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South Africa, Pretoria
1 Level
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Review on 🪵 Wood Trick Wooden Model Build: Experience the Art of Craftsmanship by Charles Barlow

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Not at all what I expected.

[PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL AGES] - Comes in attractive packaging. [SUPERIOR QUALITY] - for adults and children. [EDUCATION] - Develop patience and attention, develop fine motor skills and encourage imaginative artistic thinking. This is taken from their description. For example, I pay attention to an attractive packaging when the quality of the product is so bad. I would NEVER let a person of any age assemble this unless they knew exactly how to use sharp tools to cut toothpicks in tight spaces and small parts. Develop patience with a large number of toothpicks that you have to grind to get into the holes (not counted, but there are about 50 toothpicks in the kit). Develops fine motor skills by trying to put together pieces that need to be attached, aligned and then pushed together (anyone have an extra hand?). And creative artistic thinking comes from trying to put it together without breaking it down into misaligned pieces and pieces that just fall out. Precise cuts from around 15 parts resulted in fragments in the photograph, which ended up on the plate. I have made half a dozen of these wooden models from another manufacturer (Usomething) and fully anticipated the experience; although not ideal. Not even close.

Pros
  • Weight
Cons
  • Some Little Things