Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land Motorized Set

by Learning Resources

Product Features

• What's more fun than going to the amusement park
• 120-piece set
• Kids can build the amusement park of their dreams
• Encourages creativity
• Promotes mechanical reasoning

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 12 x 19.7 inches ; 4.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000Y8I0K
• Item model number: LER9199
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 9 years
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,712 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

What's more fun than going to the amusement park? Building your own! Kids can build the amusement park of their dreams with this colorful, motorized, 120-piece set. Includes a hand-held motor, carousel, Ferris wheel, bumper cars, roller coaster, play figures and enough colorful, spinning Gears to make everything come to life. Encourages creativity, mechanical reasoning and builds motor skills.

Product Description

Encourage creativity, motor skills, cooperation and mechanical reasoning with this exciting building set. Kids can work together to build the amusement park of their dreams. This 120-piece molded plastic set includes a hand-held motor, carousel, Ferris wheel, bumper cars, roller coaster, play figures and enough colorful spinning Gears to make everything come to life. Motor requires 2 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars creative toy!, October 4, 2005

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marly "marly" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land Motorized Set (Toy)

We purchased this for our 4 year old son, and have been very happy with the gear set. We have not had any of the problems mention in previous reviews about the structures not holding together. While I agree that this is not a toy a 4 year-old could complete on their own, it creates an excellent opportunity for a parent and child to work together on a project. My husband and son have spent many afternoons together constructing different designs using this gear set and the large bucket of gears (sold separately).
With so many video games and "solo" play type-toys on the market, I am glad to see that they are still making toys that a parent and child can do together.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Fun! but for ages 5 and up!, July 18, 2005

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L. Carey (Allen, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land Motorized Set (Toy)

My son received this for Christmas when he was only 3, a bit too young for this set. It's complicated to put together and does fall apart easily, especially when little hands won't leave it alone. Now, my son is almost 5 and he is building all the things in the instruction booklet by himself, he LOVES this set, always has but hasn't been able to do it himself until now. The other things you can build seem to stay together better and he has gotten many hours of fun out of this set. I'd say don't get this until your child is at least 5 but a pretty good toy and great for learning to build and being creative with. He also builds his own creations.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Looks great, but doesn't work great!, February 20, 2005

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jemom "jemom" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land Motorized Set (Toy)

My son got this for his 4th birthday. While the pieces snap together fairly easily, it is complicated - no way a 4 yr. old could do it. Even following the instructions step-by-step, I found the process confusing and time-consuming. Once I got it put together, it was fine as long as no one touched it or turned the motor on. It is not the most stable toy when assembled, so it seems to fall apart easily - at which point, it wasn't always immediately obvious how to put it back together without consulting the directions. When the motor is running, it's worse. The horses on the carousel are supposed to go up and down. In our case, just one horse not working properly causes the whole system to break apart - the gears jam and the pieces start to topple over - the carousel pops out of place, bringing the ferris wheel and roller coaster with it. I was shocked to see how expensive this item was - especially after the 1st few catastrophes the 1st week, my son rarely plays with it now. Definitely not worth it! The gear thing is cool, physics-wise, but I'm sticking with the simpler horizontal versions!