Good value, Good for beginners
591026
Instead of paying monthly rental, we bought this for my son. He's a beginner and this is a great instrument to start of with.
238110
The colors are quite good for a beginner like me, and the size is very generous. There was real value for money here. Need to buy a good set of brushes though, because what you get with the box is quite tacky.
3067585
Good value for the price, If you are beginner you might not need some of them immediately, but eventually you will find them useful. Focus has put lot of thought about what goes into this package. A better tripod would have made this  package excellent.

As far the camera this is a great camera/camcorder as other reviews will attest to.
643353
The Katana is a smooth and quick ride.  I bought it as a great beginners bike into cycling, and will probably upgrade to a better bike in the near future.  With most other intro bikes being in the $500-700 range, this is a great value for the price.  It kinda sucks that the shifters aren't integrated with the breaks, but it's not too big of a hassle.

Some issues:
1) That bolt for the front derailer is missing like everyone else said.  The one person who found it in their box was lucky.  While looking through the box I noticed that one of the flaps actually has a big gap that opens up to the outside, so it probably rolled out during shipping.  That's just annoying when you pay $350 for a product.

2) The handlebars are bent to the left!  It could be from the shipping, but I'm going to need to put this in a vice or something, it's seriously off by probably 7-10 degrees!

3) Both the tires are warped.  Had to take off the tires and adjust the spokes to get them straight.  Didn't expect that from new wheels.

4) The welds are huge and unsmoothed, there's also a big sloppy glob in it too.

5) There were a lot of paint blemishes.
2834
Agree with positive reviews. Great deal for beginners , or reliable 2nd "cart-about" guitar. Does not stay in tune as well as my Fender CD140S, but as others have mentioned,  to be expected with this price range.  Sound is quite good, and the low action playability is a BIG PLUS, which of course makes it perfect as a first guitar. I actually can't hardly wait to bless a family friend with their first guitar !
2958098
Excellent beginner kit for a reasonable price
2369262
This small book is good for beginners. It details a lot of your basics of Bonsai and for $5.00 its a great investment. There are a lot of great photos and great instructions.
2464208
Good for the beginner. If you are more of a professional though, then a more expensive and better quality kit may be needed. Excellent price though.
2125319
so far so good, from a beginners point of view.
3832982
I bought this set on spec in my local art supply store and it is quite decent for its price. In a nutshell, I would say that:

++ On the positive side, the quality of the paint is quite good for an affordable beginner set. Recognizing that I don't know that much about watercolour, I find the colours nice and vibrant. The choice of colours included are perfect for me: I use ultramarine and cerulean blues, burnt sienna, burnt umber, lemon and cadmium yellows all the time. I would probably trade the white or one of the two greens for a Payne's gray.

- - On the negative side, the box is not very good, mostly because all the pans are lose in their compartments and they wabble each time you dip the brush in. This is irritating. Although there quite a few mixing areas, the bottom one that slides is not easy to use while sketching on location (awkward to pull in and out). I haven't tried the brush included because it is too small even for my small Moleskine sketchbook.

If I was to do it again, having experienced it and read reviews now, I would probably buy the Prima Marketing Tropical set for a similar price, similar colours and I would have a nice metal box.

Hope this was helpful :-)
343068
It is good for a beginner. Has most of the items you need. I would still recommend buying additional items.
901941
While certainly not the be all, end all of studio kits, I certainly thought it was quite satisfactory for the money. I have since added some strobes and some higher power adjustable continuous lights, but only to expand my capabilities. I was pleased with the performance and build quality when the price is considered. The softboxes are a little cumbersome to assemble, I wouldn't recommend if you want quick set portability, but you'll pay considerably more for that. Definitely a good purchase for a starter home studio.
2321114
This is a great value for what you get. The utensils seem to be of decent quality, although the handles feel rather cheap. Minimal melting when using with high temperatures. I'd recommend as a starter kit.
4285874
All together I think this is a pretty good deal for someone looking to get started with aerobic exercise.  The components are of decent quality: the band didn't seem like it would snap and the ball was easy to inflate.  At the time I was looking into prices, it was quite a bit cheaper to get everything as a set then to buy two or three of the individual pieces separately.

The included workout DVD is good as well, with a mix of step aerobics and light weight lifting using the dumbbells and band.

I believe the step is slightly smaller in side to side length then the steps you can buy individually.  A better step or more weights would have bumped this up to five stars, but that being said, I haven't seen anything better on sale.

One note of caution: when I first received the package, the cardboard box containing everything was broken and the weights were missing.  I wrote Amazon and they sent me a replacement and a pre-paid return shipping label  fairly quickly, even though the actual merchant was Target.
1530496
There is plenty of content in each of the chapters, with excellent review exercises at the end.
I had thought some chapters, eg. chapter 1, were a little too "dense" (material-laden), so don't be too put-off.
Overall the book seems great value for money, at least for me, an enthusiastic beginner.
1995544
Only used once but want to use more, has everything a beginner needs.
3867142
Nice compliment to beginner classes.  Easy diagrams and good verbage. Good price for good information.  The book is not very extensive, but for the price... it is good enough!