Customer Ratings & Reviews

It's an amazing and fascinating mechanical device. My 9 year old son wanted to build a robot with Me. It's rated for 10+ so I knew basically I would be building it. He was able for find the pieces and snip them out. He did watch what I was doing and learned some things. I showed him how a small gear turning rapidly could cause a larger gear rotate more slowly. He also learned how it was necessary to work slowly and carefully. It took us several hours over a couple of days to build, but I could have moved faster working alone. We built the drawing robot first then took off the drawing pieces and built the soccer playing version. Works great. As I built it I wondered if at age 10 or 11 I could have built it by myself. I had learned to be careful and follow directions and those things are key.

Built with my 8 year-old and this was pretty intimidating at first (there are a LOT of pieces) but once we got into things it was a fantastic lesson in following instructions for her. Loved every minute of it and it worked just fine...a Sharpie works best for the marker drawing configuration but be careful that you have enough room for it to draw...we used the box it came in cut flat as a floor protector. Note that you'll definitely want some sort of precision cutters as scissors were difficult to use to cut the pieces out of the holders. I'll include a picture of the type we used that worked perfect although I assume linking to somewhere else to purchase them is a no-no.

Bought for my daughters 11th birthday. We purchased this and a more expensive robot to keep her busy, this was, by far, the better robot. It taught her to understand the inner workings of a gear driven motor. The parts on this robot stayed together after being completed. The more expensive robot was made up of what looked like cheap imitation legos. Every time that robot started rolling pieces fell off. I would highly recommend the Mech 5 Mechanical Coding Robot. Even after the initial set up she plays with it and changes the design. The age recommendation on the box is true, this is a 10 and older project.

Honestly, I’ll need to update my review at a later time because as of this posting it still remains in the box. This has to be entirely put together and looks like one of those old model car kits I remember doing as a kid. Be prepared to spend some time in building this because it looks like quite the project. My 12 year old took one look at the contents and decided it was beyond his ability and that it was better left to an adult in the house to put together.

Brilliant to keep those young minds motivated and excited about STEM

Bought this during the Christmas break when best buy was offering 25% discount on toys. It took around 2 hrs to build the complete robot but it was a fun family project. You need to be little gentle when assembling the parts as some parts can break easily. I broke couple of parts during assembly. I contacted the manufacturer and they sent me replacement parts free of cost which arrived in 2-3 days. Assembling the coding wheel into the robot was bit challenging but once you figure that out it is fun. I bought this for my 7 yr old kid and had to spend time with him in building this up. The box says it is suitable for 10+ yrs. So its better for bigger kids who can build on their own.

It was fun to have my little scientist create the codes with the easy to follow guides. It was great for the science fair too!

good educational and fun kit. My nephew enjoyed it.

It's an amazing and fascinating mechanical device. My 7 year old granddaughter wanted to build a robot with Grandpa. It's rated for 10+ so I knew basically I would be building it. She was able for find the pieces and snip them out. She did watch what I was doing and learned some things. I showed her how a small gear turning rapidly could cause a larger gear rotate more slowly. She also learned how it was necessary to work slowly and carefully. It took us several hours over a couple of days to build, but I could have moved faster working alone. We built the drawing robot first then took off the drawing pieces and built the soccer playing version. Works great. As I built it I wondered if at age 10 or 11 I could have built it by myself. At that age I was building plastic model ships. This would have been a challenge but I believe I could have done it. I had learned to be careful and follow directions and those things are key.

Works for a few seconds until the rear wheel axel grinds and pushes the E1 out of place. I tested the motor along the way, everything worked great, every piece fit perfectly, but couldn’t get past this defect. Even with the whole gear box assembled (keeping the wheel axel in place), the same problem happens. After 4-5 times of opening the gearbox again and again, making sure even that the wheels are in the proper order, etc. I gave up. It was a fun Sunday morning that ended up in frustration

I bought this for my son that is 11 and he loves it. There is alot of pieces, but it certainly helps with critical thinking and challanging him to push past comfort levels.

Honestly don’t know if my kid has used this yet lol

Some of the plastic pieces are susceptible to breaking so be careful. Head snapped off when son tried to move/rotate it. Make sure to pay attention carefully to the instructions when putting together otherwise its somewhat of a pain to go backwards. But once put together - it's pretty cool.

This robot has fulfilled my longing for a time worthy project of detail and complexity that I’ve been looking for for a while there’s screws there’s wires and there’s batteries involved there’s a whole bunch of different components and just putting pieces together like “LEGO blocks”

It's an amazing and fascinating mechanical device. My 10 year old grandson wanted to build a robot with Me. It was quality time to learned some things. It took us several hours over a couple of days to build. We built the drawing robot first then took off the drawing pieces and built the soccer playing version. Works great. All family has a fun.

Purchased as Xmas present for young boy who loves all things science& space: Like that this item allows for continued activities, especially with coding and manipulating robot's actions. I think there will be many hours spent learning and playing.

Was great for my 9 y/o boy. He is technically inclined and loves building things. For him, it was more interesting than LEGO that he outgrew already. It was challenging and we needed to 'play along with him' but he liked it.

Good quality nice toy for the age. Easy to use buy it

Nice birthday gifts for teen boys instead of the usual Lego sets

My nephews loved it! They had a blast assembling it!