Backyard Safari Bug Podz Habitat

by Summit

Product Features

• Create a unique habitat for your bugs.
• Watch as your bugs grow, eat and interact with each other.
• You can change the habitat again and again.
• Over 50 pieces included.
• Add dirt, grass and leaves to create a home your bugs will love.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BKHYIK
• Item model number: 2450206
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,372 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #88 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Science > Biology
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Build your own habitat and watch your favorite bugs. With over 30 pieces you can change your habitat again and again. Clear tubes and domes let you watch as your bugs grow, eat and interact with each other. Add dirt, grass and leaves to create a home your bugs will love.

Product Description

Creepy-Crawler Condos Build a beauteous bugopolis. This Bug Podz Habitat Construction Kit for homeless insects is modular. Made mostly of clear plastic, it comes with (4) pods ready to be furnished with dirt and foliage (one of which has a "capture port" for use with a bug vacuum) plus (6) corner pieces, (4) 8" long tubes and (8) 4" long tubes (think apartment hallways), (24) connectors, and a dozen end-caps. You add the critters with the help of a 28-page field guide. Interchangeable parts mean you can get multiple sets and construct an insectacity. And remember: bugs are free, gerbils cost money. For ages 5 and up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good but not compatible with the Bug Habitat, January 9, 2007

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Chris L (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Backyard Safari Bug Podz Habitat (Toy)

Bug Podz is a pretty good stand-alone item....generally well made and enough tubes and connectors for a decent size habitat. I had purchased the Backyard Safari Bug Podz and the Backyard Safari Bug Habitat thinking that since they were made by the same manufacturer, it would be compatible. Well, they arent. Its surprising to me considering that it would have taken so little on the part of the manufacturer to make it so.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neat toy!, August 9, 2010

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Ceejay (NC) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Backyard Safari Bug Podz Habitat (Toy)

Was a bit leary purchasing this product based on some reviews, but I'm glad I did. My boys LOVE this and it keeps them entertained for hours. The pieces snap together just fine and does not fall apart as easily as some reviews claim. My 4 year old constructed it in the house and carried his contraption down 3 steps into the garage without it falling apart. The connectors do need to be pushed together a bit tighter than a 4 yr old does, just check it before it's moved. As far as bugs getting out? Who'd want it in the house anyway? I teach my kids to release their "pets" when they're done playing. I also think that there are a perfect amount of tubes & connectors included, bugs are tiny, any more parts, it'd be way too big & too many pieces to lose or step on. I would recommend this toy, especially for a child who loves to build & connect things.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Neat but not enough pieces, April 15, 2009

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papaG (MN) - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Backyard Safari Bug Podz Habitat (Toy)

I bought this for my son and we both think it's a cool activity. The only problem is that there aren't enough connecting pieces in the set to use all of the tubes that come with it. This activity would be way better if it had twice as many main parts and enough connecting pieces to use them all. Also- I noticed that the connecting parts slip off pretty easily, so I can foresee bugs escaping in the future if someone bumps it or my youngest child gets at it. Those parts are also a choking hazard and if they slip off completely, that could be bad for my little one (I'll have to find a high place to store it). You'd think they'd have put some sort of locking snaps on them.