MUKIKIM NASA Future Explorers - Perseverance Mars Rover. Build & Learn STEM Education & Interactive Space Exploration for Kids. with Powerful Motor & Movable Robotic Arm!

It's rather ironic that this Mars rover is called Perseverance because while building it, I developed more perseverance than before. Here are some thoughts about this Mars rover.Pros:- Teaches kids fine motor skills and following instructions that could be presented in a better manner.- If there was a STEM kit that teaches how to develop perseverance, this is it!- The finished product looks great and will sit in our display cabinet. It is that good looking.Cons:- The instructions could be represented better diagrammatically.Overall, for a child who is lacking patience, this will test his or her patience, but the result will be a finished Mars rover and more perseverance.

My son is really into the Space Program, and this model of the Mars Rovers is very educational. While it is not designed to be a remote controlled vehicle, it does have a control arm to show how it works, and well as independent suspension on all six wheels. It is motorized, and moves along very slowly, to demonstrate how it works on Mars.It is a very neat display piece, and is a really nice educational toy for the aspiring astronaut.

We homeschool our kids this was a cool little unique set after we built it. We watched a video on it on YouTube and it really made it hands-on.

I bought this for my 8 year old grandson who builds complicated Lego models with ease, and although the box said it was for 8 years and up this was too difficult for him. So I jumped in and got the wheel structures completed after scratching my head a few times while doing so. Once it was complete the toy was built it worked well, but is a bit on the fragile side. I don’t think it will have a long life. Also a very cool NASA sticker was included but was too large to fit on the toy?

The media could not be loaded. We recently went on a road trip to Texas and went to Space Center Houston, so we've been excited about NASA at our home. The history of the space program is really fascinating, from the first man on the moon, the survival of the astronauts in Appollo 13, and now looking forward to Mars. NASA has produced some of mankind's greatest achievements. So when they approve an educational toy, it's worth looking at.One of the things that really impressed me about this model is the booklet that came with it. It's 64 pages, and only 18 of them are the instructions to build the toy rover. There is a great informational section about NASA's vision for Mars and the technology being developed to get there. Full color pictures on glossy pages. AFTER you build it, there are some suggestions for how to use it- what terrains does it handle best? I love it!My 13-year-old son put this model together and didn't find any of the steps too confusing or anything like that. He did really struggle to put the wheels together, and asked me to do it. I did it fine, but he hurt his hands and felt that his related pain should be part of the review- expect to help your kids with that step. Tell them it's hard to do with smaller hands and volunteer to help them. His other critique was that a couple of the pieces on top aren't as secure as he would like- they can be knocked off easily. But that's a minor thing.Overall, it was fun to build, and the accompanying book is far more impressive than anything else I've seen in the models we have done as a homeschooling family. The rover looks impressive and my son is proud of it and is excited to display it and take it outside to do the experiments suggested in the book. This is an awesome "big kid" toy, I think they did well to recommend it for kids 8+. I think my 7-year-old would have struggled to put it together. I have four other children in the 10-16 age range and they each would have loved to have this set. But it was my 13-year-old's turn to get something cool to review, and putting it together is probably best as a solo activity. My kids don't like doing sets like this as a team, and ultimately I don't blame them. They do play together very well, but sometimes it's nice to get a chance to do things by yourself. But when he was done, all of the kids were interested in watching it drive, and I we'll do the experiments together and go over some of the things in the first part of the book for our homeschooling. Great job, Dr. Pablo! 5*, and well deserved.

I haven't yet had a chance to put it together with my kiddo but having done other plastic models I am satisfied with the quality of the materials and the included instructions. I feel that indepent-minded kids would be able to do this kit on their own with some hands on needed for tasks that do better with more than one person.I love that the booklet is a full magazine talking about the history of designing robots for planet exploration. There are a lot of photos and information including schematics. The instructions to put together the model are clear and included are several experiments that teach concepts such as measuring an incline with a protractor.For the best results, I would recommend buying a pair of nippers to go with the kit. This will let you get the cleanest finish and reduce any risk of accidentally breaking small pieces when removing them from the sprue.This would make a great educational gift for a space-living kid.

The media could not be loaded. This product first stood out since our family got to see Perseverance being built at JPL several years ago, so we love most things with it. My little one loves building, but he got very frustrated by the poor instructions and difficulty getting some parts together based on them. Once built, it holds together well and is fun to run. The wheels can handle some level of bumps, though the front wheels need a pretty flat surface.I think it’s overpriced for what it is, but it is nice memorabilia for us.

My fiancé felt like a little kid getting to put this NASA approved STEM Mars Perseverance Rover together. It took him about an hour and he barely followed the directions, but he is used to putting all sorts of things together, so he can figure almost anything out.He was super psyched to get this in the mail, and I was super psyched to order for him. He wants to take it outside and watch it climb over things. When he does, I will upload that footage!For just under forty dollars this is a fair price for an item like this.