Fischertechnik Mechanic + Static 2 Building Kit (500 Piece)

My grandnieces love it. Glad to see some people building bridges!

Great kit for understanding the mechanical principle of many machines such as gears, manual transmission, crane, kitchen appliance etc. Fun to build.

Kids love it

Has a lot of little parts. My 7 year old loves this, but requires some help navigating all the pieces. It will grow with him.

The product itself is fine. Actually quite good. But here is my experience with Fischertechnik in general.I had horrible experience with this German company. I wanted to start a class so I bought plenty of their products across the lines. Now, at Profi levels, more and more the models depend on the controller for them all to offer the best educational values. Day One the boxes arrived and the Controller broke. I reached out to both the seller and the company in Germany. They all pretended to provide technical support while all that meant was, "hey, there cannot be any problem. It should be working now". That's bad customer service.Another thing is that almost all of their products related to electronics do not have manuals for such equipment. You buy even a can opener and you get some instructions on how to use it property. If there is anything that is "okay" with Fischertechnik then it is the Building Instruction manual. It's okay, but it's all elementary. Comparing to other STEM educational packages ( I will not name names here), the "soft value" of post-purchase services from Fischertechnik is way too inferior. I will not come back to this company.