🎁 Discover the Perfect ROBOTIME Treasure: Mechanical Engineering Birthday Delight! Review

Tl;dr great concept, not great execution I bought this for my niece's birthday. Have bought similar items before and built them with no problems (High Stakes Legos!) but this one. There are almost no spare bits. The pieces that you think will come together first are put together last and in a more delicate position. Parts that flex to fit outwards will instead break at the first attempt to adjust them to fit better. I get user error on some but it's supposed to be a birthday present for a kid…

the quality is not quite perfect but my son liked it despite the difficulty in understanding the instructions. Once together, it didn't work quite right; The key gear was deformed so we stuck it between two blocks of wood for 2 days and it helped. Although I would have preferred to work without this step, it was a good exercise in critical thinking and problem solving for my 14 year old. Not to mention he's collected about 6 of these things from different manufacturers and they always need some

Really enjoyed building. All parts came out easily and everything was labeled very well. The instructions were nothing but pictures so it was easy to follow. I love that the build didn't require any tools other than those you have to build yourself (which the instructions say you should assemble when you need it). My only complaint is that the watch didn't work when I first assembled it, but after sanding (sandpaper included) a bit of the escapement started working and keeps time perfectly. If…

Very fun set. It is well made and precise with laser cutting. I painted a few parts so it took a little longer but I like the end result. I found the illustrated instructions quite good. It took me a few pages to realize that the "T" pieces are just tools to help find the axle spacers. Some of the steps require careful attention to the orientation of the part, but otherwise are fairly simple. When I applied the stain and let it dry in the hot sun, it deformed some parts that I had to use heat…

Very nice and quality item. Above all, you need patience and attention to detail. It takes over five hours to assemble as the instructions are just illustrations and very little else so you should be able to understand some important details from the pictures. The good thing is that you get a few extra parts in case you break one or two. When you build divider blocks, they don't tell you what you're doing, but after the first one or two, you get the hang of it. They also only give you a 2" x 2"

This is a good option. I collect them and even sell the ones that are much larger than these. You just have to be careful when drawing pieces, especially A-6. If it breaks, don't panic because it's one of two extra pieces. If the other 148 break I can't find a way to order additional parts from the UK. I've also used Froglube, a form of wax instead of their wax (which is awful). This turns these wooden gears. Once assembled, please pay attention to the combination knob that turns like an old…

My 13 year old son and I built this and the assembly went great it took 4-5 hours of communication between father and son over 2 days. This is a truly amazing design and the level of detail is incredible. It looks like most of the issues have been covered in other reviews that were helpful to us, so I'll just cover one. We had the same problem as others: when we finished the watch, it was only running for about 15 seconds. I had a feeling it was something to do with the wax and it turned out I…