Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Movin' Monkeys Building Play Set, 103 Pieces

Brand:Learning Resources

3.6/5

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108.49

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Get your little engineer's creativity flowing and send these monkeys swinging through a jungle of gears. This jungle-themed construction set features palm-tree tops, gears, crank, connectors, base plates and monkey figurines—103 pieces total. Kids can use the easy-to-follow building instructions or create their own gears jungle. AMAZON.COM A variation of the award-winning Gears! Gears! Gears! construction set, Movin Monkeys adds a jungle theme to the building fun. Kids can follow the instructions and turn this set into the scene pictured on the box or can use their imaginations to create their own jungle setup. Monkeys hang from their hands or tail on the palm trees, vine, or each other and can even move down the length of a spiral building piece when the gears turn. Newcomers to these gear-shaped blocks may need to refer to instructions the first time they play with this toyespecially for details on how the palm trees fit together. The manufacturers targeted beginning age is four years old, but we recommend starting at six after observing younger children having difficulty constructing the palm trees and inadvertently knocking them over. The 103 pieces include the building platform, gears, cranks, palm tree components, vines, and monkeys. --Cristina Vaamonde FROM THE MANUFACTURER There's nothing like monk eying around to get creativity flowing! In this jungle-themed set, monkeys fly through the palm trees by their tails, then spin, twist and turn. Colorful set features plastic gears, crank, connectors and base plates for endless building possibilities. Kids develop their own gears jungle or use the easy-to-follow instructions. Includes 103 pieces. Ages 4 to 7 See more

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Super Sensory Skills: Sensory fidget toys and activities not only encourage children to explore and investigate, they also help develop motor skills and even build nerve connections in the brain. Ideal for ages 3+. 136-piece set features colorful plastic gears all uniform in size, connectors, crank, base plates, and monkeys. Early STEM-supporting skills necessary to prepare children for future success. Teach engineering and spatial concepts and let the creativity flow by building a monkey playland. In this jungle-themed set, monkeys fly through the palm trees by their tails, then spin, twist and turn.

Country of Origin	Korea, Republic of
Customer Reviews	4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 427 ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer	No
Item model number	LER9119
Item Weight	2.2 pounds
Manufacturer	Learning Resources
Manufacturer recommended age	4 - 10 years
Product Dimensions	14.5 x 11 x 4.2 inches
Release date	December 1, 2005

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Scritto da: Marge

Looks cute

This was a gift for Christmas for an unknown child. Hope he liked it.

Scritto da: Awesomesauce Mom

3yo asks to play with this daily

Our 3yo asks to play with this set every day. Even though he can't build the complicated structure pictured on the box, he can build his own less-complicated structures. When Daddy plays with him and puts the entire set together, they have a lot of fun watching the monkeys swing around. Our 2yo grandson was equally enthralled, even though he couldn't put any of the pieces together yet. He still liked the brightly colored pieces and carried them around the house. I love that there are several sets that can be used together. This is an engaging toy that can be put together many ways and since we gave it to him 2 months ago, this has been our son's favorite playset.

Scritto da: M. Weeks

Complicated but fun

I love this toy! That being said, it is a bit complicated to put together if you want to follow the directions. The directions, by the way, are a bit difficult to see at times (colors are a little hard to distinguish). In addition, there were some discrepancies I had to address at the end right before completing the design. I have a five-year-old girl, and I had to set most of it up myself. She will play with parts, but the overall large design was way beyond her. She doesn't care, though, and she has fun with it whether it's in the full form or not. As for me, a former teacher, I am thrilled with the potential educational lessons that this toy could teach. It's good for colors with young children, for one thing. And then, with direction, a child could really practice the basics of physics, as it shows them the whole concept of a gear, not to mention movement caused when they function together. I don't think, however, this is educational without adult direction of some kind. That is not to say that it can't be fun, as my daughter likes it just for the monkeys alone!

Scritto da: MGran

Highly recommend this toy to any preschool age children! My son loves it!

My son has the original set, so I decided to get him this one in addition. This is a nice sized set and does all the features of the original, plus has the monkey elements, trees, and several other unique features. I did put it together (only 1 x) according to instructions and it was pretty impressive, one single movement makes the entire jungle move. However, my son quickly took it apart and we now pretty much use it like the original. He creases cars and towers using connector pieces and loves placing the wheels not eh board (he is 3). I also like that the set can be used with the other Gears sets. So while some of the comments mentioned that is difficult to put together using the instructions, I have to say I disagree. Yes a 3 year old may not do it himself, but this set still allows for creativity and using it in other ways than just according to the instructional model.

Scritto da: Stephen Fox

Just not that fun

I bought a bucket of gears for my kids. They'll play with it, but it's not as interesting as something like legos or any other building toy out there. There just isn't a whole lot of options. I got these thinking it would extend the play value of the large bucket, but these are hard to put together and not nearly as interesting as it seemed they might be. It feels more like what a play set might be than like an open ended creative building toy. So fun, if you want to play with the monkeys on a tree stand, but not great for kids to be creatively building new things with in my experience. For reference I got this for my daughter's 3rd birthday and have a 4 and 6 year old too and we all found them difficult to get together and a bit clunky to work. My kids are all really into building and I think I would've been better off with duplos or any number of more flexible building toys. They gears just seem like they'd be fun so I thought I'd try them again. I'll pass next time.

Scritto da: S.A.

Nice toy but not sure if I'd recommend it.

I bought this so my 4 year old son could sit and tinker with it. I really like the gears - they are well made and work awesomely with the cranks. The quality is great. The finished product here is also pretty cool to watch. But it requires a lot of parental assistance. The instructions are not like step by step LEGO instructions, they are very small for a child to follow properly. Unfortunately, the loop gear did not work at the end so we lost the full effect. Also, with our set, the cranking wasn't smooth. Some treetops fell apart because the pegs were not locking into the small pillar pieces. After we were done, I was wondering what my son could do with this set on his own. The monkeys and vines are great but I'm not sure if he'll be able to replicate the effect. It's a nice toy but not sure if I'd recommend it.

Scritto da: Megan LeBlanc

Definitely recommend!

We love gears & these are a fun, challenging way to entertain our kids. The monkeys & trees are so cute! They also connect with other gear sets so that’s a huge plus!

Scritto da: jmwz23

Many Tree Pieces

The toy is about what I'd expected except for one thing: The trees/towers are made of many little pieces that are difficult for kids to put together. In fact they were difficult for adults to do. I'd suggest putting them together once and leaving them that way when packed up. Also, when I read how many pieces there were in different sets I didn't consider the fact that half the pieces in this set were tower structure as compared to base platforms, gears, and monkeys.

Scritto da: Jack

My nephew loved it!

This is fun, educational toy. Not to mentioned, it brings out creativity.

Scritto da: M C Thomas

Good fun

Great quality, good fun. Does take a while to assemble and will need adult help for young kids. Drawback for me was that I would have liked several designs to follow of varying sizes. The educational aspect of gears is great.

Scritto da: Amazon Customer

Let's Kids be Creative

My grandson loves this. So many options for either building the prescribed designs or designing a creative structure as well. I've purchased a 2nd set for one of my other grandsons.

Scritto da: Np

Great fun

This is a really good quality product. Strong plastic and really nice and vibrant colours. My nephew really enjoys building it

Scritto da: green for earth

Kids seem to enjoy this

I was little disappointed . Not sure what I expected. It does as its supposed to do but I thought it was expensive for what it is. A smaller version I think would fit the bill just as well.