Thames & Kosmos Gumball Machine Maker Lab - Super Stunts & Tricks | Build Your Own Gumball Machines with Lessons in Physics & Engineering | 12 Experiments | Includes Delicious Gumballs | Award Winner

Not worth the price, reasons follow: 1- it has edible gum-balls which are soft and gets stuck in the machine. 2- gum-balls leave color on kids hands 3- assembly is not easy instructions are not clear 4- build quality of the machine is good but major elements i.e gum-balls are edible and soft.

It’s like a marble run gone horribly wrong ! Real low quality runners and plastic

I bought this item as a gift for my niece. She put it together and loves it.

I’m extremely happy with this purchase. The quality exceeded my expectations, and everything arrived exactly as described. It was well packaged, easy to set up/use, and feels durable and thoughtfully made. I’ve been using it regularly and it performs consistently without any issues. You can tell attention was given to both design and functionality. Shipping was fast, the price was fair, and the overall experience was smooth from start to finish. I would definitely purchase from this seller again and would recommend this product to others without hesitation.

This product is absolutely garbage. The gimbals get stuck in the top turning mechanism( which comes pre assembled). If the gumball makes its way out, it’s totally deformed and the top colour has tuned into powder. If it doesn’t come out, you have to take out all the gum balls to release the one that is stuck. The domino feature does not work. This machine is not wort $60. This is a dollar store product at best. Very disappointed

Where do I start, how about with the CONS. The gumballs actually taste good, so they are going to get eaten. So … Yup, that’s the cons list. Now for the PROS, This is another great science kit from Thames & Kosmos, but this time They put the GUM in FUN! Or is that the FUN in GUM … Anyways right outta the box, you can tell that there’s a lot going on, starting with this kit from the QR code on the front that takes you to a number of explanatory videos that mirror the experiments in the box, where they take you through various experiments that teach you about the different pieces in the kit, like the Smooth track, Momentum track, inclined plane, Centripetal Force funnel, etc. To the “expert set-ups” in the manual that show you how to combine the different pieces and combinations to construct almost like a gumball “Rube Goldberg” machine. And this is where the real fun begins, combining the various parts, creating different experiments, observing the actions and reactions, making adjustments, and doing it all again is where your kids are going to have a great time and get lost in it. To be honest, your kids probably won’t even get to the expert set-ups before they are off on a tangent bouncing gumballs off the trampoline, trying to land them in the funnel, where they will circle around and head off to pendulum and then to the ... Forget about handing the kids the iPad, put this in front of them, and watch their creativity soar while they have a great time learning physics in the process.

My 8 year old loved this for Christmas! It was fun to put together but I feel like the quality could have been a little better. There have been a few times where my daughter went to get a gum ball out and some parts fell off.