K'NEXThrill Rides – Twisted Lizard Roller Coaster Building Set – 403 Piece – Ages 9+ Building Set (Amazon Exclusive)

This is a super fun Knex set. However too complicated as an independent build for our 9 year old dragon loving daughter. The instructions aren’t all that clear, and it took my husband and I around 5 hours helping her assemble.Once it is up and running, it is entertaining! We definitely won’t be disassembling this set because it took so darn long to put together.

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I'm looking for fun non-screen things to do with my kid while under virus house-arrest and at <$10, I jumped at this.I'm not sure why the manufacturer recommends that this product is good for kids starting at 1 year - unless they were curious how many of the tiny parts the kid would ingest (I'd say 300 out of the 400). For my 8 year old, snapping the pieces together caused semi-permanent indentions in his little fingers.But, we had fun putting it together - and then disassembling many parts because we had oriented the little connectors the wrong way You need to be of ninja-level Ikea assemblier skill to not run into this mistake.In the end, we put it together. Kind of fragile and the car mostly made it around the track.Not a bad deal for $10, but set your expectations accordingly.

Love K'nex, but after my son and grandson spent a wonderful afternoon putting it together, we found that the motor was broken. We checked our batteries, and they were not the problem. I contacted the company, and they are sending me a replacement motor. Great toy, and great service from K'Nex

When all said and done - great value and it does work! It just takes lots of patience and breaks in between. Definitely not for kids, not the assembly anyways. The tracks require a bit of bending and twisting. I had a few small pieces leftover so I probably didn’t do a perfect job but it WORKS! Good luck!!

My ten year son loved getting this for Christmas. He spent the afternoon putting it together and it works great. It’s still set up in his room and he continues to play with it. It’s pretty complicated to put together, so if you’re child isn’t inclined toward building type toys then this might be too difficult/overwhelming.

The media could not be loaded.  You know the saying "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me," the K'nex product line for roller coasters are just bad. I owned the ORIGINAL K'nex roller coast when it first came out in 1999/2000 and that kit was amazing. The structure was solid, designed well and could run for DAYS with out issue.However, the quality of K'nex is no longer what made them awesome. I bought the Blizzard Blast coaster brand new at a yard sale and it worked but only after a few cycles, then the car keeps bottoming out. I don't get why it bottoms when I followed the directions clearly. So my son loves K'nex and I bought this lizard one as a gift for my son for his birthday and yet again I am met with a bad product. I would not recommend buying this or future K'nex products. You will be met with disappointment and hear are my reasons.First, the directions are confusing and unclear to begin with. ESPECIALLY, when it comes to the track assembly. Those do not make sense and are very unclear. We both struggle when the design requires unique bends or upside down parts. I think a re-engineering of basic mounting requirements for all track pieces are key. Second, better structural support would be better. MANY of these rollercoaster designs are badly engineered. The track and framing wobbles and moves, which results in the car loosing what little kinetic energy it has that requires it to complete the course.Third, this lizard coaster kit while nice for its compact design had a bad design element at the end that seemed to be just haphazardly put together at the end. It looks like the designer ran over budget and simply cut off another section that may have been planned.After this purchase, I will no longer buy K'nex roller coasters. I have been repeatedly disappointed with the outcome and tired of being let down. Nothing is more disheartening and disappointing than seeing your sons face of sadness and defeat because he cannot get the coaster to complete its course.

I have three kids; bought two of these and thought we could work on teams to build. Thank god I didn't buy one for each kid or we would have never finished. Working with a team of myself and a 14 year old, and a 14 year old and an 8 year old took almost 4 hours to put them together. The pieces didn't seem to connect correctly when placing the track on. At one point, the other team started to use tape to hold things together. Once we got it going it worked, but it was a lot of trial and error and fidgeting. By the time we were finished, everyone was frustrated.Once we got them together, they were fun to watch but after about 5 minutes no one was interested. These now sit collecting dust.

Took a while to put together but the kids loved the original build. After a while, we disassembled it and have used the parts numerous times in other custom builds. Very happy with the base product and the reuseability.

Le circuit ne fonctionne pas du tout

Mijn zoon van 8 jaar is met hulp van mij en zijn oudere broer uren zoet geweest met dit te bouwen. De instructies zijn helaas op bepaalde slecht te volgen. Bijv wat is de boven of onderkant van de rails? Welke precieze lengt van de onderdelen heb je op bepaalde plekken nu precies nodig? En hoe zit de tekening nu echt in elkaar. Hierdoor looping in eerste instantie verkeerd gelegd. En zo nog wat issus. Ketting was te lang. Linkje eruit gehaald, toen ging het. De kleine onderdelen op lastige plekken hebben zo nu en dan pijn aan vingers en handen opleverd. Mijn zoon is een doorzetter dus haalde dingen uit elkaar en ging dan weer verder, ook als hij zich had bezeerd. Maar had me niet verbaasd als hij ergens was afgehaakt....de baan heeft het helaas maar 2 avond gedaan. De volgende ochtend haalde het karretje de looping steeds niet. Meerdere dingen geprobeerd aan te passen, niets hielp. Zoon erg teleurgesteld na alle uren die hij erin heeft gestopt. Ook 'pakt' het karretje de rails/loopband helaas niet uit zichzelf. Het gaat te snel en dan botst hij als het ware. Soms deed hij 2 rondjes achter elkaar. De rails zijn ook wat slapjes. Daardoor komt er misschien te veel speling bij gebruik. Al met al had ik hem een leukere ervaring gegund dan dit.

This product works as intended. The coaster completes the track every time. Not sure re age. I doubt my 8 year old could built it unless helped. Some of the components are quite firm to clip together. Bit of head scratching some times. The trick is don't force anything nothing needs bending or twisting to make it fit. If it does you have assembled that part wrong. Instructions could be a little clearer. Hardest part was the assembly for wings to flap. Bit of lateral thinking don't assume the obvious. But for future engineering .hands on a lot more fun and educational than a computer game. Be warned it's quite addictive.

Am ersten und zweiten Weihnachtstag waren wir einige Stunden gut mit dem Aufbau beschäftigt. Das hat großen Spaß gemacht, da die Aufbauanleitung sehr gut verständlich ist, alles gut durchdacht und vollständig ist. Das Problem mit der Kette hat der Hersteller durch 3 zusätzliche Teile nachhaltig gelöst. Bei uns läuft die Bahn wie geschmiert. Echt toll. Einzig die Altersangabe ist sehr optimistisch.