Gears Gears Gears Beginners Building Set
Gears Gears Gears Beginners Building Set
“Mom! I made a crawling caterpillar! … A rolling racecar! … A … thing!” With a whopping 95 pieces, Gears! Gears! Gears! Basic Building Set is a fantastic first construction toy for young builders. Bright, sturdy, uniformly sized plastic gears slip smoothly onto pegs on the square bases, which are easily linked together in any number of ways. Pillars and extenders expand the dimensional possibilities sideways, up, and out. Your 3-year-old will be an instant success at inventing any number of masterpieces with moving, working parts. Gears! Gears! Gears! holds plenty of intrigue for older siblings as well. An activity guide with instructions in English, Spanish, French, and German is included. And, as your little inventor grows, the basic set is perfectly compatible with other Gears! Gears! Gears! sets, including Wacky Factory and the Pulleys Plus accessory set. –Julie Ubben
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars i dont understand where the 3 yr old comes into play?
I bought this specifically for my home daycare, thinking it would be a big hit with my 4 and 5 yr olds, especially.. but it definetly wasnt,they cannot play with this toy by themselves at all.. which is fine, i will sit and play with them with it, and I do, but at 5, you should be able to play with this, and alot of the pieces you have to shove onto the other gears. i think its definetly for older kids, maybe 6-9?
1 Star green base is impossible to snap together
I do not like this toy. I have 2 boys ages 2 and 5. Neither one of them enjoys this toy. Many of the pieces are really hard to snap together. The green base is almost impossible to snap together and took all of my adult strength to do. How on earth could you expect a kid to do this? I know this toy has good reviews but I must disagree. For a better gear toy I prefer gearation by Tomy.
5 Stars Good Starter
This is a great basic set that makes a lot of flat patterns. My three year old really enjoys it. The set comes with eight bases that can be configured to flat squares, zig zags or pyramids. My kid mostly likes to attach the gears to the base and turn the little handle to make them all go. The super dimensional creations can’t really be made with the basic set. There is a booklet in the box which shows a few different configurations, but you’ll have to help your little one a few times. All in all, this toy is really easy to use and entertaining. Once all the gears are put together they can make a lot of noise! My three year old likes to make a space lab with it and incorporates other toys around it. I’m not sure if the interest for the toy will be around forever, but it does occupy little hands and minds for a while. It is also very durable and colorful.
3 Stars Great for teaching kids mechanics concepts, and unique play
I purchased this for my 4 year old son and he doesn’t really like it. He used the attaching pieces to make things like he would with blocks; the gears just lay on the floor. I personally think it is a great toy to teach kids mechanical concepts. I did myself have trouble figuring out how to place attaching pieces in multiple formats, so it is a good idea to guide your child with this toy so that they can see how creative they can get with this. Maybe my son will get into it later, I think it’s worth hanging on to.
4 Stars Gears are great!
These gears are great – they allow my kids to be creative and to build both with the platforms and without. They have made lots of cool inventive vehicles using these gears as wheels. THey also love making towers. The gears seem indestructible and the pieces are all large enough not to get lost.
