PLAYVIBE 130 PCS Kids Fort Building Kit for Kids Toys – Crazy Forts Builder – Make a Fort Building Kits – Blanket Forts Kits for Kids Indoor/Outdoor

Pros: You can make an awesome fort without having to move any furniture.The provided bag is big enough so that you can put it all away without struggle.The number of different configurations is substantial.Minor Con: The connecting spheres require that one particular connecting hole be pointing up. The directions show that they are the "circled" holes. Sometimes the "circles" are obvious and sometimes they are not. HOWEVER - you can get around this by using a Sharpie on each of the "circled" holes. Out of 44 balls there were maybe 10 that required close scrutiny to determine the "circled" hole. Once you have marked them there will be no ambiguity.Tip - Sometimes you have to rotate the balls to get the proper angled holes for what you are trying to do, but it's not all that difficult. It's just something you need to be aware of as you assemble.My grandson was so thrilled with our first fort that he didn't want to go to school!

The idea of them is great. Unfortunately, these are flimsy and just not worth it. They should have added at least a partial fill inside the sticks to keep them more rigid. They bend under the slightest pressure. They're alright if you're keeping the build small, but at that point, just grab a few dining room chairs and throw a blanket over those.

Just right for a1 to 2 year old little guy to enjoy some serious forting around.

The sticks and the balls don’t lock into each other so they don’t stay together well. It’s not bad but it’s not the best.

The holes are drilled into specific spots and it can be hard to tell where the “top” is, in order to orient the ball and poles the right directions. So what ends up happening is you just poke it wherever and then start building and you realize the ball isn’t sitting right for the angle you need so if you don’t mess around and try to fix it, your next pole will be kind of bent and it might keep popping out. But it’s not that big of a deal. It’s still a fun, cool product that I’m glad I bought. Comes with a drawstring storage bag so they pack away nicely and neatly. And it’s fun to build big human-sized forts, instead of only ever using Legos or other small blocks to build with. All of my kids (ages 5-13), and I even, really enjoy playing with them. I’m always finding random balls and poles in weird places after we think we cleaned up, haha.

Fun for kids and easy to set up. Storage bag was a nice addition. Very functional. Great gift idea for kids. Recommend getting a king size flat sheet to tent over it.

I really wanted this to work. I was excited for it to work, and to a degree it does but overall it was a major disappointment.This kit is probably fine for kids under the age of 5, or under a certain size. The kit comes with instructions as well that were not too difficult for my son to follow. He is 10. after he built the igloo, we put blankets on the structure and it collapsed. I bought two of these kits thinking we would build some grand forts. But the construction and the materials would not allow it.As the structure buckled under the light weight of the blankets you get around the holidays, (the light weight blankets you get when no one knows what to get you), I thought we could reinforce the structure with a little bit of know how. After some reengineering, the fort held but leaned to one side and did not feel sturdy. Also all of the designs are designed for smaller children and my son did not fit inside any of the predesigned forts.The way the balls are designed it can be difficult to build certain structures as the balls have a patter for building but that is not clear at all and can be frustrating for younger kids. It took me a bit to figure it out. For structures like the pyramid, it took a long time to build, was confusing to line up everything correctly, and even when you did the structure pulled apart from the center of the walls and was not sturdy.I pulled out all the stops, and tried to build something that was over engineered with all the pieces I had but at the end of the day after building several structures the connecting points (holes in the balls) were all already worn and stretched and as these pieces all press fit together, nothing would stand with any kind of weight placed on top of it.The concept is great, and I wanted this for STEM learning and a cool fort kit, but in the end, this product is not worth the money and hassle for older children that still want a fort and cool secluded place for their reading, drawing, or other fun activities. The hollow tubing and ball construction would be better if it were dowels. Like the old Tinker Toys but scaled up for fort building.

I’m not one to leave reviews but these are just not it. Got it for my 10 yr old who loves to build forts out my couch pillows.1. The “instructions” provided to build different shapes are unreadable. The pictures are small that you can’t you see what you’re supposed to do.2. The sticks bend. There’s now way to do the angles to give the structure stability without the sticks bending, bulging, or popping out of the sockets (balls).3. If you’re able to build the fort, once you add blankets, it starts to wobble, starts to lean towards one side and then completely collapses.I feel like this would be best for younger kinds who don’t want anything on top of the structure. The blankets covering the fort is what makes it a fort and with how flimsy the sticks are, it defeats the purpose of building a fort. My child would have had more fun with this when she was still a toddler when the products advertise it self for 5 or older.