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Quercetti Kaleido Gears - 55 Piece Building Set with 3 Different Sized Gears, Medium
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Brand | Quercetti |
Age Range (Description) | 3+ years old |
Color | Multicolor |
Theme | Cartoon |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 13.39 x 2.76 x 11.42 inches |
About this item
- CAPTIVATING DESIGNS: Even young children will delight in figuring out how to put the pieces together and attach the gears creatively and independently. The 6 largest gears have stickers that make captivating designs as they spin. The square base pieces interlock easily to form flat or 3D structures. You can even make a gear box!
- CRANK UP THE FUN: Create your base, then insert axles and connect gears so that they rotate at the same time. Finally, turn the crank to start a spectacular chain reaction and watch the beautiful visual effects. Kaleido Gears construction set provides hours of fun while introducing children to basic principles of mechanics.
- LEARN AT PLAY: This simple yet highly educational toy is great to encourage your child’s creative skills, hand-eye coordination, and develop fine motor skills and hand dexterity. Start your child’s artistic development early with the Quercetti Kaleido Gears.
- INTELLIGENT TOYS: Quercetti toys are designed for children ages 3 to 12 to encourage reasoning, stimulate creativity and hone physical skills. Quercetti toys span a wide range of categories and stages, from early skill builders to craft activities, pure educational products to advanced construction sets.
- PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS: Package contains (1) Quercetti Kaleido Gears. Includes 6 large gears, 6 stickers, 1 crank, 22 white axles, 6 small gears, 4 middle gears and 16 interlocking plates. Largest Gear is 4.5" in diameter. Recommended for children aged 3-7.
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Brand | Quercetti |
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Age Range (Description) | 3+ years old |
Color | Multicolor |
Theme | Cartoon |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 13.39 x 2.76 x 11.42 inches |
Material | Plastic |
Included Components | 22 x White Axels, 1 x Crank, 16 x Interlocking Plates, 6 x Small Gears, 6 x Large Gears, 6 x Stickers, 4 x Middle Gears |
Item Weight | 0.58 Kilograms |
Size | Medium |
Number of Pieces | 55 |
Style | Box |
Model Name | Georello Kaleido Gears |
Product Dimensions | 13.39 x 2.76 x 11.42 inches |
Item Weight | 1.28 pounds |
Country of Origin | Italy |
ASIN | B00000J048 |
Item model number | 2341 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 36 months - 8 years |
Best Sellers Rank | #140,145 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #34 in Toy Interlocking Gear Sets |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | Yes |
Release date | January 1, 2019 |
Department | Building Toys |
Manufacturer | Quercetti |
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Even young children will delight in figuring out how to put the pieces together and attach the gears creatively and independently. The 6 largest gears have stickers that make captivating designs as they spin. The square base pieces interlock easily to form flat or 3D structures. You can even make a gear box! Create your base, then insert axles and connect gears so that they rotate at the same time. Finally, turn the crank to start a spectacular chain reaction and watch the beautiful visual effects. Kaleido Gears construction set provides hours of fun while introducing children to basic principles of mechanics. This simple yet highly educational toy is great to encourage your child’s creative skills, hand-eye coordination, and develop fine motor skills and hand dexterity. Start your child’s artistic development early with the Quercetti Kaleido Gears. Quercetti toys are designed for children ages 3 to 12 to encourage reasoning, stimulate creativity and hone physical skills. Quercetti toys span a wide range of categories and stages, from early skill builders to craft activities, pure educational products to advanced construction sets. Package contains (1) Quercetti Kaleido Gears. Includes 6 large gears, 6 stickers, 1 crank, 22 white axles, 6 small gears, 4 middle gears and 16 interlocking plates. Largest Gear is 4.5" in diameter. Recommended for children aged 3-7.
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With 60 years of experience creating educational toys, Quercetti has contributed to generations of children engaging in beneficial play that encourages creativity and stimulates intuitive reasoning. Kaleido Gears construction set provides hours of great fun while introducing children to some basic principles of mechanics. Try all possible combinations to make a base with the interlocking plates, and then insert axles and connect gears so that they rotate at the same time. Finally, turn the crank to start a spectacular chain reaction and watch the beautiful visual effects. Each gear is decorated with a different design that stimulates colour perception and creativity. Kaleido Gears is made of durable and washable plastic that is both safe and unbreakable. For ages 3 years and up. Contents: - 16 interlocking plates - 6 large gears - 4 middle gears - 6 small gears - 22 white axles - 1 crank - 6 stickers
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Customers like the fun, entertaining, and educational aspects of the art craft kit. They mention that it's great for developing creative skills, and perfect for an inquisitive mind. Customers also appreciate the colorful gears of different sizes. They also like the gift, and gears. However, some customers are mixed on quality, ease of assembly, and size.
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Customers like the fun of the art craft kit. For example, they say it's very entertaining, cool, and mesmerizing. Some say the pegs are breaking already. Overall, customers are satisfied with the quality and quantity of the kit.
"...He can get easily bored with toys, but this keeps him entertained and learning longer than a lot of toys he has, especially if I remind him he can..." Read more
"...It is fairly trippy to watch. My kids don't play with it as much as I thought they would, but that's not really the fault of the toy...." Read more
"...You can build it different ways and that was great! They are fun to watch spin! The grandkids loved them! Even the big kids enjoyed playing with them!" Read more
"...Very durable, easy to setup, and continued to entertain him daily...." Read more
Customers find the difficulty level of the art craft kit great for developing creative skill, promoting experimentation, and creativity. They also say it's perfect for an inquisitive mind and a learning tool for children of all ages. Customers also mention that the gears are versatile and promote extended exploration and play.
"...The great thing is, the kids are learning good basic physics, without even realizing it -- toothed-gear motion; ratios; mechanical advantage, etc...." Read more
"Good concept, difficult design. I bought these for my three year old. Maybe he's a bit young but he was definitely interested...." Read more
"...So this toy is perfect for his inquisitive mind. Very durable, easy to setup, and continued to entertain him daily...." Read more
"...I think its a good lesson in patience and trying not to get frustrated when something doesn't work the first time...." Read more
Customers find the color of the art craft kit very colorful, attractive to the child's eye, and great for learning colors and developing gross and fine motor skills. They also say the gears are of different sizes and colors rotating around in different directions. Customers also say it's fun arranging colorful gears as an introduction to mechanical things for 4-6 year olds. They say the stickers have cool patterns that make interesting effects when the gear is assembled.
"...The gears are colorful. Some have stickers, some don't. The stickers have cool patterns that make interesting effects when the gears are rotating...." Read more
"...The parts are big and colorful, and easily assembled by small fingers, with an occasional bit of adult help at first...." Read more
"...It was very colorful which caught his attention immediately. It was easy to put together...." Read more
"Colorful gears of different sizes and colors rotating around in different directions, being able to move them around to create custom patterns,..." Read more
Customers find the toy great for all ages, with sturdy parts and challenging yet easy and adaptable. They say it's a fantastic kids gift that appeals to all age groups, keeps kids busy, and teaches mechanical relationships to young kids.
"I've had this gear set for almost 2 years and it is a great developmental toy, however, there are two main issues I have with it...." Read more
"Fantastic kids gift! The pieces are made well and the optical illusions on the larger gears really mesmerize the kids...." Read more
"...It's great fun and teaches mechanical relationships to young kids. It's well engineered and made! I highly recommend it." Read more
"This set is perfect for the kid who is into the mechanics of things. this one has different size gears and has the ability to create your own grid...." Read more
Customers like the gears in the art craft kit. They say they are fascinated by their movement, and will play with it for hours. They also say the gear is carefully molded and the gear spins freely on their "hubs" so they work. Customers also say it's an excellent gears-type toy with beautiful pieces that work very smoothly. They like that the gear can be moved as they like and that it allows the gear to be stacked.
"...It is a good gear to base ratio, I tend to have trouble getting ever single gear on the 4x4 base, so it's not like they skimp on the gears...." Read more
"...Otherwise, the pieces seem to go together smoothly and the gears turn smoothly too...." Read more
"...It is an excellent gears-type toy with beautiful pieces that work very smoothly together...." Read more
"...The colors and designs are great but the gears don't always turn smoothly and the base is tough to put together." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the art craft kit. Some mention it's well made, durable, and the gears are durable. However, others say that the back of the gear seems pretty flimsy, the gear connectors are really tough to line up into the holes of the squares, and that the base pieces do tend to slide apart from each other with some pressure.
"...The plastic parts are durable and easily cleaned. The box is fairly heavy-duty and good for storage -- like Legos, you probably don't want to step..." Read more
"I bought these for my grandkids to play with. They are sturdy and a lot of fun. You can build it different ways and that was great!..." Read more
"...too fast, or gets a little rough with them, then the base or gears begin to separate -- as is to be expected...." Read more
"...So this toy is perfect for his inquisitive mind. Very durable, easy to setup, and continued to entertain him daily...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of assembly of the art craft kit. Some mention that it's easy to put together and the box is study to keep pieces in. They also say that the insert method is pretty ingenious and a child can assemble all of the pieces himself. However, others say that it is difficult for an adult to assemble and virtually impossible for a children to enjoy alone. They mention that the pieces are a little hard to get on and that it was tricky to align the pegs up when you couldn't see under the gears.
"...Unlike other reviews, he has no difficulty putting together and taking apart that various parts of the toy...." Read more
"...It can be a tad difficult to make the gears slide in on the base pieces...." Read more
"...The parts are big and colorful, and easily assembled by small fingers, with an occasional bit of adult help at first...." Read more
"...So this toy is perfect for his inquisitive mind. Very durable, easy to setup, and continued to entertain him daily...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the art craft kit. Some mention that the pieces are of the right size, attractive, and will fit in a suitcase. They also say that the gears are different sizes and that the box is fairly heavy-duty and good for storage. However, others say that supervision is required as there are small parts.
"...The box is fairly heavy-duty and good for storage -- like Legos, you probably don't want to step on any of these gears while barefoot...." Read more
"...They more or less slide into place...." Read more
"Easy to put together and the box is study to keep pieces in (although mine had a dent in the back)...." Read more
"...Since there are a lot of pieces of different size, I find storage to be a pain...." Read more
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There are 16 white "base" pieces that fit together in an unlimited number of configurations. After the user puts all the base pieces together, you can then insert a four-pegged "axle" into the base which in turn will hold one of several different sized gears. The challenge is to lay out the gears so that the teeth of the adjacent gear(s) interlock just enough to spin freely when user turns the initial gear. The layout of the base pieces and the gears are only limited by the user's imagination.
With normal play, our son doesn't have any problems with the pieces coming apart or separating from each other as others have commented about in their reviews. When he begins to spin the gears too fast, or gets a little rough with them, then the base or gears begin to separate -- as is to be expected. Also, we've found that working on a hard surface such as a table top or hardwood floor works much better than building the game on a soft surface such as a carpeted floor or sofa cushion.
The gears are colorful. Some have stickers, some don't. The stickers have cool patterns that make interesting effects when the gears are rotating. All the pieces are made from plastic durable enough for normal play.
After I help him put all the gears together, and before he turns the crank to spin the gears, I'll ask him which direction a specific gear will turn. This makes him think about how the gears are interconnected with each other and the fact that adjacent gears rotate in opposite directions of each other. This is how I turn a fun game into an educational game. When he gets it right, we high-five.
If your kids like hands-on games and like creating things, I'm sure they'll love this toy.
The parts are big and colorful, and easily assembled by small fingers, with an occasional bit of adult help at first. The base-plates for the gears fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces, and the gears themselves can be placed pretty much anywhere on the plates, which allows for literally hundreds (perhaps thousands) of different combinations to be made. Once the gears are placed, a spin of a gear or turn of a crank, and the child's whole display -moves-, to the endless fascination of kids in this age group, and even beyond. My nephew and niece played with this for hours, which at that age, is like an eternity.
The great thing is, the kids are learning good basic physics, without even realizing it -- toothed-gear motion; ratios; mechanical advantage, etc. The plastic parts are durable and easily cleaned. The box is fairly heavy-duty and good for storage -- like Legos, you probably don't want to step on any of these gears while barefoot.
Overall, this is a great product, from a company which produces a number of innovative and entertaining quasi-science toys for young kids -- Quercetti. I used to be able to buy their products in a local toy store, but as with so many things these days, I was eventually driven to the internet, as they became harder to find locally. Be that as it may, Quercetti products, and Kaleido Gears are well worth seeking out for kids in the 3-6 year old range.
Highly recommended.
I love that everything with this toy is customizable, and that it's a bit of a challenge and yet something my three year old can figure out. He can get easily bored with toys, but this keeps him entertained and learning longer than a lot of toys he has, especially if I remind him he can take it apart and rebuild it any way he wants! It's fun for me too! And I think it's a toy that can grow with him. Today I was wondering if I could build 3d shapes with the base pieces and noticed that you can double stack the gears, so there's a lot to explore!
I could not recommend this toy enough! It is worth the *slightly* higher price to choose this ethical company that pays their workers fairly and has made quality, open-ended toys for years!