Review on Master the Maze with Learning Journey Techno Gears Marble Set by Bim Cook

You know a customer gets mad when they post as many photos as I did and spent so much time writing a review. Save yourself and don't bite into it. First, a wonderful surprise awaits you when you open the box and see that there are 141 pieces to collect in this magical journey. Can't wait to take apart all 141 pieces to get it back. See the guide below for a detailed list of parts. It says there is 1 part 33. However, the instructions show that part 33 is needed TWICE. Not the biggest problem as you can easily determine that one of these steps should be labeled 34 instead of 33. Now the main disadvantage. The top blue ramp is a wrong design and they either never tried the toy or they admitted it was wrong and said fuck it - just print it on the instructions and nobody will know. It's like that scene in Eleven where James Caan knows the book is missing a few pages and says the kids won't notice. print it out If you look at the picture in the box, the guide cover and the guide steps, the longer part of the ramp goes to the left where it extends well beyond the yellow ramp. On the right it is too short for the curved pipe entrance. So you say no big deal, let's just flip it. When you do this, the blue ramp will line up perfectly with the yellow ramp and inlet. However, the V-shaped dip on the blue ramp has a longer dip on one side. This is necessary to create momentum so the ball can climb to the right side of the V and out of the gap to continue its journey. If you flip it, the longer ramp is now on the right side, preventing the ball from going up and out. He gets stuck. The solution is to loosen part of the frame and brackets to make the blue ramp drop more. but it only works 2/3 of the time. After this point the ball actually moves as intended most of the time until you reach the bottom orange/yellow ramp. It often gets stuck here because the ramp has to be tilted more to the left. As with the last adjustment, you'll have to push and fidget the pieces to try and make them more skewed. You'll need to set this up on a hard, flat surface for it to even remotely work. However, turning the gears with the crank transfers a lot of motion and energy to the frame of this toy, and it's not a solid or cohesive construction. Every time you run it, things falter a little. If you love hurting your toe or finding hair in your food, this toy is for you. For everyone else, run while you can.