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K'NEX | Home » » K'NEX KID - ZOO BUDDIES BUILDING SET | | | | | | WARNING:| CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
| | | Description: | | Build adorable zoo animals. Now with New Kid K'Nex blocks plus lots of colorful, New Kid K'Nex rods and connectors and personality pieces, like eyes, ears, even a trunk. Includes an idea sheet with over 20 building ideas to inspire your little one's creativity. Handy storage container for easy clean-up and take-along fun. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.64 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Great concept, too few piecesJan 06, 2010
By Gabriel's Buddy
While the cover has many animals displayed and there is a window on the box showing it to be chock full of building blocks and such, there aren't that many pieces in the box. At most they fill up 1/4 of the box and can make one animal shown on the cover and maybe another smaller creature.
When you open the box you'll find a clear plastic box filled with pieces that is glued to the box's window. The rest of the box is pretty empty. While I wasn't expecting to be able to make all the animals, I was hoping there'd be enough pieces for my sons to create figures and explore designs without having to destroy the one thing they just made.
There are some very specific pieces (elephant ears, trunk, eyeballs) but most of the pieces are large and generic. This works well with smaller sets such as Lego but sometimes makes it hard to find the right piece for what you want. As an example, there seems to be no good way to make feet and there is a design for a giraffe that uses a connector for a face that just looks awful.
We also have the smaller K'nex pieces and there is no way to interface the two as one can do with other construction sets.
Overall, the lack of pieces and the assortment limit what can be done with this set and stifle creativity.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Kid K'nex - Great for any ageJan 21, 2010
By A. K. Palau
I have kids ages 5 and 8, and although Kid K'nex are marketed as a pre-school toy, I think they are much broader than that. Certainly, their chunky size and easy-snap assembly makes them extremely pre-school friendly, but at my house, kids from 4 to 12 (and, truth be told, adults too) all seem to really like creating the friendly, goofy creatures with Kid K'nex. So I expect we will play with them for many more years, and I intend to add to our collection. This toy is not one we will outgrow soon.
This paritcular set has some cute animal body parts (ears, eyes, trunk) but it also contains a large number of lego-like (Duplo size) pieces, which caught me by surprise. Initially I was annoyed that I hadn't noticed that before buying the set since we have an abundance of Duplo and always have arguments over eyes-ears-feet. This Kid K'nex set, however, has become a nice bridge between the two types of building toys, and I see even more animal-construction creativity coming out of my kids now that they have the full range of Kid K'nex AND Duplos to incorporate into their designs.
I highly recommend this toy for kids who like to create. Even if your child hasn't shown a real aptitude for or interest in building toys, with the Kid K'nex the creatures are so cute and varied that they appeal to anyone - girls or boys, artistically inclined or not. It's a fun, educational, creativity-inspiring product.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 4th birthday presentSep 11, 2011
By Leslie Eilers
Fun and durable. My son received this for his fourth birthday, and he has really enjoyed building with it; he gets it out almost every day. Each kit is small though, so we bought three different sets which seems to give him enough pieces for creativity.
Neat idea but doesn't hold interestFeb 17, 2012
By C. Irving
"care"
Fun idea but my 2 year old is not interested in making any of the animals. Plus I wish there were a few more pieces so you could make more than one animal. Many of the designs use the same pieces and you are only given a few of them.
Stepping stone to "big kid" K'nexDec 27, 2010
By Megan J. Crownholm
"Dahliared"
I ordered this set for my 5 year old for Christmas, and didn't realize until Christmas morning that the set is to be used with Duplo, not regular Legos. You don't have to have an extra Duplo set to make all of the cute animals in the Zoo Buddies set, and they are actually the perfect size and developmental level for a preschooler. She loves making the animals, and she can handle this size K'nex much easier than the regular K'next sets. I would recommend this product!
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