other people reported. Many of the pieces did not fit tightly so the bugs could not climb and became stuck in the tubes. It is quite difficult to get them out sometimes and this wears the battery down faster. We returned this set and ordered the Hexbug Kids Neon Twister Set. The pieces were much tighter and it came with three more pieces for almost the same price. I would recommend buying that set and not this one.
616917
Unfortunately, I recommend avoiding this product. I've struggled to use it to replace two outdoor flood lights and finally managed to get one with some ingenuity.

First, the pole is twist to tighten. This means that when you are unscrewing a lightbulb, it is also loosening the pole. It took all 205 lbs of me to torque the pole enough to where this wouldn't happen. Even then, I resulted to using a step ladder and simply using the final segment alone.

Further, the attachments are made of a very cheap, soft plastic. They do not attach firmly to the pole and simply start spinning and detaching from the pole when you try to unscrew a lightbulb. They come with metal thumbscrews to prevent this, but since the plastic is so soft, the thumbscrews simply pull their threading out of the attachment.

I will have to be returning the product, but save yourself the time and hassle and go with a slightly higher quality product.
1830809
After a week of play I changed my rating from 3 to 1 star.

I regret not buying two sets of M&D wood sets instead for a two-thirds of the price of this set... Yes, this is educational and engaging (easy for a 5 year old for independent play, can be done collaboratively with a 3 year old if he/she has a very good attention span) but these pros are outweighed by the cons:

- Horrible wheel design. The wheels are like screws themselves, so if you build a car and roll it,  the wheels unscrew themselves and fall out within seconds. VERY frustrating and disappointment for a child who wants to show off his/her creation or play with the toy they have built.
- The tension is not great. There is a fine line between too much tension (so it is hard for a kid to unscrew) and not enough tension such that pieces get loose and undo themselves - which is the case here. Again, very non-gratifying play experience.
- It is not possible to build some of the models well because the bolts are too long and interfere with each other when screwed into the cube or the "plate" sections.

At first, my kids first were super excited and engaged, but because of these reasons, they soon got annoyed and frustrated and would not like to play with this construction set. It ended up being a colossal waste of money given that this set is priced like a quality product...

I like that (unlike M&D) this set includes two large rectangular "plates", and I liked the "brackets". But other than that, there is absolutely no advantage to this over M&D wooden sets (priced $14 on Amazon, you can get 2 of them for two-thirds of one ETI and have approximately the same range of building options, plus enjoy natural materials). Plus, M&D offer different lengths screws and a screwdriver that actually makes sense (as opposed to the odd "thingy" -- as my child called this tool -- included with the ETI set).
2157466
Great concept and overall design/layout is adorable...plus very cute stickers/decor.  However, this toy gets only one star because it is CRAP!  The pieces are so cheap and flimsy, it is basically unusable.  You know how many of the kids train table tracks have to be glued together in order for kids to use them?  Well, this should be too, only it wouldn't be worth the effort.  I agree completely with the other post...should put it right into the recycle bin!  But my kids, like me, enjoy the overall concept...so this makes this toy even more disappointing.  My son got this as a gift from 2 sets of aunts and his great grandmother...unfortunately they got ripped off!  Too bad some other family had already started putting it together as I would have asked them if we could exchange it, but it is probably too late.
545660
The blocks in this set come apart very easily during even light play. Very frustrating to my kids, 4 & 7 (& therefore ultimately very frustrating to me).
Also note that these don't 'transform' - you can build them in 1 of 3 ways: bot, beast/vehicle, or combined. Cool idea, but no fun if the pieces fall apart.
Do yourself a favor & spend a little more on Legos, which actually go together and stay together as expected.
2930550
Taking it out of the box I noticed immediately that a part of the plastic was broken on the soccer side. Not only does that now leave a rough sharp  edge but you can no longer secure the soccer net in place. There is no basketball so we use the bowling ball. The piece of cardboard that holds up the net falls over at least every other time it gets hit with the ball requiring you to stand it up again. The pool balls have already fallen off the return track and have become stuck inside the body of the toy. One is the folding legs fell out and needed to be popped back into place. We have since stopped using them.  I would say none of the games are particularly fun to play because the toy is so poorly manufactured. The basketball thrower and bowling ball launcher both will just stop working periodically. This is all in the first hour my son opened the box after receiving as a Christmas gift. Kicking myself for paying $40 at a local toy store for this piece of garbage. Don't waste your money.
1434275
They're certainly not high-end; the purple one didn't ever work, and the others just wouldn't go in a straight line. After about 4 or 5 minutes of trying to play with them, my guys all gave up and never tried again. Maybe these would be good for a very young child who is amused by the cars just spinning around in a circle for 2 or 3 seconds...?
3965160
I love sitting and putting Lego projects together with my son.  This kid however was a nightmare.  I would get one part put together and get ready to connect another part only to have the first part fall apart.  This happened again and again.  The directions stink, plain and simple.  They are not easy to follow and need to be broken down into more steps.  This is not a toy that can really be played with once put together, as it is constantly falling apart. I remember playing with K'nex for hours with the boys that I nannied for in the mid-nineties.  These are not of the same quality.  Don't waste your money on this set.  I was excited when my son received this from his grandmother, but my excitement quickly dwindled into frustration.
4497045
This toy is very disappointing considering the other types of tools you can get.  I am a big fan of play-doh and their clever use of space, but the items in this set are mostly a yawn, and TINY.  If you already have plenty of tools, you might like to add this to your collection, but you likely already have a better cutter, a dolphin, and crocodile from one of the other tool sets.

CON:
There are only four cutter molds.  For some reason they decided to put in molds of Jake and Izzy, but did not include Cubby or Scully!  There is no Hook or Smee molds either.  There is a crocodile and random dolphin that could have easily have been made into major characters.  The mini buckets, which are cheaper, have three times as many molds and tools.

The extruder, while shaped cutely,  is laughably small.  It is even slightly smaller and harder to use and clean than the generic hand extruders you can get in just about any play doh kit.

The rotary cutter is puny.  It works, but it's shape lends little to the experience especially since there is already a crocodile cookie cutter included.  It would have been better to not include the other cutter if this one was shaped as the Tic Toc Croc.

PRO:
Treasure chest mold, while small is cute and you can put small trinkets in it if you wanted.

The cannon has two different molds on it for making Pirate Dubloons.

The extruder stencil is in the shape of Jake's sword.

Golden Play Doh.
2943808
Absolute garbage. Order 2 for Christmas for the kids. One didn't work out of the box, other started failing soon after. I immediately replaced the one that failed out of the box, and got an totally non functional nerf gun. One of the nerf guns came with odd colored nerf darts as if it had been repackaged. I have since sent all of them back. I will try a different model maybe but will not buy of the doomlands series.
3901748
I bought this set along with an aqua three piece cutting board set and awesome purple knives because it looks adorable and organized on my counter top. After about 9 months of use from two boys and myself I am about to throw it all in the trash and purchase more Re-Play dinner ware made from used milk jugs. These dishes scratch way too easily and could be dangerous if you don't run them through the dishwasher. The tray itself has warped, resulting in one side constantly sticking up. The pitcher is the most disgusting part, there is a huge area where bacteria can grow and it is very difficult to clean. We bought a Vitamix and I'm constantly making smoothies to put in the pitcher and bring to the backyard to hang out in our garden we planted. The seeds and goop get stuck in the crack. Last but not least, the forks are the absolute worst. Unless you are buying this for a kid to have pretend tea parties with a doll I would never recommend this to anyone. We have tons and tons of B toys, this is my most hated thing I've purchased minus the tee pee that broke instantly.
2003470
The wheels are coming off gazillion times whilst the child plays with the toy, which is dangerous because of it small metal screws falling off
Also, the crick broke on the cricking flower.  All in all- does not worth it's price!
765470
I purchased and assembled two different Hot Wheels track car kits, and found that not only did both not work, but they could not work without defying a law of physics!  The track is made from cheap, flimsy plastic, the connections between sections are quite loose, and the overall assembled kit is so unstable that cars immediately fly off the track before rounding the first (of several) curves.  Both very different track kits produced the same result.  It seems clear that the manufacturer's quality control staff could not possibly have tested these products; had they done so, one would like to believe that neither would have made it onto retail shelves.  All the Hot Wheels kits seem to be of the same flimsy quality, so I strongly recommend avoiding these products if you also want to avoid disappointed children and a long wait in the return line of your toy store!
4868794
junk! the lights do not work, the hole thing is cheap novelty. My son was so excited to get it and it is crap. do not buy this! I know there is not much to choose from but try one of the others. I am a electrician so it got the lights working by dissembling and fixing poor workmanship. wasted effort the lights are a sad, sad, disappointment. To save Halloween i crudely installed two led flashlights in the saber in place of  the crap workings.
4647913
I got this for my 9 month old son and had to return it the next day for two reason: 1.) The popping noise that is made from the 3 levels which push each ball up scared him (and it was really loud, even for an adult) and 2.) The balls weren't even making it up to each level very well and often got backlogged at the first level. The ferris wheel is a cute idea but they should have it feed in to the toy so they all move together. Not impressed at all with this toy given the price. First toy I've ever had to return.
815843
I got a similar spinner as a gift with a bottle of water, and my son really loved playing with it, but it didn't last very long. So I was glad to discover this item on amazon, as I could but a bag full of new spinners for just a few bucks. Unfortunately the spinners do not even come close to the quality of the freebie I got before.

The three pieces of plastic making up the actual spinning part are not properly glued together, so they have to be re-glued before they can be used. In addition, on the edge of the spinners there are some sharp protrusions which could cause minor injuries.

Some of the wind-up units were broken out of the bag, but even on the the best of them the "fingers" holding the spinner in place are extremely flimsy. It takes a lot of practice and more dexterity than a child is capable of to wind them without the spinner jumping off at random times.

Even with all of these issues my son enjoys playing with these toys, but daddy has to be there to wind and supervise.
1192724
I bought this swingset directly from Backyard Discovery's website, and here's the same review I left them. Save your money and buy something else. I'd highly recommend Playstar if you're looking for a reasonably-priced wooden swingset.

After shopping for a swingset with perfect dimensions for our yard for over a month, I was thrilled to come across the Lexington. I was even happier with BD's awesome customer service and super quick shipping.''Too bad it turned out to be a barely passable quality product.''The anchors it comes with are a joke (I wouldn't trust them even sunk into concrete).''The set is NOT completely pre-drilled, and in a lot of places where it *IS* pre-drilled, the holes don't line up, and the larger pre-drilled holes were WAY too small to slip the nut barrels through--definitely took Eric Suro's advice and redrilled! Oh, and trying to force the hardware through the holes that don't line up makes the wood split.''Add in that a good amount of the screws and bolts were blims (they weren't punched all the way so they were unusable since you couldn't get a screwdriver into them), and you can imagine the trips to Lowes we had to make.''The directions were vague at best, and do not adequately show the direction boards and whatnot need to be in. We read them very carefully and still managed to have to redo several steps because we assembled pieces backwards when the boards were marginally asymmetrical.''It handles one kid swinging on it just fine, but with a 44 lb 5 yr old and a 47 lb 7 yr old swinging on it, the entire set twists and creaks like it's going to collapse. Saying for ages 3-10 and showing 8 children playing on it in the stock image is a stretch in my opinion.''Also, it's worth noting that the stain is not even, so be prepared to restain it right away (or before you assemble it).''Overall, you get what you pay for, but we paid less for our Playstar swingset and it was far better quality, and it went together a LOT easier, even though we had to measure and drill all the holes ourselves (at least the holes WE drilled lined up properly!!).''By the time I bought adequate anchors, replaced all the hardware that was unusable, and a couple of the boards that split beyond use (ironically enough, those were some that came pre-drilled), I could've bought a much nicer swingset.''And yes, I know that the Backyard Discovery would have happily replaced the pieces that were unusable...but in all reality, who is going to wait for new pieces to be shipped when your kids are excited about their new swingset? They should put their parts through a better quality control inspection to begin with.''For now, this one is assembled and it fits nicely in our tiny backyard, but I can see us Freecycling it in a few months and buying a better quality one this summer because it is seriously making me nervous watching it flex so much as my kids play on it. It isn't sturdy at ALL.