Erector Motorized Multi Model Set, 352 Pieces

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 10:14 pm

Manufacturer: Erector
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List Price: $49.99
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Product Description

Designed for slightly older kids who have already mastered the basic principals of assembly, this Erector set fuses plastic and metal to generate more than 30 different models. Young builders can follow the illustrated instructions to create even more interesting projects by adding motion and real functionality.

Features:

Colorful mixture of flexible and hard plastic parts, plus galvanized and painted metal building components
Comes with an Allen wrench and multi-function box-end wrench
Includes cable command and 6-Volt battery-operated motor
Contains 352 parts to build at least 30 models

Product Details

Colorful mixture of flexible and hard plastic parts
Interchangeable with all erector sets
Contains 350 parts to build at least 30 models
Comes with a 6V battery-operated motor
Recommended age range from 8 years and above

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Customer Reviews

Awesome!

Review Date: December 28, 2009

Reviewer: Mom of 3 Children, Michigan, U.S.A.

My 9 year old son loves his new set! Erector is one of the best!

Erector set

Review Date: January 17, 2010

Reviewer: Anna Blackwood,

The set is great but there were five small pieces missing. Amazon were quick to send another set from which we were able to take the missing pieces and we then returned the set to Amazon.

Great project for parent and child bonding and teaching.

Review Date: February 1, 2010

Reviewer: Chad Alvey, Louisville, KY

I have a 7 year old son who loves to build and take things apart to see how they work. Out of the box the concept of this toy was a bit advanced for my son. We spent an hour a night for about a week building on a tractor let it run the kitchen a few times, then tore it down and started on the 4-wheeler. It was a great opportunity first for me to spend time with my son doing something we both enjoy and second to teach him some basic principles of how gears work and parts go together to support the over-all structure. Now he has a firm understanding and can build any project in the book with very little if any guidance. I recommend this for any parent that has a child who likes to see how things work. Make sure you take the opportunity to work with them. It has plenty of teaching opportunities ranging from how to keep your work area tidy and organized to how power gets from the motor to the wheels.

Great for kids advancing past Legos

Review Date: February 15, 2010

Reviewer: N. Meisgeier,

We gave this to our 8-year old son for Christmas. He was excited to see the real metal materials and nuts/bolts. He needed some help tightening some bolts, but otherwise did a decent job constructing projects on his own.

Save Your Money

Review Date: March 7, 2010

Reviewer: A. Harvey, San Diego, CA

I purchased this set as a gift for my son so that we could do projects together. Initially I was very excited having been raised with erector sets myself.

The problems:

The circuitry for the 6V motor destroys batteries/don't use rechargables if you don't want to lose a fortune;

The rubber drive belts split apart with normal use/no spares are provided;

The motor mount required machining in a drill press before it would work (poor manufacturing tolerances);

The functions of the finished projects tend to be grossly disappointing because of lack of quality, things bind-up;

Many projects are difficult to bulid due to almost impossible access issues. The smallest of fingers cannot reach some of the necessary fastener application steps.

Rubber keepers split without excessive force being applied and there's not a single spare included;

Some custom tooling had to be improvised to complete some of the builds.

I am a professional hands-on machine designer and builder and have reasonable expections. This is not a viable product