Kidpal Solar Powered Robotics Science Kit for Kids 8-12, Build Your Own Robot, STEM Learning

This kit is reminiscent of the car building kits from the 70’s and the 80’s. There are lots of little pieces and decently detailed instructions. The big difference is the pieces are not glued but snapped into two lace so you can take apart and put back together again. The kit also comes with several plastic bags to store pieces for reuse later. Age says 10+. My 9 yr old was able to manage, but definitely know your child. Much younger than 9 or 10, the child may be frustrated. But for 10+, it’s more challenging than some other robots we have gotten in the past. Other robots we have gotten are sturdier as well for a much higher price point. Given the price point, it is a great value for the robot. A hint to start, the pieces are all connected in the plastic. They are very easy to remove, again reminiscent of the model cars of the 80’s, but because there are so many, for the first time, suggest to your child to leave pieces connected until first use. The instructions are detailed to find your pieces easily, but if you remove the pieces from the plastic at the beginning, it will be more difficult to find them. When connected, the instructions are very clear to find.

This is a great parent-child project, especially for kids that are interested in engineering. We are homeschooling this year so I’m always looking for educational toys - this was a win! It takes some time to cut out each piece and divide into bags (wire cutters needed) so expect a project that will take some patience. For us, we spent a few times over a few days to cut and sort the pieces, then assemble our first robot. The kids loved seeing the solar power work! This was perfect for my 11 year old - too advanced for my younger two (8 and 5), but they enjoyed seeing the results. Instructions were clear, but parental help was needed to keep all the different pieces straight, and to make sure everything was fitting properly. It was a nice project to work on together. I like that this can be taken apart and formed into so many different robots too. This will be something we’ll take out again to keep busy through the winter, trying to build different ones.

I like that its a great toy for a kid to develop the creativity. I definitively did not like that the quality of thebpieces is not great. My son broke the head and the body 5 minutes after he started to play then I spend three hours calming him because his toy was broken. Until quality does not improve I cannot give 5 stars

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Great STEM product! Instructions are good and you need to pay super close attention to the instructions otherwise it’s easy to make a mistake with some similar parts and have to take things apart again. Wire leads fell off motor during first assembly effort. Now we can’t use solar electric aspect of this toy. Very depressing. That part of the toy is poorly engineered and you can see how easy it is to have the leads break off from the motor. Would love to get a replacement motor with leads.

I purchased this for my 7 year old nephew to have something to do while over, and he enjoyed taking the pieces out to sort and bag them. When it came to the actual building of the robot, he insisted on me to do it because he felt he might break the robot parts if he pushed too hard. Overall it is a fun project!

The was such a fun activity! It is for 10+, but my 6 year old had a wonderful time building this robot with his dad. The best part was seeing his face when we put a lamp over the finished product and the robot moved by itself! Highly recommend. Great way for a parent and child to bond and spent time with each other without electronics!

Everything was included, the instructions are pretty easy to follow, the solar panel just does not work. We have assembled, disassembled and reassembled again, and it still does not work. I have contacted the seller to see about a replacement solar motor. Hopefully I can update this review soon.