Knex Value Tub 400 pieces
by K'NEX
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: K'NEXBrand: K'Nex
Release Date: 2006-08-10
Model: 12077B
Product features:
- Packed with 400 parts, including bricks, rods and connectors, for lots of open-ended building fun
- Includes ideas/instructions for 20+ models or use your own imagination
- Handy storage tub means you can take the fun with you and clean-up is easy
- For ages 7+
Toys and Games Reviews of Knex Value Tub 400 pieces
Customer Review: Hits A Midpoint Between Lego and Lego Technic
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought this tub for my six-year old daughter to help illustrate some things she was learning in The New Way Things Work. Based on the illustrations I thought it had gears as the Lego Technic does, but it does not - my fault for not paying better attention. Rather than using gears and drive shafts to produce motion it is the nature of the connectors themselves - one piece can spin within another piece's connection - which allow moving models to be built. Not quite as handy for illustrating mechanical principles - such things on a real-world scale wouldn't survive the stress placed on them - but still more adaptable to this purpose than standard Legos.
My daughter has built various models shown in the instructions including the Hot Air Balloon, Big Truck, Spin Ride, and Ferris Wheel. She had little trouble figuring the pictures out, except where several pieces at once mated to other pieces, but did need help putting some pieces together because she lacked the necessary fine motor skills.
Moving away from the instruction booklet we each built our own Wind Racer from scratch - we designed and built a rolling vehicle to carry a Playmobil figure and then attached a paper towel to catch the wind produced by a large floor fan. My daughter learned a number of things from this process including which tires were better for rolling (the big, smooth ones) and the need to maximize the paper towel's surface area.
In sum, K'Nex models are less "bulky" than Lego models because of the nature of connectors vs. bricks. Also the length of many of the K'Nex pieces means fewer are required to build larger models. Note that the box does include 32 pieces that bear an uncanny resemble to Lego bricks, especially the 2x4 flat and 2x4 block pieces, and that these can be used to connect to Lego and Lego Technic pieces allowing you to build hybrid models.
Description of Knex Value Tub 400 pieces
Your little motor man will be very busy with this K'Nex model kit that lets him build his own trucks, motorcycles and aircraft. The cool kit includes 400 colorful building pieces, as well as a spring motor that powers the models. Step-by-step, color-coded instructions show how to make 32 different models in a variety of themes. A plastic storage tub keeps all the pieces in one place.Loaded with 400 parts, including bricks, for lots of open-ended fun and endless building and play opportunities! Includes instructions and ideas for 20 models or use your imagination to dream up your own creations. The convenient storage tub means there is always a place to put your parts or take the fun with you wherever you go! Plus the parts and the tub are all made in the USA. For ages 7+.
 K'NEX Value Tub - Loaded with 400 parts for lots of open-ended fun and endless building and play opportunities! |
 Includes instructions/ideas for 20 different models |
Imagine?.Build?.Play! Imagine the possibilities to choose from with this 400 Piece Value Tub from K?Nex. Build large, complex toys or create a whole collection of toys to play with! With connectors, rods, bricks and wheels the sky is the limit to what you can create. Utilize the instruction/ideas to create 20 different models. Or, dare yourself and your imagination to build your own design using as many of the parts as you can. It?s easy to snap together the rods, connectors, and bricks to make a new design, or add wheels to make a vehicle. Whatever you can imagine, you can build it and then have fun playing with it!
20 Building Ideas/Instructions!
The 400 Piece Value Tub includes instructions and building ideas for 20 different models that you can create and build. You can build everything from an airplane to a rocket ship, from a dragster to a truck, or a Ferris wheel. The easy to follow color coded instructions provide a step by step guide to each model, from beginning to end, with a picture of the finished model, so that you can have fun building and then playing. Just choose which one you want to build and get started. Or, design your own creation and build whatever you can imagine!
Easy clean up!
The convenient storage tub makes for easy clean up, just drop the parts into the tub when finished building and snap on the lid. It?s as easy as that! Or, bring the tub with you, wherever you go, for fun and building at any time.
What's In The Box?
400 rods, connectors, wheels and bricks. Instruction sheet and storage tub.
 K'NEX building sets are loaded with parts and building ideas! |
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