Customer Reviews

CSI: Forensic Facial Reconstruction Kit: Case #1 Brown Eyes

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This method of reconstruction originally utilized pencil erasers cut to a predetermined height and placed at specific facial points. Clay was then smoothed over these points and armature to recreate the facial features of the victim. This kit is a great introduction to forensic facial reconstruction. The accessories are durable and the clay easy to manipulate. There are predetermined holes already drilled in to the head for easy peg placement. Follow the instructions and in the end you will help to uncover the mystery person!

This is a toy which is very educational. The reviewer above who disclaimed it as nothing but blood and guts should consider the fact that we live in a real world, not Utopia. Exposing children to pointless violence is not a good thing, but teaching them any form of science and educating them is always a good thing.

My ten year old son thought this was a great idea for him for Christmas. One reviewer thinks children 8 and up shouldn't be watching adult themed TV shows. Well that very well may be so. My child is not allowed to view CSI. However, I think this kit is extremely educational. The children using it are not exposed to graphic television violence or visual portrayals of violence.
They are learning how faces are constructed which can lead to a number of promising careers down the line. I couldn't rate this product for fun or durability or ease of use because we haven't used it yet. I am buying it for my son for Christmas and plan to enjoy the time constructing together.

Some children want to be coroner's or pathoelogist such as I.I do believe that this kit opens their mind in complete experience. When a child that has this toy grows up it would be much easier for them. I highly recomend this toy.This toy will help future forensic workers by training them while they are young.

What amazes me is the fact that everyone is concentrating on dead bodies (even people who like it). Has anyone ever heard of anthropology? What about anatomy? This toy simply says that if you start with this (the base) and take into consideration the different factors (pegs) which help the features take shape, then the finished product is what you end up with. These various pegs are what help us to look like us and not the person down the street. We are all the same underneath but there are subtleties that give us our unique features. Kids are not as macabre as adults as you can see by the reviews here. Adults are the ones that pass along their fears and views to their children- this is a perfect example. DO not make more out of it than there is. How you choose to present it to your child is up to you but it all breaks down to basic anatomy not whether or not you watch CSI.

My 12 year old daugher thinks this is one of the coolest things she has ever seen. And, yes, she wants to be a coroner, or forensic anthropologist, and has for several years. Yes, several years, and she has no "issues" as someone commented about children who have this as a career goal!
She is a homeschooled student and forensics is currently her science subject. We also have purchased materials to do forensic solve-it type mysteries in a group setting. This skull reconstruction is wonderful, and will be featured with my daughter's science festival display, about forensics. She started watching the show, CSI, just this season, but people used to ask her if that was why she liked forensics, when we had never even heard of the show. So, if your child, or teen, or yourself is interested in this subject, this item is ideal. It can be a healthly interest!

wow! is the first thing i said when i finally saw this toy!! i put it on my wish list for my husband to buy. CSI or not it's a toy for a more cerebrial child, not "mental" like the other comments. My daughter is in love with bugs and life, intergrating them both into a toy is an excellent idea and very creative and ARTISTIC. I have been left with few options and piles of unopened Barbies, Bratz...and a broken overused bug carrier set... thanks for the variety!!

I would have loved this toy as a child...heck, I love it as an adult, and am glad that my 7½ year-old daughter is fascinated by it as well. This toy goes far beyond reconstruction of skulls of crime victims, and is an essential part of archaelogical/anthropological/osteological sciences. This particular toy far surpasses the previous CSI toys and is comparable to the classic 'visible man/woman' models of the 1980s...and the price is right, too. My daughter will most definitely be getting this for Christmas this year.

This head is so cool!!!! I tried to make a homer simpson on it and it didnt work. I like to make some silly face with it. I don't watch CSI.

i feel that this toy is educational to children because when they grow up the might want to work at the coner's office as a job and they need to know how this stuff works. i watch csi because it hepls me understand the process and how they have to find the killer and how it takes a lot of time to see how the person died.