Schylling Steel Works Mechanical Multi-Model - Steel Building Set - Includes 300 Pieces, Tools, and Instructions to Make 10 Different Models - Ages 8 and Up

This is the perfect kit for a child who loves to build things!!!

This was a gift for my 7 year old grandson. He found it challenging to put together but had it together in less than 2 hours. He loved it.

KIND OF OLD SCHOOL TOY BUT NICE

Bought this for my husband. Something he wanted as a kid but his parents couldn't afford. Box was open and seeing there are only 3 little plastic bags of parts I couldn't tell if anything was missing. Maybe other then an instruction manual which may have included a parts list. Not sure whatI bought at this point .

Excellent product, great quality.

Thought this would be a good deal as it was a steel based erector set which is what we wanted and it offered a number of different designs at a good price. Upon getting it, the pieces were indeed steel but were definitely a lot smaller than I would have anticipated. I didn't consider that a problem so my son (age 9) and I got to work putting it together. I consider myself pretty proficient with mechanically inclined activities and work as an engineer, so I was really surprised at the lack of details in the build instructions. It really seemed that in order to save on paper and ink, they merged fairly complex procedures into very cluttered lined-parts diagrams that were way to small to easily read. I tried to let my son help pull the parts for each step, but even the labeling and description of parts required multi-table lookups. Then you had to trace the lines through multiple pieces to find out how to build out the individual components of the model. I quickly resolved that my son would not be doing the builds by himself but I thought it will just be father-son project time when we work on this.Then we got to some of the assembly and this is where the size of the pieces played against us. There were nuts and bolts that you had to thread and tighten that were inside of the model where you had 1/4 to 1/2 inch openings to get your fingers and a nut or bolt in to start threading it. My adult size hands had no chance and my son's smaller hands were no better. You needed needle nose pliers, magnetic holding rods, tweezers, etc. to get this assembly to happen. The provided tools (that you have to put together yourself) were junk and insufficient to gain access to these areas. After I had to disassemble several components because the incorrect piece was used (again due to poor instructions and parts labeling) I decided this was not turning out to be the kit we had wanted nor had been described as good for ages 8+. I was about 2 hours in on a model build and still working to get the main mechanical structure assembled. We decided to return it and look for something that was better age appropriate.

Our 9 yr old is very mechanically inclined and has moved past Legos. We bought this for his next challenge, and challenging it was! The instructions are pretty clear but a little above his head. He struggled with a little of the dexterity needed to piece it together as well. After about 3 days (several hours a day), he emerged victoriously from his room to announced he had completed 1 model. He joyfully played with it the next day, and that evening disassembled it to move on to his next modelling conquest. A neat toy; glad we bought it!

This is much smaller than a classic erector set. VERY SMALL PARTS. Difficult to work with.Quality material. The instructions could use a bit more steps. It's like steap one: put these 18 pieces together, Step two, add 30 pieces. Step three, enjoy!