K'NEX Titanfall - IMC Atlas Titan Building Set

This is a review for the titan building set, my son loves this figure he build it with the included instructions easy to follow and includes many parts to keep him busy for a while now he wants me to buy him more of these.i recommend this knex puzzles to anyone that have kids its entertaining and they have fun buiding it and playing with it later on. my son took some time building this toy its cool how this thing is because uses joints and they are so many i also helped my son a little bit and i sharing time with him on this project. yes i would recommend it, take some time and enjoy building this toy with your kid.

My sons and I are Titanfall fans. So when we saw this, we all wanted to get it. This did not disappoint. This specific set is for an Atlas Titan alone. There are about 180 pieces in the box. I gave this to my 9 y.o son to put together. About 10 minutes into it, he asked for help. He usually enjoy putting things together, but I think the instructions and pieces were a little challenging to him. In addition, these pieces had to be snapped together and does take a little more strength than legos to put together. However, after about working on it for 30 minutes with him, he started to get the hang of it. Also, applying on the decals was a little challenging for him (and for me) since some of the pieces are very small. This mech did take couple of afternoons for us to put together. But I think the final product was worthwhile and impressive. This Atlas Titan stands at about 12 inches tall. It has arms, elbows, hands, legs, knees, feet that all articulate. It can hold a rifle in its hand. It has a small pilot that you can put into the pilot's hatch. You can also pose the figure (e.g. running, kneeling, etc) Becareful - if you start handling it too much (e.g like holding it and moving it around like in pretend battle), some of the pieces could fall off. In my opinion, this looks better as a display rather than a toy to play. But of course, my son has it now and is playing with it. I think this is a good toy set. I do advise for children 10 or younger to have adults build with them. I would recommend this to my family and friends.

I enjoyed putting this robot set together with my grandsons and a little help from hubby. It has over 100 pieces including decals and took us a little over 3 hours to assemble. It includes step by step illustrations which were easy to understand, for me at least. The set includes a weapon for the robot that launches projectiles by pushing a tiny knob on the side. This set also comes with a little spider-eyed figure and weapon. Once the robot is assembled you can attach this figure to this bucket type lift hidden inside the robot's belly. You push up a lever from the back of the robot's head and it lifts the figure up so it pokes out from the top of the robot's head for a look-out. You can also just play with this figure separately. The robot's arms and legs are put together with parts which enable them to bend in different positions. The joints in his hands and fingers are also bendable and helps him hold his weapon. Now for the drawbacks: On the box, the suggested age for this set is 8+. My grandsons are 9 and 10 and could not put some of the pieces together with-out help. There are ball and socket pieces which are difficult to fit together and require some real pressure and strength to snap into place. I couldn't do it so my husband was nominated for the job and he even said it was hard to fit together. There are also bars which you must push and snap into the slots of these gear looking pieces and that also takes some real pressure. My fingers were sore by the time we finished. And for taking some of the pieces apart I had to use a pair of needle-nose plyers. Guess the parts fit so snuggly for a sturdy structure. Anyway, we had fun but this set will require adult assistance for young children.

At first the picture instructions looked extremely difficult with all the tiny pieces to figure out, but my 12 year old daughter loved the challenge! She helped me put the legs together immediately and stated that the only hard parts were the shoulder and hip joints were tricky to put together, but the parts were hard to push into the sockets. Some pieces looked the same but were not and had to start over. You have to hear a snap for the pieces to stay in place. She loved to build it and got it done within three and a half hours. The only other flaw was the left arm falls out if twisted backwards. Once completed it looks really cool, but I would recommend it for older kids 10+ that love to build from scratch.