Speed Coaster

Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

Manufacturer: K'NEX
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Product Description

Collect and build all four rides in the Amusement Park Series -- Ferris Wheel, Speed Coaster, Octopus Whirl and Drop-N-Swing. Each set is motorized for exciting thrill ride performance. Each set requires two "AA" batteries, not included. 432 pieces.

Product Details

This Speed Coaster is part of the collectible Collect and Build Amusement Park Series
This set includes instructions to build a speed coaster 2 feet high - may be combined with other sets in the series to make new rides!
Each set is motorized for exciting thrill ride performance
Includes 428 pieces
Combine this set with others in the Amusement Park Series to create even more thrilling rides!

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Customer Reviews

Works great!

Review Date: November 30, 2008

Reviewer: Annette, Idaho

This was a fairly easy Knex project to build. My 8 year old son and I were able to complete it in a day. He did need my help with a few pieces, but he was able to do a lot of the building by himself.

As the other reviewer stated, the instructions sometimes are a little hard to figure out as the colors seem a little off at times, but I was able to figure it out. My eyesight isn't the best in the world and I had to use reading glasses to see some of the tinier parts in the instructions. I think the instructions are better than on the older Knex kits.

We found the supplementary instructions right away, so we were able to get the chain lift to work the first time around.

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santa's gift

Review Date: December 27, 2008

Reviewer: B. Buhl, Texas

Great fun for the 5 year old! Santa had a little lay over at our house putting it all together!

A great father / daugther project (or mother / son, etc)

Review Date: January 6, 2009

Reviewer: Rosaidh Ceallach, midwest

I know some folks have said K'NEX is too hard for kids to put together, but IMO it is a project for a parent and a child. My husband and eight year old daugther have put two of these together working as a team and it was so much fun. My daughter has to use critical thinking skills and learns mechanical engineering techniques. This speed coaster is partically completed. I think these types of projects offer quality time for parents / children and really challenge their minds. We have three more that the team will be working on in the near future.

Love it!

Review Date: January 14, 2009

Reviewer: RyZims,

My son loves it! It was fun and challenging for him to build, and it was refreshing to see him interested and doing something other than computer or console games!

Christmas gift that is still being played witih.

Review Date: January 26, 2009

Reviewer: W. Dietrich, Las Vegas

I bought the Speed Coaster as a Christmas gift for my 7 year nephew. I was very hesitant to purchase it as it looked like the kind of gift that would be played with once and than be delegated to a closet. I was very close to saying no to this and buying some Wii games that I knew he would play with daily. Turns out my nephew loves it and wants the rest of the set for his birthday.

I was also concerned that he would not be able to build the Coaster which would take away from the educational value. Turns out that with minimal adult supervision he was able to put it together. After a month nothing has broken and the Coaster is getting just as much play time as the Wii.

Needless to say I have already looked into buying the rest of the sets for his birthday next month.