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This was a splendid addition to our K’nex pool. The Kid K’nex are stout and very hard to break, so they are splendid for any age (except those who still place things in their mouths – the smallest stick is just 1-inch long). My 2 1/2-year-ancient is starting to place them together, even as my 5-year-ancient builds all sorts of bugs, monsters, and vehicles. There are enough with this set to have 2-3 large things built at the same time. After that, you start to run out of some of the pieces. It comes in a sturdy box with dividers for the different pieces, and has just enough extra room to add the set we already own (Zoomin’ Followers) in with it.

I looked and looked for a break-down of the pieces in this set and never found one, so here it is. If you already have some K’nex, you should recognize the pieces based on the color, since these seem to be universal.

6 red circle joints
1 green circle joint
25 yellow half-circle joints
15 blue 1/3-circle joints
7 orange 1/4-circle joints
6 purple connectors (the one you stick the sticks into)
4 orange connectors (the one you stick the sticks into)
4 green connectors (the one you stick the sticks into)
59 blue sticks
27 white sticks
12 yellow sticks
6 red sticks
4 orange sticks
2 green sticks
1 yellow joint
10 single eyes
4 double eyes
20 fixed wheels
16 small wheels

Have fun!

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I wrote this review for “Kid K’NEX Classroom Pool”, which is not the Transportation set it is now (as of 2011) on – Amazon messed up here. That said, what I wrote for the other product should be helpful here. Below is the original review.

Kid K’Nex is a splendid building toy for young kids. I got it for my 5 year ancient and she absolutely likes it. The set with comes with simple to follow pictures for a large number of things to make, and it’s simple and fun to make your own creations as well. The drawings are life sized, so younger kids can place the pieces right on the picture to make it simpler to build from the diagram.

This set is intended for multiple kids to be using it one time (up to 12) in a classroom, but I reckon it’s super for home use with a few kids and/or adults using it. My spouse and I delight in sitting down with our daughter and all building together. After a few things have been built and set aside, we sometimes have to raid our before creations for parts to complete our contemporary structures. With a smaller set, we’d be much more limited!)

ToysRUs is currently selling this set for $44.78, which is a splendid value. It only costs a small more than sets that have under 100 pieces!)

The storage tub that comes with the set is splendid for simple clean up.

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Constantinos Nikou (Pittsburgh, PA) –

  

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My 2 yearold got a box of these for his birthday, and his 4 year ancient brothers dived in. The pieces can be attached simple for small fingers, and the plastic is really nice to work with (some are bendy, and some are stiff). My kids immediately made all kinds of stuff, from lightsabers to jetpacks to Power Ranger weapons, to the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. They built cars and stuff too, but the point is they really got into the creativity aspect.

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