Knex Value Tub 400 pieces

Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 12:48 am

Manufacturer: K'NEX
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List Price: $24.99
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Product Description

Your little motor man will be very busy with this K'Nex model kit that lets him build his own trucks, motorcycles and aircraft. The cool kit includes 400 colorful building pieces, as well as a spring motor that powers the models. Step-by-step, color-coded instructions show how to make 32 different models in a variety of themes. A plastic storage tub keeps all the pieces in one place.

Product Details

Packed with 400 parts, rods and connectors, for lots of open-ended building fun
Includes ideas/instructions for 20+ models or use your own imagination
Handy storage tub means you can take the fun with you and clean-up is easy
For ages 7+

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A great introduction to this construction toy

Review Date: January 23, 2007

Reviewer: William Baker, Urbana, IL USA

My 7-year-old daughter loves this tub of K'nex, and has now foresworn her LEGOs. 400 pieces does not go as far as you might expect, however; you may find yourself shopping for an expansion set soon.

LEGO:
* you can build houses
* simple stacking approach
* upgrade to Technics for 3D building
* those adorable little LEGO people
* wider variety of pieces and sets

K'Nex:
* 3-dimensional construction
* more complicated trigonometric approach
* you can build bridges
* everything can rotate

And I saw a K'Nex set that lets you join LEGO and K'Nex ...

Makes a great gift

Review Date: January 15, 2007

Reviewer: tania, Atlanta, GA

All who have received this from us have been pleased, as our own has been with his. Some of it works well with Lego too.

Another great toy

Review Date: August 1, 2007

Reviewer: R. Rosa Cline, North-Northwest Arkansas

I originally purchased this for my son who has a degenerative neuromuscular disease and has weak fine motor skills. He loves Lego's but can't deal with the "small" regular ones. I thought this would give us all an oppurtunity to play together plus make more than just "square" things. He loves it. He can put the bigger pieces together himself, and we help him with the smaller pieces and we make wonderful things. I also purchased the tub that has the 150 pieces with wheeles and things to go with it. We've made really neat things and he enjoys it. My 12 year old daughter loves playing with them when my son goes to bed. So I would recommend this over Lego's... don't get me wrong Lego's is still a good toy and they do work with K'Nex just make sure you have the Lego's brand as the generic Lego's won't attach. But this is a good toy for children that have medical issues as long as you supervise the play time. As there is small pieces they could choke on, and possibly get frustrated with because they couldn't put them together etc (My older son doesn't play with these just for that reason. He has the same disorder but gets frustrated easily and doesn't consentrate "sit still" longer than a few seconds. So this toy isn't for those children). But under fun play time it's great! And not many toys can say that for a medically challenged child.

Great for 6 year old!!!

Review Date: October 10, 2007

Reviewer: J. C. Hockett, North Alabama

We got this for my youngest boy for his 6th birthday and he makes all kinds of things. This really helps him express his imagination. It's been 2 months and I haven't found a broken piece yet.

Great for Little Builders

Review Date: November 15, 2009

Reviewer: A. Diep, Lake Forest, CA United States

I purchased this toy for my daughters' birthdays (4 and 6), as a shared present, and they love building with it. This is usually done as a "group" project, as some of the pieces are a little bit difficult to snap together for them (but honestly, I have trouble with a few of the pieces myself), but it's been great to see them working together and collaborating on a building project.

I was at first a little worried about whether or not all 400 pieces could be contained in the tote. Opening the box for the first time dispelled that concern. The box looked practically empty! The pieces are very small, and barely cover the bottom of the storage box. However, don't let that fool you, since you can build lots of things from this seemingly small sprinkle of parts. The fact that they claim to be compatible with other snap-style building blocks is a bonus. In any case, there is room for plenty more pieces, should you choose to buy more.

The downside of this toy is that the some of the pieces really are difficult to put together and take apart, and require a good deal of dexterity to do so. However, given this fact, the finished products are pretty durable because of it. I remember skinning my fingers as a little girl taking apart my Legos, though, so I'm thinking this might just be a right of passage.