Customer Reviews

Knex Sawblade Thrill Ride

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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.

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.

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.

This has been a wonderful project. My 8 yr old son had a great time putting it together! (No help needed!) Smart purchase for the mini- engineer!

After recieving this toy for Christmas, my son immideiatly opened the box and put it together. It took him a few days to assemble, which was fun for him, and when it was done, it ran perfectly. He still attaches lego guys to it and lets them ride. K'nex even gives you a website you can go on to make an entirely different ride with the same set. I give this 2 BIG THUMBS UP!!!k

It was good fun to play with it. My son could figure out the construction of the Knex easily. ALthough a bit difficult for him but he managed and keeps making something different than what are given.

Overall I (my son) like this toy. The parts quality of this toy is generally good. However, when you start building big projects like this ferris wheel, the end product becomes quite flimsy. Also, the two wheels end up having too much mass for the underpowered motor and connections too actually turn the wheels - very disappointing.

My son really enjoyed building the ferris wheel. If the kit came with instructions of more projects I would definitely rate it higher as generally building is the fun part.

I purchased this item for my son at age 11.
He absolutely loved it.
My son, daughter and husband put the Sawblade Thrill Ride together in a reasonable amount of time.
It's a hit with all who visit our home!

Fantastic! Our son loved it and it's been almost a year since I ordered this from amazon. Shipping was so fast and it was on sale for only [...]! We love K'NEX and I will always recommend this if your child loves building and constructing! Thanks amazon for the great deals!

I would not start your child off on this model, but our 8-yr old was able to get it done. Super-fun and satisfying to see it work. Great opportunity to work with your child and teach them methodical patience. If you are quick to anger or lack patience, stay away. But we love it!