Young Architect

by Poof Slinky

Product Features

• Create 3-D floor plans!
• A reusable design and building set
• Ages 10 and Up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 24.5 x 19 inches ; 6.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.8 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: B000063TQK
• Item model number: 8701
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 - 14 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,681 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Young Architect

Product Description

Carefully hone your architectural skills with this innovative design and building set. -- You can create three dimensional models in three easy steps. First, design a floor plan using room templates. Then, furnish your floor plan with the furniture guide and colored pencils. -- Finally, construct a 3-D model on top of your floor plan and bring your design to life. -- The reusable kit comes with room templates, tracing paper, furniture guides, acrylic walls and blocks, peel and stick doors and windows, work mat, and colored pencils. Ages 10 and up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

92 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Homeschool Mom, March 10, 2005

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Happy Mom (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Young Architect (Toy)

I bought this for my 14 year old son and was very disappointed. The toy is limiting, due to the size and shape of the templates and the plastic walls. The support pieces for the walls are "chunky" and get in the way of the overall design. A pad of graph paper, plastic templates that are available at office supply stores, a good metal ruler, some paper and tape are a better investment than this.

65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Way Overpriced, February 1, 2006

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Glenmont - See all my reviews

This review is from: Young Architect (Toy)

I agree with the mom who found this item disappointing. Actually, that's putting it mildly. (...) all you get is few pieces of acrylic, tracing paper, a few peel and stick windows and four colored pencils. The "manual" is a 4-page booklet with little useful information in it. The people selling this should be ashamed of foisting it on gullible consumers (like me). Borders on being a scam.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pricey for poor quality, January 17, 2010

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L Roberts (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Young Architect (Toy)

This item looked like a neat way to make multiple designs and then take them apart and reuse the materials. However, I was very disappointed by the limited number of sheets of drawing paper and even more disappointed to see the "templates." These are thin plastic that do not even lay flat. They are not standard template weight plastic but little more than plastic film. My 12 year son is working with it, but it certainly was not worth the $50 we paid let alone the $85 that it is now selling for.