Fun, surprisingly well made
586228
Very fun for tots who love Peppa. The toy was of surprisingly good quality. For example, the school benches have little notches in them so that the toy animals can be placed in a sitting position without falling off too easily.
4083209
Easy to build, fun to play with - my 7 yo grandson loves it. Very well made - no missing parts, every tiny part  easily fits into place.
650630
I give it four stars because it delighted my kid.
First off, its TINY! Just a couple of inches across. Also, the Battery life is super short, and the learning curve is high. Requires two AAA batteries for the controller. Comes with a screwdriver to open the battery compartment but you don't really need the tiny screw which was a pain in the rear to remove. Also comes with a spare set of blades and the USB cord for charging.
It seems really delicate but surprisingly takes quite a beating. I charged it up and my kid and I headed to the park to try it out. We successfully managed to crash it into everything one can crash it into at a park and it lived to see another day. The battery does not last long, but we had a lot of laughs trying to learn how to fly it.
I got it as a lightning deal so i'm not sure its worth full price, but it's a cool little toy for the price i paid.
2148876
This was surprisingly well made considering the low price.  It works really well.
4756621
Bought it for 5 & 3 yr olds to play with, constructed it myself after dinner with a glass of wine. Surprisingly fun to put together and the kids are DELIGHTED with it. The foam board is not strong enough that I think the set will last forever with toddler/little kids clumbsy grabbing and fighting over pieces, etc, but it is reasonably sturdy. We got at the store (not amazon) as a pre-cruise anticipation building playset but I am now tempted to buy more as gifts. Way cheaper than playmobil ;)
4568062
Took these to a cookout, and were a lot of fun. They are well made, and though there is no net, you could probably play them with a net if you had them, it's perfectly fun to just bat the shuttlecock back and forth.

The rackets are nice and well made and the shuttle cocks are a bit sturdier than the ones you probably had used in high school gym class.

A great thing is the included glow sticks you can put in the shuttlecocks to play at night. They light up nicely and make for fun evening fun
4915009
This is a fun little toy. My kids aged 5 and 3 love it.  Of course, I supervise, but we talked about counting, how the sparks work and practice taking turns.  The sparks are a great effect and they like seeing how it looks different in the light and in a darkened room. The gadget feels pretty sturdy, but certainly would not withstand any physical abuse. I was surprised at how actively the kids engaged with it. The big winding key is a nice touch. It makes it easier for small hands to wind. Incidentally, my adult friends liked watching it as well and began immediately speculating how it worked. It's an interesting diversion at a reasonable price.
3449299
My kids (ages 2 and 5) LOVE this building toy.  I wouldn't be surprised if we end up adding a second set at some point!  They do not always love building toys, so I was excited to finally find something that got them excited about creating.  These are pretty manageable for my 2.5 year old to use, and easy for my 5 year old.  The pieces can twist and turn once they are put together, which can be really intriguing.  We did add the saxoflute set, so they are having fun experimenting with instruments.  We've also added marbles to these to experiment with.  The product is high quality, and the pieces are not too small to have with a toddler in the house.  The box is nice and sturdy for storage.  I would highly recommend these.
788197
I was hesitant to buy this for my four-year old for Christmas because it looked way too complicated to work properly, but it was # 1 on his list so I bought it for him, and I was pleasantly surprised.  It takes a while to put together (probably around 20-25 minutes), but I found the instructions and markings on the pieces adequate to get it together.  And it does take some practice to keep the cars going around the track, but both my son and I are now (after two days) able to make the cars go around as many as five and six laps and make the cars set off the pteradactyl.

It's not perfect, though.  Sometimes the very first try sends the car flying off the loop, or the accelerator lever gets stuck on the car (the car that came with the set, mind you - nice selection Mattel).  One of the lanes works better than the other, and it definitely requires some timing.  The fact that a set with two lanes only came with one car is a real joke.  C'mon, Mattel, you can't include an extra 25-cent car along with a $40 set?!  Overall, though, I'm pleased with it and my son is definitely happy.
2020727
As a product, there is an extreme range of good and bad wrapped up in this tiny little package. For the price, they are fun little toys that come with a low expectation, an expectation they easily met (purchased 3, one developed a bad gyroscope after 4 flights).

The Good
These little guys are extremely versatile and agile. I was pleasantly surprised by their manuervability, and the pre-programmed tricks are fun to show off. As another reviewer has said, you can even throw it up in the air and it will stabilize itself quite nicely. I was also impressed with the very simple design - replacing the ultra-cheap propellers is very easy, and can even be bent back into shape for minor bumps and bangups. The chasis is very durable and has survived many crashes on sorts of hard surfaces (in every direction).

The Bad
The toys are extremely hard to fly well, especially for a beginner. While they are exceptionally stable in terms of righting themselves relative to the ground, I found it impossible to "trim" them such that they could hover in one place. My 'copters are always flying off in one direction or another. Vertical height is also exceptionally touchy (although not impossible to finesse with care). This makes flying inside virtually impossible. And as small and light as they are, flying outside is hard unless there is absolutely no wind (we often get gusts, from gentle breezes to stronger). The bottomline is that they are novel and gee-whiz fun, but exceptionally hard to actually learn from.

Room for improvement
If the copters could stabilize themselves along all three axes, that would be totally cool.

Conclusion
Plenty of short-lived fun, as the price reflects. Don't expect to learn how to fly too much. They do hurt if they hit your skin while flying (tested). But amazing abilities otherwise.
4493383
I didn't think my daughter would really like this toy so much, but it has provided her with hours and hours of play time fun.  First, it functions sorta like a doll house--since it has all the trappings such as furniture, bedroom, kitchen, picnic bench, living room, bathroom with functional toilet seat, etc.  Then, it functions like an automobile since she puts her dolls in it and "drives" to the grocery store, to the beach, to the camp ground, to school, back to the real doll house home again, etc.  I guess this should be obvious, since a mobile home is exactly that--vehicle and house in one.  I just didn't think that putting them together in toy form would also be as efficient and make play so flexible.

There is a little assembly involved.  I didn't find the directions until well after I had the toy assembled.  So, it's pretty straight forward to snap together (but you should know that you lift the driver's seat and snap the front and back of the vehicle together, then push the seat down again.  1 screw is used on the underside of this seat to secure it in place afterwards.  The remaining three screws are used on the top of the turquoise "luggage rack" once you snap that it place.

We didn't have the Fisher Price Loving family set to use with this, but it was fairly adaptable with the toys we already had.  Barbie dolls are far too large to fit, but Barbie's little sister Kelly was a perfect fit.

Thirty dollars seemed a little steep for this toy, and I'm not entirely sure that I would have opted to spend my holiday money on this gift.  But given how much use I've seen gotten out of it, I would definitely say that it is probably worth the money.

If you found this review helpful, please let me know.
1688626
This is well constructed and a lot of fun for family play or children play. It's quite good, not over sloppy.
1249632
My grandchildren and I had a fun hour putting these together, being creative with the stickers and decorations, and then racing them or crashing them into each other. The cardboard frame seems like it will hold up for awhile, but could easily be replaced if damaged. The wind up mechanism would suffer from overwinding, maybe, but the kids were always anxious to get moving so that wasn't a problem. All in all it was lots of fun for five kids for a small price. Glad I saw it in Family Fun magazine and could order through Amazon.
4933015
I received this item as a gift - I'd passed on purchasing, since we'd bought the witch & cat girl add-on pack and it was pretty poor quality (bad wig, ears don't work, not enough body parts to go around).  But this was a surprisingly fun gift - and better quality than what I'd expected after seeing the add-on pack.  In particular the wig was *much* nicer and fuller than the one that came with the cat/witch set.

4 adults and a 5-year-old all were quite fascinated changing designs around for different looks.  I agree with reviewers who've said it's best for adults or teens; small children might get frustrated trying to use the lab on their own.  I didn't have trouble with water dripping outside the lab - all the water that overflowed the sponge ran back down into the bottom of the unit.  I didn't think the sponge was saturated properly for the first tattoo; I soak it in a dish of water and then put in the machine, then give it a couple pumps of water for each subsequent tattoo.  That gets a better result than trying to soak the sponge with the little pump.

I did find that pretty much every tattoo applied using the machine needed a touch-up afterward, but it was easy to do: use the tiny handled sponge (make sure it's WET!) to lightly brush over the whole tattoo, and little wrinkles or loose edges get smoothed out fine.  It seems like almost everything except the face and torso tattoos can be applied just as easily by hand, although using the machine helps if you're not sure if you've kept it wet long enough to transfer (the flashing eyes time it for you).  My particular machine clicks into place securely and easily, so I haven't had problems getting the tattoos lined up.

Removing tattoos (or sticky residue) hasn't been a problem for me yet - sticky bits peel right off, and I've had the tattoos come off fine with just water (perhaps they get harder to scrub off if left on a long time?).  The biggest objection I have is that the tattoos remain permanently VERY sticky, getting gummed up by the dolls' hair and clothing.  Does anyone have tips for getting a smoother finish? (maybe powder with very fine talc? or perhaps paint with a sealant or fixative?)

We had enough fun with this that we decided to order extra torsos and also purchase our favorite add-on packs.  I wish Mattell would come out with extra *wig* packs, although if they are the poorer quality of some of the add-on pack wigs then maybe that's not such a great idea.  Overall the design lab has been a good experience and a very nice surprise gift!
3384944
Really good quality, my 7 year old loved it! Fun activity.
4507590
This was a lot of fun. My daughter enjoys playing with this. She's too young for small parts like Legos and K'nex, but these pieces are very manageable. She's well below the 3 year old limit of this toy, but I watch and play with her to make sure nothing goes in her mouth.

There weren't as many pieces as I'd like, so I will be buying more. There was enough to build a rectangular house, which she thoroughly enjoyed. That's about the most complicated thing you could make with the pieces in the box. Otherwise, you're basically limited to cubes and pyramids. that's not to say the toy is bad, just that this small set is limited. So buy more.

That said, the magnets aren't very strong. In fact, their much weaker than I expected, but that adds a new challenge, which actually turns out to be more fun. Plus, they're easier for young children to manipulate. For example, they're not strong enough to pull bucky-balls apart. (Not that you should be giving tiny magnetic globes to such small children in the first place!) But my daughter has no trouble with these MagWorld pieces.
1104638
Plenty of fun even if you've never heard of Call of Duty before. It was a lot easier to put together than expected but then again not too many small parts to be too complicated. Also a bit smaller than expected for the price. Having more than one solider makes up for it a bit. Still feels a bit incomplete without another vehicle to hook it up with but I expect there will be one if there isn't already. Anyways, the boy I got this for is having a blast with it nonetheless so can't knock it too much.