Fascinations Metal Earth Star Wars BB-8 3D Metal Model Kit

I've done at least five Metal Earth models and this one has been the hardest one for sure! So if you already have some experience, go for it. If you don't I'd recommend either the Millennium Falcon or The Death star.The kit is very nice and really captures BB-8 style and character!!

Very time consuming some of the pieces make you wana pull ur hair out trying to get them tight ( antennas) but came out awesome

The media could not be loaded. SO COOL!!! I enjoy putting these together and have done about twenty of them, I am far from an expert and my first three ended up a wad of twisted metal, rage and profanity with a one star rating. There is a special way to assemble because these are not typical models.TIPS AND TRICKS:Don’t waste your time with the special tool sets or needle nose pliers (they didn’t work for me). I recommend getting tweezers with different tips. There are many times where you will be holding a piece with one set of tweezers and twisting/bending/inserting tabs with another and many times you have to reach tabs inside a small piece you have already made. Attempting to assemble this all by hand became impossible for me. Tweezer were needed.Buy some really small, fine point wire cutters. The package says just pop out the pieces for assembly but when they are very small they do not “pop out”. They bend and just make a mess, so snip the points where they are connected and now they will easily pop out.Get yourself some nails of various sizes to help transform flat metal pieces into cylinder shapes. I use different sized nails, cables, pens and markers of all different sizes to round some parts of these models. Whatever you use just make sure you can slide the model part off one end. Trying to round using tweezers is possible but doesn’t look as professional.Don’t get mad if you break some pieces, just keep a small bottle of quick drying, clear super glue. I’ve broken many tabs and pieces. It just happens sometimes, if you fold pieces to many times it will break, read the instructions wrong and have to undo folding and bending they can break. Use small amounts of super glue and apply with a needle and you can hardly notice you used it once it has dried.Some of the instructions are a bit unclear so look at the pictures closely and even the pictures of the next few steps. The directions are not very specific and won’t tell you exactly which way a part is meant to be bent, or engraved side in or out. Putting together a 3D model from 2D parts and directions can be confusing. Green triangle means twist tab and blue circle means to bend tab down.If you get lost using their included flow chart, just know that the parts go on in numerical order.You can see from my video that these are far from perfect but being able to complete them is a satisfying feeling. The rotating display is by Facinations and is solar powered. It works well indoors and works fine with just the lights in the room but do not work well in shady areas but it does take a battery if you want. Take your time, take breaks, have fun!

This model is awesome. I love BB-8 and love these models so of course I had to have this one. It was a bit complicated just do to it needing to be a round figure made from flat metal. I appreciate that they included multiple of the most sensitive pieces as this has been a problem with past models. I didn't need to use any of them but it was nice to know I had them.

These have been an absolute blast to do. I really enjoy these. The important thing to remember is that you should take your time with this and all of these models. Double check the instructions, pull up the website in the instructions so you can see it on the screen as well, It really helps alot! I use a pair of needle nose pliers, some flat sided snips, and a variety of dowels to get the different curves down.

Nice, but material a little flimsy and hard to put together without bending

Bought for my brother for Christmas. He loves BB8 and assembling stuff. He said it was fairly easily assembled but fun. Size was as described.

The metal models are so hard to put together