Knex Sawblade Thrill Ride

by K'Nex

Product Features

• Build a towering double Ferris Wheel over 4 feet tall
• Includes 8 new K'nex figures
• Motorized spinning wheels for exciting performance
• Includes 1555 pieces
• Motor Included

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001721YIW
• Item model number: 50085
• Manufacturer recommended age: 9 years and up
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,388 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Young engineers will delight in the challenge of using more than 1500 pieces to build the awe-inspiring K'NEX Sawblade Thrill Ride. Once they're done with construction, a real motor sets this dramatic midway attraction spinning. Designed for children nine and older, this monster building set offers infinite possibilities for invention.

Intricate details and moving parts add to the fun of building the Sawblade Thrill Ride. View larger.

A working motor powers K'NEX creations. View larger.

What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Infinite possibilities for innovative construction The Bad: Lots of little pieces to keep track of In a Nutshell: Start with an awesome thrill ride and keep creating At a Glance Ages: 9 and up Requires: 2 AA batteries

Over 1500 Pieces
The popular K'NEX building system uses a variety of connectors to combine sturdy plastic rods. Pieces are color coded based on their shape, and elements like gears and working motors help put creations into action. This collection of more than 1500 K'NEX pieces provides everything needed to begin having fun right away. Since the best part of K'NEX is the creative construction process, no parental assembly is required. Simply use a coin to slip two new AA batteries (not included) into the motor before an invention is ready to utilize power.

This set comes with an oversized booklet offering step-by-step instructions for assembling the Sawblade Thrill Ride, a daring structure with two spinning wheels that's over four feet tall. Even though colored illustrations make these instructions easy to follow, the Sawblade is a large, complicated ride, and even the most accomplished builders will be proud when they finish construction and set the motor spinning for the first time.

Imagine, Build, Play
Like any building toy, this K'NEX set isn't limited by the model in the instructions. Anything kids can dream up, they can make from K'NEX. Of course, it isn't always easy. Geometry and physics play a role in the way a structure stands and moves, adding an educational component to each building session. And by fostering attention to detail along with creative problem solving skills, building toys like K'NEX encourage kids to be thoughtful and innovative.

With plenty of pieces for more than one budding architect, K'NEX offer a way for kids to connect with each other, too. Friends and siblings can put their heads together to cooperatively construct a spectacular building or vehicle, or they can divvy up the parts and compete to see who comes up with the most unbelievable new thing.

The Possibilities Are Endless
Stumped trying to come up with something to build? Or do you simply think a ride called the Swinging Rocket sounds super cool? Go to knex.com online and download instructions for alternate builds using the pieces in this set.

If your child is prepared for a bigger challenge, you can combine the Sawblade Thrill Ride with other sets for even more versatility. K'NEX building systems featuring other unbelievable thrill rides, speedy vehicles, and tubs full of useful parts are entirely compatible with the pieces in this set. All those little connectors can be difficult to keep track of, but the thrill of creation makes it worthwhile.

What's in the Box
1555 building pieces, including a K'NEX motor, and an instruction booklet.

Product Description

Build SawBlade, K'NEX's newest thrill ride building set! Towering 4 feet high and sporting motorized, dual-spinning wheels, SawBlade Thrill Ride provides an ultimate K'NEX building challenge for kids who love to build. This set includes 1,555 colorful K'NEX pieces, including new K'NEX bricks and eight K'NEXmen riders. Follow the color-coded instructions to build this exciting amusement park ride step-by-step. Then switch the motor on to bring the model to life. Two star-shaped wheels begin to qu

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tinker toys on steroids, October 21, 2008

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Grover Smith (Prairieville, La United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Knex Sawblade Thrill Ride (Toy)

As an oldster tinker toys is what comes to mind when I first introduced to K-Nex. This is a much superior product as the pieces stay assembled and functions as the real word you can apply lateral stress and realize the same failure you might find in a real world structure . This is for an advanced nine year old or adult involvement is necessary the simpler model sets are better to introduce a child to K-nex as the plans are sight driven . see replicate. some pieces hard to snap together is why they hold together so well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another K'Nex Hit Here, December 28, 2008

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K. Onyett (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I got a great deal on this through Amazon over the holidays and my son absolutely loves it. He is 8 and assembled the entire ride in one day without any help - sniff, sniff. It's the first major piece set he's not asked me to help with. That tells me the instructions are very intuitive. If you've got a serious K'Nex, Lego engineer on your hands, this set will be a welcome addition. Those without lots of building experience will definitely need help. All the little people that come with it are cool too. The one beef I have with K'Nex (and this has happened with several products) is that they need to include a few spare parts and improve the tracking mechanisms on the amusement park sets. On both this set and the serpent spiral coaster, the track hangs up even after lots of adjusting and futzing around. Not annoying enough to forgo the purchase.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice but difficult, January 23, 2009

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Heather Strazinsky - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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It took my son and I several hours to put this together. The instructions are not that easy to read and once we did have it together we ran into a lot of complications. It never did really work right. I bought several of this type of toy and none of the moving ones worked correctly.