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    K’NEX Amusement Park Sets – Rides & Roller Coasters! {Review} #KNEX

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    Disclosure:  I was sent the products below to review in exchange for sharing my honest opinion.

    When my brother was younger I remember he getting a K’NEX Roller coaster set and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.  I was either in later high school or college at the time so it wasn’t really something appropriate for me to own at the time nor did I have the time to build it!  I remember being jealous of him building it and then getting to play with it, while I was stuck working and preparing for adulthood.  Well now my own kids are getting older and they are quite master builders themselves.  I of course couldn’t wait to introduce them to K’NEX Roller coaster sets, and now K’NEX not only features a roller coaster but they have a few other rides as well!

    Now I wish we would have had the time to build the roller coaster because it seriously looks amazing, but it is going to be a winter break project for my family.  We did however get the chance to build a few of the smaller amusement park sets though and they are super cool!

    K’NEX Building Set: Amusement Park Series Assortment-Space #13408, #13409, #13410 

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    Collect & build 3 space themed rides with the new Amusement Park Series assortment. Choose from the Star Shooter Coaster, Amazin’ 8 Coaster, or the Super Sonic Swirl! All three rides are motorized for exciting realistic performance. Each amusement park ride comes with over 400 parts including made in the USA rods & connectors. Collect & build them all and create your own amusement park—right in your living room! Each sold separately.  Suggested retail price is $29.99. Ages 7+. Available now on knex.com, Amazon.com, HomeDepot.com and at toy retailers nationwide.

    Building these sets were fairly easy, but an adult is definitely required for younger kids.  I know for my boys they don’t have the patience or mentality necessarily to follow each step, but then again it also makes for some great parent-bonding with kids putting this together!  Some of the pieces are small and you really have to snap to push the pieces in for some spots.  You also could screw up the whole final creation if you mess up a step early on, so it is especially important to be diligent with the steps.  We actually missed a step early on and had to take some pieces apart to get it in.  Oh and the sets do require batteries because they actually do move!  Once together together I feel like it was held together tightly and not going anywhere.  The instructions are all visual, no words just pictures to show each step.  The sets worked like they should and it was not only fun to build them but then to enjoy the action of the ride afterwards!  My boys are literally amazed watching their creations go!  These sets are great whether you just have one or you have them all.  My boys can’t wait to have a whole K’NEX theme park going on in the corner of our basement!  They are uber-excited to open up the Thunderbolt Striker Roller Coaster set!

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    Thunderbolt Strike Roller Coaster Building Set

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    Build a shocking K’NEX coaster classic just like you remember!! You can build with over 850 all-classic K’NEX parts & pieces including rods, connectors and original tube style track to create this motorized storm that sends the coaster cars and 2 K’NEXmen figures hurtling through over 17 feet of heart-pounding excitement! All K’NEX rods and connectors are made in the USA! Ages 9+

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    This set is 893 pieces which is double the smaller sets and I want to make sure we have the time and room to work on it, especially because once its together I know my boys are not going to want to take it apart!  It is also for ages 9 and up, which is above my boys right now – so definitely my husband or I will be needed for assembly.  My boys have been excited for this ever since we headed to Cedar Point Amusement Park over the summer and saw the giant K’NEX creation they have there on display that kids had built, its amazing how huge it is and how it all works!

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    32. Veronica says

      My children are into building things now a days, weve never tried any knex but im sure they would love to try out and start building.

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    33. Betty says

      my daughter loves roller coasters! We had season passes at Great Adventure and she was thrilled with Batman coaster – me? I had my eyes closed

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    35. abedabun dawn says

      What is my child’s favorite ride at an amusement park! We do not have an amusement park near us so we have never been to one. But I will just say those little merry-go-rounds that you find outside stores.

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    46. mary renshaw says

      I have 3 kids and they all like something different. My oldest LOVES roller coaster and thrill rides. My middles isnt a fan of rides and my youngest likes mellow rides.

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    51. Jodie Rosenblum says

      My daughter is still little, but her favorite rides for now are monorails so she can see the whole park.

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    60. Anastasia says

      I’d have to say the haunted house ride 🙂 rolling on the slow moving car through the creepy rooms is always fun 🙂

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    61. Monica Kirkham says

      My kids are just like mom and dad… they love anything stand up or sit down, loops, twists, turns and breathtaking thrills!!!

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    78. Angela T. says

      My son is still very young he is only 4 but he loves the “teacup” ride for toddlers at the bi-yearly fair we have here in town, I would love to help him play with this set (supervised of course!)

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    104. Tammy Hayden says

      She’s only 6, still scared of roller coasters, but loves the Carousel and the Bear ride that you sit in and it spins around (not sure what its called)

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    115. Melissa W says

      My kids aren’t that into roller coaster rides yet, we still pretty much stick with the little kid ones…My daughter this year did ride the corkscrew and seemed to like it!

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    130. AndreaH says

      She hasn’t been to any amusement parks but she does love watching the roller coaster rides on tv. I don’t think she is old enough to actually get on one at the time though.

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    132. Jan Hall says

      The ferris wheel and roller coaster. The grandkids live in Spokane Washington where they have a working carousel that is over 100 years old.

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    153. Victoria Carlson says

      My nephew’s favorite ride is the ferris wheel! He loves being able to see everyone and everything from way up high!

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    155. Rose Reeder says

      I think it looks very interesting. 5 guys in our family would probably want to try first. We love taking our grandkids to the carousel in a park near us

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    157. Jessica Flynn says

      I remember my brothers growing up with these… and now my son is just the perfect age and I just cant to spoil him w a world of creativity!

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    161. Jim Weaver says

      None of my Grandkids have been to an amusement park yet. We have taken them on the Ferris Wheel at the County Fair and that didn’t go well. However, they loved the Merry Go Round.

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    162. Claire Rheinheimer says

      My son is only 2 1/2, so thus for his favorite is the Merry Go Round. He wanted to ride the train ride last summer but he wasn’t tall enough. Next year he can.

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    171. harolde says

      We don’t go often, but when we do get a chance to go my granddaughter’s favorite rides have been the roller coasters!

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    213. Lita Necaise says

      My grandsons favorite ride is anything that remotely resembles a train. He is too young for roller coasters but something tells me they will become his favorite ride because he loves building sky high towers and ramps.

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    216. Dorothy Teel says

      When we went to Disneyland this summer my granddaughters were gung ho over the roller coasters, loved Thunder Mountain, and they even rode Space Mountain, of course grandmom sat and watched for them to ride and took pictures.. LOL, I have long since outgrown roller coasters.

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    232. Christina says

      My son loves roller coasters, My daughter isn’t a big fan of the rides… so I guess the carousel is usually her favorite lol.

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    243. Kathleen Downes says

      My son is still too young for roller coasters but last year on his birthday he rode a flying helicopter ride at Six Flags and loved it.

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    244. Sandra VanHoey says

      My grandson went on a couple smaller roller coaster rides this past summer and he loved them so I think this is his favorite

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