Customer Reviews

Pixos Starter Set

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I bought this for my 6 year old daughter for Christmas. She was so excited to get it, and had been wanting this. I have to say that it's not easy to use. Constantly refilling the beads in the pen is a pain. The pen doesn't hold very many beads, so you need to refill it continuously. It seems more beads roll away on the floor than actually get used in the craft project. Once you finally get the beads on the tray (which there are 2 different types of trays depending on how you want the beads to 'pattern'. I didn't know this.), you have to spray the beads with water in the water spritzer provided. I guess the water is supposed to 'melt' the beads together, but half of the beads didn't stick together. We tried different water amounts on different craft attempts, but all we seems to end up with are tiny beads everywhere or a sticky mess. I wouldn't recommend this product. I wish I could get my money back.

My 5yo daughter really wanted these for Xmas so they came from Santa. I'm glad Santa just got a little pack. They are a pain. They don't stick together well at all. We spray and respray many times and then let them dry for at least a day. They are fragile. The pen isn't very practical either. Luckily, in researching toys before xmas, we found fuse beads. These are much easier to work with, are less expensive and the end product is much stronger. Yes, you do have to use an iron to melt the beads together, but this is a much faster and easier process than spraying water on the pixos, waiting for them to dry and hoping they stay together.
I recommend Fuse Beads over pixos.

Santa gave this to my 4 year old daughter for Christmas. She was a little frustrated at first, but after I made one and showed her how to do it she loved it. she likes making her own designs better than the templates right now. the pen hasn't given us any trouble yet. the only thing i would recommend is to buy a refill kit. it does come with a nice amount of beads, but after 2 or 3 pictures you start to run out of colors. also, i really spray the beads to make them stick, after about 20 min. I check to see if i can remove them from the tray without breaking it. if i can, i put it on a piece of wax paper or plastic wrap and spay one side, after it dries turn it over and spay the other side. this helps to make it a little more durable for kids to play with.

4yr old daughter and I tried it one afternoon. It was a disaster. The tiny balls were rolling all over the place. Some of them unintentionally got damp, which made them slimy and gooey, and they started sticking to all kinds of stuff I didn't want them stuck to. The "pen" and the water mister are not easy to operate for little hands. In fact the pen, which is designed to release the little balls one at a time, is pretty much ineffective. Instead we used our fingers to place the balls/beads. The finished designs do not hold together after the recommended 10 min drying time. Hell, they don't hold together no matter how long you dry them. I considered using glue, but instead opted to toss the whole mess into the trash, adios muchachos.

It took me some time to realize the top of the pen works as a funnel. I bought this for the kids I work with thinking it would be a great activity. The pen jams if there is full row of beads, but now when there is a half row.

My kids wanted the Pixos for some time. Dropping the balls onto the dimpled mat following the pattern was fun but after spraying the Pixos and letting them dry they would easily break apart. My kids haven't touched it after the first experience...

If you like your house to be clean, you'll hate this toy. The pieces fall everywhere. The pen jams constantly which means mom (or dad) will spend the most amount of time with this toy. My 4 year old daughter had more fun with the spray bottle. I can only see this toy being fun for someone over the age of 6 with a lot of patience.

My 4 year old asked for these obsessively until I finally relented. They don't work! First I thought I didn't wet them enough, then I thought I over-wet them, then I tried in between. They just didn't stick together correctly, ever.

They got thrown away almost immediately because they were useless and messy.

This game involves placing dots over a picture to make a duplicate of it. The dots mold together. Requires patience. My son did not like it.

This was requested by my grandson and I was skeptical. It arrived on time and we had such fun playing with it. Glad I ordered a refill kit too!