Customer Reviews

Erector Motorized Ferris Wheel Set 477 Pieces

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This is, for the most part, a pretty neat little ferris wheel set. It comes as a 477 piece set.

Pros-- It's mostly made of metal, very little plastic, so it's very durable and sturdy when it's fully assembled and when all of the screws and nuts are tightened down. It's neat to watch when it's all adjusted out correctly.

Cons-- The instructions are hard to follow, it's all visual for the most part, no written out instructions. The tools that are provided aren't the best in the world, especially the little wrench. The wheel runs off of 2 rubber bands and a pulley that connects to the motor, and the tension on the rubber bands has to be good and snug so that it will turn the wheel, otherwise it will slip, and it won't spin if the motor runs.

Overall, it's not the best model ferris wheel out there, however, if you are up for a challenge with tiny screws and bolts, this is the model for you. It's all color coded.

My advice is spend the extra money and get the Eitech model. It's very similar but larger in diameter, more detailed, more challenging, and requires no rubber bands to make it run, it's gear-to-gear driven, no pulleys.

They do not have the special edition set! This is just the normal Ferris Wheel set, that does NOT come in a carrying case. This cames in a light cardboard box with the pieces loose inside the box. It is still a good set, and it does have all the pieces etc, but you are not ordering the special edition set.

Nothing like going back to your childhood. At 66 years old I recaptured some of my childhood by putting this Ferris wheel together. What a blast. I now have the assembled Ferris wheel sitting on a shelf in my den and I periodically throw the switch and get it moving. I recommend this to anybody with a young at heart mentality.

I purchased this product as a gift for a cousin. We spent hours working with it and a number of the brothers surrounded us when we were working on it. This is the closest product to the one I remember as a kid. There is nothing better than erector sets.

This is not only an entertaining but an educational toy as well. Fun for children as well as adults.

If you don't mind picking up lots of small pieces, every kid should have one of these at least once.

I recently purchased this set, thinking I probably got a fair deal. After receiving the set I discovered that a local dept. store had the same item for for almost $30.00 less. The item is great, the Amazon price concerns me.

I bought this product for my father who has always wanted an Erector set as a kid. I knew he would love putting it together with my 8 year old son which he did, but it was frustrating for my dad as there were a few pieces missing. He ended up having to go to the store to buy the extra pieces to finally finish it. My father said there was no way a kid could put it together himself.

I purchased the Erector Motorized Ferris Wheel as a birthday present for my grand son. It was delivered to my house quickly and well packaged. I wrapped it in Spider Man birthday paper, repackaged it with a couple of other presents, and shipped it by UPS so that it would arrive the day before his birthday party. When I talked to him by phone on his birthday he said the set was his favorite birthday present. His father said my grandson already had two versions of the ferris wheel in progress at the time and the remaining pieces were organized in little piles all over the play room floor.
I think my grandson, if he were doing this evaluation, would give it very high marks. Erector Motorized Ferris Wheel Set 477 Pieces I recommend it to grandfathers everywhere.

Product is as advertised but a vital part, one of the pulleys for the motor, was missing in the packaged parts, so currently I can't use the motor to power the wheel and thus it does not work as it is supposed to.
However, I recently ordered the part on [...] and hopefully, I will get it soon.