Thames & Kosmos Catapult Engineering Kit | Build 6 Medieval Machines | STEM Toy for Kids Age 8+ | Learn Mechanical Physics & Engineering | Safe Foam Balls & Soft-Tipped Projectiles

This is fantastic! My 11 year old built the crossbow and has had loads of fun with it- it comes with two “arrows” which have firm foam on the end (great for shooting at balloons and cans!). Item is age appropriate and not too difficult to assemble (although not easy - kept her busy for long enough to be engaging but not to hard that she lost interest). If you have a child who likes Lego and building other things this is a great option.

Bought this for my grandson he loved it

Very good

Has provided many hours of fun for a five year old and grandma

The six models to make made it an ideal present for my 8 year old grandson. The catapult, once made, was great. However, the instruction booklet was so unclear, it made the building of it, very frustrating. The diagrams were blurry and it was difficult to see the different colours. I would not recommend it. The manufacturers need to re-write their instruction booklet!

This item is a good idea very poorly executed. The instructions are essentially worthless. Small blurry illegible and cram 8 steps into one unintelligible picture that is just a miss mash of pieces all nearly the same color and a random assortment of colored arrows coming from and going to every which direction. As a many decades experienced Lego kit builder if those are A instruction's these are an F. No kid could possibly build this on their own because two Lego/ikea expert adults could not. Not so hot Garbage.

Bought for my kids Christmas. They haven’t used it yet, but the price is great and my kiddos are excited to use it!

I bought this for nephew, mostly because he’s really been getting into the STEM stuff. I personally am a history buff, so naturally I thought this was pretty cool. All I know is he absolutely loved it, he’s eight and is usually glued to his video games. It’s really well priced for what it is. The quality of the siege engines from Medieval times made it fun to learn for my nephew. You can build different versions of the most common used siege engines of decent various sizes. They work as intended. Overall we had fun building them together.

Cross-bow. Difficult to assemble. Instructions don't show recognition of elements that are hard to assemble. Perspectives shown in illustrations are not always the ones that would be most informative. That said, the crossbow is exceptionally sturdy and capable. My 6-year-old grandson was delighted. Recommended

first of all, what is not made clear is that you can't build 6 machines. you build ONE and if you want to build a different one you have to take the other one apart, easier said than done. i needed pliers. second, the pictures in the instructions are small and a few of them could be clearer. third, the included foam ball is too lightweight to travel nicely through the air or knock the bricks over much. However, the pieces aren't flimsy, and the models we have made do work. It was a nice idea to make the box be a castle. For the price, it's acceptable; but an 8 year old is unlikely to be able to do this except with a lot of help.

Bought this for my 10 year old grandson and he loves it! It’s very well made and I was impressed at how sturdy the pieces are and the grandson had a blast constructing the various options in designs that were in the kit.