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Customers are satisfied with the Computer Kit for its educational value, with many finding it useful as both an entertainment piece and an educational asset. It is also seen as a great way to teach kids coding, with one customer mentioning that their 10-year-old son loves it. The ease of assembly is another positive aspect, with customers describing the setup process as extremely easy.
I bought this set to make a Retropie as a gift for someone. The kit is very complete but many of the items would not be used in a Retropie setup. For instance, the keyboard, while useful for setup, is not needed once controllers are paired to the device and the sd card included with the kit is much to small to use for a Retropie setup. While I did manage to get the included power button to turn on the system, I have not figured out a way to get it to turn off the system. At the $119 price I got it for itis rather pricey but I applaud Kano for bringing this set to market so I didn’t mind to much.
Posted by Mijenx
Easy to assemble. 10 year old son needed no help following the easy to read instructions and had it built and hooked up to an old TV in about 15 minutes. Intro to computers and programming starts out game like and my son thought it's old 8-bit look was funny and cool. Wireless keyboard might be a little small even for a child, but not docking any points for such an overall cool product.
Posted by JustaBuyer
Great for children with a curiosity for technology. Not too difficult for child to assemble. This is definitely a great entry level tool for coding. You're not going have a coding wiz when they're done with this because it's not extremely deep in coding but this is a great gateway toy.
Posted by Mathaniel
