Last week at Sweet Suite I met a bunch of great people and saw some amazing toys. This week a giant mystery box full of toys arrived and today the kids unboxed it all. Such an incredible box full of toys. It was very cool to open it up. The kids cannot wait to open each individual toy and play with them, too. Some of the toys that the kids were most excited about were I am Elemental, Ben 10 and we even played Blurble as a family. I am looking forward to making a Blurble review video.
I’ve had this toy for a while and had been waiting for a day where I could assemble it on my own without interruption from the kids. Eva could build it but Andrew isn’t old enough to do it yet. So without them around I could build quickly without one of the kids waiting to play with it. My build took a little over a half hour. I like the way that the K’NEX pieces fit together, they are nice and sturdy. I was unsure as to how this blaster would feel in my hands but it had a good feel. The pre-load ring was in a strange place in my opinions. I would have liked to have it all the way in the back for quicker loading and shooting. It felt a little awkward to load the darts.
Despite the pre-loading issue the blaster could shoot pretty far. the mechanism for shooting is self contained and you can pop that into many different configurations. There are 3 alternative builds which can be found at www.knex.com/instructions and enter the code 47011. The fourth is to create a target. I like the target because when you hit it it will swing back and forth. That way you know that you really hit it.
The more I play with the K’NEX pieces the more I enjoy them, there are some fun projects that you can do with them and when I have a moment to spend with Eva we will build something together. For now, check me out solo building the K-25X Rotoshot Blaster.
Here is the official description of the blaster.
Build a customizable blaster with rotating, 5-shot action! The new RotoChamber allows you to fire up to 5 darts without reloading. Each dart fires up to 75 feet. Set includes K’NEX rods and connectors plus special parts to create different blasters: 1 RotoChamber plus 1 quick fit grip and 1 pre-load ring in cool see-through blue! Build and rebuild by downloading instructions for 4 additional blasters and targets. Most models can be built one at a time. Compatible with the entire K-FORCE Build and Blast™ line. Ages 8+.
