Review on Crazy Forts Purple: Build Limitless Imagination with 69 Pieces by Rey Hossain

I almost bought this toy because of all the bad reviews on here, but I decided to take a chance - and I'm so glad I did! This is one of the coolest toys I've ever bought for my kids and I have absolutely no idea what other people are complaining about. Reviews refer to a previous version of the product. If so, it's a pity they affect the current version, which is excellent. We didn't have any stability problems. As others have pointed out, you must follow the instructions as there is a specific direction the balls should be pointing. The arrows go up and then the rods connect to the holes or to the side depending on the letters there - some D holes, some E etc. To make a square just connect the rods to all the D holes and you have a square - F corners and G and so on. It might sound complicated, but once you've built a few structures it all becomes intuitive and you won't even need the instructions anymore, although it's a good idea to keep them handy so you can refer to them when you have them. I haven't built the structure yet. certain structure after some time. As for the structures: With 1 crate you can build a house with a sloping roof and an entrance, a classic dome-shaped igloo with an entrance, a winding tunnel, a tall rocket ship and a castle with three towers (if you didn't have it covered). everything with sheet metal, the castle could also be a fortified city gate or something like that). You can build more, but these are listed in the instructions. They are all completely different and so much fun to play. I'm 5ft 6" and if I crawl through porches on my stomach I can fit in a house and igloo and sit comfortably no problem and my 1 and 3 year olds fit in with me - lots of room! Once we even put both my children, myself and my husband, in a needle. I'm not sure why people say you need 4 boxes to make a structure - that's definitely not our experience. Apart from that I really want to buy another set or maybe even two extra sets so we can create epic multiroom structures because building with this set is so much fun! Abuse. I've found that there's no need to attach posts that lie directly on the ground - if you're not using them when building, the structure is still strong, but then you don't have to be constantly crawling around on little posts, which is nice. especially in the tunnel. It also reduces wear and tear on your poles, although we haven't had any issues with wear here either. The sticks are flexible enough not to break. I'm not sure what the orbs are made of, but they are virtually indestructible. We also had no problem with the rods falling out of the balls during assembly - if you put them in the right holes and twist well when inserting, they'll stay in place even when your 16 month old has an irrepressible urge for hers grabbing the freshly assembled house and crashing into the sofa with all his might. Conclusion: Buy. Negative reviews here must refer to an older version of this product and are no longer relevant. You can create a range of completely different structures either from instructions or your own creation, and you can build stand-alone forts or integrate them into a larger table or sofa-based fort, all with just one box. The assembly is not difficult at all once you understand which way you want the balls to face. The quality of the materials is high. Five stars! EDIT 12/10/14: 1 year later and we still play and enjoy this toy often. It still looks new (we eventually threw the box away and started storing it in a rubber container because the box warped and didn't hold up tight, but we used the original storage box for almost a year). I bought another box. for Christmas - so I've yet to see what we can build with 2 boxes, but I'm VERY excited! I love building with this thing. My 2 and 4 year olds are not yet able to assemble complete structures on their own but I don't mind helping them as I love building things. Lately we've been tweaking our individual structures (like a house or an igloo) by draping sheets over the main structure and then attaching the sheets to various things in a room outside of the main structure, making the whole room a fortress and The main structure is one of the rooms in the fortress. It was fun and worked well for us and if you only want to buy 1 box I assure you it's worth the money and you'll get lots out of it. That being said, I'm still really looking forward to Christmas so we can open our second crate and start building even bigger structures. ;-) EDIT 12/3/17: Ha! I just came onto this site to buy my fourth box for Christmas this year and forgot I ever wrote a review about it which I see people are still reading! Well, FOUR years later, my rating hasn't exactly changed. Interestingly, our third set consisted of orange bars meant to flex, and I didn't really like them. They don't bend well - I always feel like I squeeze them and they're about to break - and don't stay in the balls like normal ones. (We still use them and they're fine, but if you're trying to decide between these and the flexible ones, make sure you grab these.) The three sets were sooooo much fun. But now we have three kids (7, 5 and 1.5 years old) and are clearly addicted to Crazy Fort. And here I am. Incredibly happy to give my money to this company for the 4th year in a row. ;-)