Customer Reviews

Rokenbok Power ROK-Lift

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

It took me several days to get this one working -- no matter what I used to power it, it just couldn't seem to lift itself.

After disassembling it a few times, I noticed that the housing wasn't holding the motor securely and this was apparently allowing the worm gear on the motor to slip off the gear next to it. To fix it, you just need to lay something on the motor before you put the housing back on -- I used a piece of tissue folded many times over. This will keep the motor firmly in place when it's trying to lift the elevator.

Ever since, it's worked flawlessly and my kids really enjoy it.

I bought the power rok lift, and i was worried about the bad reviews. When I got home, I built it and WOW!! It is SO FUN!!! You just need to put the magnets closer to the yellow thing, (Sometimes you dont even need them)and it will work great! (...) THIS TOY ROCKS!!

I bought this for my kids (...) It came with a broken chute and was missing two black pieces. I exchanged it for another set, and the next one also had a broken chute piece. The little yellow plastic tab that attaches to the building grids just doesn't seem durable enough. The regular building pieces are extremely sturdy.

We love Rokenbok, and have not had any problems with any of the other sets, but this particular set seems jinxed and I cannot recommend it.

When I saw that the average rating was 4.5 stars I thought I'm the only one having problems with this thing. But when I read the other reviews everyone said they had problems with this. Our family loves Rokenbok and all the available options but I think this is one accessory to stay away from. It just doesn't work well and goes through batteries.

We purchased the Rok lift for our "almost" 5 year old son. He has been very enthusiatic about it from the moment we took it out of the box except for the fact that it "eats" batteries. We have to replace the batteries with alarming frequency, and it will often stop on ascension and have to be restarted when batteries are not brand new. The rechargeable batteries we have are not powerful enough to use. It also, sometimes, does not trip the switch to begin when pushed and must be manually started. We have not had any problems with noise and it works well when it has fresh power.

My son is 51/2 years old. He helped grandpa assemble and problem solve its construction. As a matter of fact their was a question on how to keep the open tubes from swaying both ways and it was [my son] who discoverd it needed to click up on one side. [my son] likes to keep both magnets of the ball well so they automaticly dump out.

Ok I just put together this toy and it came with a broken chute. We were able to bypass it though.
When you fill it up with balls, you can drive your vehicle against the push me button and it automatically raises it. It lifts the balls up and tilts the bucket and makes a rattling vibration to get all the balls out and down the chutes. This however does not work for mine. I have to manually finger the balls out. Maybe others won't have such a problem. To stop the loud rattling sound you hit the top lever and it lowers the lift back down.
While I was building it I was lame and did not see that the yellow scooper thing has to be below the black rod in order for it to pour into the collection bin of the starter set. It is a pain to fix it again. I had no problems connecting it to the starter set except I didn't have the three black rods for the bottom part that hooks the two together. I guess they didn't include that in there.
I suppose kids can learn about gravity and gears from this toy. My kids enjoy driving the vehicles around and throwing the balls more than messing with this loud! toy.