Customers are delighted by the JUNKBOTS Dumpster for its fun and educational value. Many customers mentioned how much fun it is to play with and how it makes a great gift. Parents also appreciated the educational aspect of assembling the toy with their children. However, some customers did express concerns about the small parts and the difficulty in assembling the toy.
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Cons mentioned:
Durability, Fit
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Great Idea. Terrible Execution.
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The idea behind these is a fun one. Robots made out of random bits and pieces of garbage that are totally modular with each other. You can be happy with a single set, or buy multiples to make bigger robots.
The fact that they're all blind boxes isn't even as big of a drawback as other lines, due to being able to just remix any duplicates you have into a different robot.
Add to the fact that the dumpster packaging, "chain and padlock" keeping it closed, plastic "trash bags" the parts are sealed in, and the cardboard boxes make for great accessories for the robots themselves, or for any of your other toys or displays.
Unfortunately, the overall quality of the actual product totally kills the potential.
Some parts fit into each other just fine, while others are very loose and will fall apart easily during play. Worse are the parts that are too tight, and either won't go in at all, or break off when you try to remove them.
One of the limb parts cracked the body of a robot down the molding steam when we first tried to pop it into the port.
We've had two other part's ball pegs snap off into the foot parts we tryed to put them in.
These sets will also come with either a mini light module, that lets you light up your robots by way of clear plastic bendy pipes; or a motor module, that causes certain parts of each robot to either open and close, wiggle, spin, or roll around.
The motor could make one robot roll around on wheels just fine. However, when the motor was attached to a body with a spinning feature, the part that was attacked to it along with a propeller must have been too heavy for the motor, and it seized up and broke.
All of these problems make actually playing with they toy very annoying and cumbersome for anyone teenage to adult, and near impossible to enjoy buy younger children.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Fun
Cons mentioned:
Assembly difficulty, Instructions
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Not for kids
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
There were almost no instructions and the pieces were hard to put together. I think they forgot the one next to the 3+, there is no way anybody under 13 can build these. But they were cool and fun otherwise.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Small parts
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Neat little chest of parts
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Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Fun toy for the kid. Lots of small parts that are easily lost and annoying to search around for.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Durability, Fit
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Junk toy
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The toy it’s self is great. But for my 4 year old. It’s a terrible toy. Too small and loses pieces easily. Great for older kids.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought it as a gift for a toy drive. Though it was a cool game either a young boy or girl would enjoy.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fun for the kids
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Perfect for the kiddo's!! They had so much fun building!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Junkbots - larger set
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought for grandchildren, but they haven't had a chance to enjoy.
But this year, they will.
Seems that the sixth grader (autistic) is going into computer class from art - the teacher taught history and style instead of allowing free creativity.
I know how creative these kids will be with the Junkbots, as they already love Legos.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Assembly difficulty
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Cool concept
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The toys come in a dumpster and it’s really a cool concept.
Putting them together is a bit hard for little hands and the material is cheap but given the price, expecting a lot is a big ask.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Fit, Instructions
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Very small pieces
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's okay toys, with very small pieces and kind of challenging instructions to follow
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Assembly difficulty, Instructions
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Neat item.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Neat packaging, and I honestly love the idea in theory but it's rather difficult to put together- I had to break out the needle nose pliers to help install some of the parts. Also, I wish the instructions showed better images of the different parts and pieces and how they attach together. The paper given shows limited views of the sides.. I've had good experiences with other Hex Bug products, which was my biggest push on this purchase.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Junk not!
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Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
These trash cans of bucket parts are awesome! My son loves him! And to be honest I do too it's hard to keep your hands off the little Trinkets and doodads and light effects that these things have so cool great way for kids to create.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Fit
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good set
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great little set for young son. Neat idea. Pieces are very small so hard to keep track of.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Fit
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Stocking stuffer
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Smaller than I expected but it makes a great stocking stuffer for little kids.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
creative junk
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
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this is a really neat idea for the child who loves to create out of everyday items replicated I enjoyed watching my grandson with his finished creation
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Many possibilities
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
My 9 year old son really likes these. They are fun to build and have many possibilities.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Whacky
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Lots of little parts but they are whacky and unusual My child loves it even better that some of the square block sets for building.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fun Toy!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
My son loved this toy. You have to find the pieces and build the toys. Then they have a battery that lights them up.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Small parts
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
bots
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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I bought this for my grandson because he wanted a suprise. It didn't have good diagrams for putting the bots toghether though. I thought that there were way too many pieces and there didn't seem to be anywhere to put most of them.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Assembly difficulty
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
You assemblr
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It was a cool toy my kids enjoyed it. Ita a bit difficult to assemble since you are going by the pictures on the instructions.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Fun
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Garbage toy
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I helped my nephew to put these together. Really fun. Not like legos which is great! Diverse toys.