Customer Reviews for KEVA^® Contraptions 200 Plank Set

We purchased the Contraptions Set-of-2 after our 7 year old daughter received the Structure set last year from Grandparents. She liked using the Structure set to create a domino effect, and making marble tracks with the planks. My daughter would like to interject; "They are AWESOME!" After viewing videos online of contraptions other people built, I thought she would really benefit from this kit. She spent 3 days in a row during winter break (without exaggeration) for over eight hours a day building ramps, washouts, chutes, and tracks all over our home. It was difficult for us to pull her away from it to do her daily basic tasks, because she was so focused and having so much fun. There is frustration for all of us in the family when our structure/contraption falls down, but we realize that is part of the learning process. We try to celebrate the big noise it makes when a project collapses unexpectedly, or the progress that we made prior to the implosion, and then start over with improvements. The set did arrive with around 5 planks that were not uniform and/or showed signs that they might crack, split, or break in the future. This is about a 2% failure rate, so we didn't bother calling in our concerns. (It wouldn't be worth the cost of postage to return, and we were having fun with the remaining 245 planks while we contemplated on what we were going to do.) The Pine planks are light weight, and I can see where contraptions and structures might hold up a little better with the Maple wood that is heavier. The cost of the sets seemed high at first for buying a bunch of wood, but when we take into account the actual amount of quality time that we all play with her sets it is actually less expensive in the long run. Thank you for providing a simple toy that fosters our family's imagination, turns us into engineers for a brief moment in time, and doesn't get thrown in the bottom of the toy bin after a few minutes.

"It's very cool how you can make so much with 200 blocks only. Much more than when I put it with the 600 I already had. It's also useful how there's no glue or tape and just only stacking."

I gave this to my 9 yr. old grandson. He started playing with it immediately and his dad joined in and had fun as well! It is a very fun set and it can be designed in so many different ways that it retains his interest. The learning takes place as different designs work well or don't. This teaches engineering skills while just playing and having a great time.

We originally got a set of KEVA planks a year ago for our son. This year, we added on with this set because he has started building larger-scale things and loves these. The idea book has some good starting points too to get them going.

Tremendous fun for our 3 yr olds to watch, the 4 yr old to build himself with help, and the 13 yr old to enjoy for hours with her grandmom!

My teacher uses it for science class me and my class loved it you can use the ideal they give you in the book or make your own the bad thing is it is hard to read the book and they weigh like feathers so they fall easy but other than that it is amazing

Hours of fun for my 9 year old daughter. Such a simple product - encourages to follow the included designs as well as create her own. It is a bit pricey for such simplicity. Wish I would have come up with the product ; )

Our Grandson's face lit up when he saw what we had gotten him for his birthday. He is very smart and loves to put things together, so this Keva Contraptions was ideal for him.

My granddaughters (ages 10 and 8) had played with these while visiting a cousin. I ordered some to have at my house. The blocks are so versatile and can be used in so many different ways.

Not worth the cost required.....dissapointed.

Gave to my 12 year old son as a Christmas gift . He uses the blocks at school in his talented and gift ( tag) class and he loved receiving them for use at home . He and his friends like to create contraptions .

GREAT creative and fun toy!