Customer Reviews

Uberstix UberPult

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I agree with the previous reviewer. The instructions are not easy at all to follow. The color in the instructions don't match the colors of the actual pieces. Also they have one picture for about 10 steps. It makes it very difficult and time consuming to follow.

I would not recommend this for anyone under 12 years old, and in fact I would not recommend this for anyone. I helped my son, but I didn't have much fun. When we finally did get the catapult put together, it was pathetic. It shot a cog about 3 feet. It is possible that I didn't put it together correctly, but with the sad state of the instructions, I will never know.

The pieces seemed durable enough, though a few did suffer from stress fatigue, and it would seem likely that they would not last more than a few times of setting up the catapult.

This is a toy that seemed to have a lot of potential, but in the end was not worth the money. Lego kits are more fun even if they cost more. For the time you have to put into it for the result you get this is definitely not worth your money or time.

As cool as this toy is meant to be, the assembly instructions are not clear enough. The instructions group too many pieces together rather than the simple, step-by-step building instructions I am used to from Lego or Playmobil. My 9 year old nephew and I together had a tough time figuring it out, especially because the colors of the pieces vary from kit to kit so it was hard to know if we were using the right pieces. He had more fun constructing his own gadgets because he got frustrated trying to figure out the instructions to build the catapult.

Child loves science and engineering, has made many catapults, siege towers, etc. This is cheap and doesn't work well. She built it, revamped it, won't touch it. Giving to charity or school. What a waste!

Because of the reviews I read on this site, I reluctantly purchased the UberPult for my son who has been asking me incessantly for it since he played at a friends house. I have bought two more Uberstix kits since! This is one of the greatest toys ever! He plays with his Uberstix for hours and his sister has even joined in. The instructions are challenging, as noted by several other reviewers, but my kids enjoy that it is not mindless following of instructions that don't even require you to think like so many other toys out there. Sometimes, you have to spend a few minutes on a segment really visualizing the 3 dimensional structure. My kids have certainly never learned more and my son is having a blast changing every aspect of the original model to make it launch objects further and further. The kit comes with so many extra parts that my son built a smaller version for his sister and they are now having competitions to see who can launch LEGO people further. Don't hesitate buying this toy, it is the best educational toy I have seen in years and my favorite toy to play with my kids. I'll be buying the Architectural kit for my husband next!!!

I purchased this item for a physical science project for my son and UBERSTIX claims that they're compatible with Knex but the quality of this product is very poor the catapult doesn't work very well. I wish I hadn't wasted my money with this product. Will never recommend anyone to buy from UBERSTX. DON'T BUY IT, JUST DON'T, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.
UBERSTIX SUCKS!!!!!!!

I got this for my son for Christmas and the instructions to put the thing together are impossible to follow. The colors don't match what comes in the box and it jumps with pictures of large portions of it put together already.