Elijah, my 5 year old discovered a box labeled Robot Parts in the basement. My husband, an electrical engineer has been collecting pieces since we were first married 11 years ago in hopes to find time to build a robot. My son was intrigued. We were not ready to search for motors and other pieces for this creation. Lucky for us, days later K’Nex offered to let us review and host a giveaway of two exciting robots that are more age appropriate.
Hands On Review of K’Nex Scooter and K’Nex Hopper Micro-Bots
The K’Nex Scooter and Hopper Micro-Bots are for ages 7 and up. My husband and I helped my 5 year old son put these micro-bots together. Besides following the directions, he was capable of putting the pieces together. This was the first time he has ever put such tiny pieces together and I wasn’t sure if he could do it or get frustrated. With direction, Elijah was able to put each micro-bot together piece by piece. It took us about 1/2 hour each to put together.
The instructions are simple to understand and includes many pictures to follow along. My husband, the EE was able to do it basically without the instructions. I, on the other hand, had to follow each direction step-by-step.
In the end, we had two very fun and completely different robots!
K'Nex Scooter Micro-Bot
K'Nex Hopper Micro-Bot
Elijah has a lot of fun with the robots he was able to make with his mommy and daddy. He takes them everywhere. Sometimes the pieces come undone after lots of play but it is easy to put back together, even he can fix it sometimes. I highly recommend the K’Nex Micro-Bots as it gives kids an outlet for creativity, teaches them to follow directions, shows cause and effect, gives them a sense of accomplishment, and they are just plain fun to build and play with!
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Scooter does just as his name says, he scoots along. He’s quite fun to watch! The K’Nex Scooter Micro-Bot comes with 123 pieces, including a motor, micro rods, and connectors. We used a tray with edges, you could use a cookie sheet to keep the pieces all together. The pieces are quite small. Be sure to have 2 AA batteries or you’ll have a disappointed kid. The micro-bot has an easy-to-get-to on/off switch.
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Hopper is loads of fun to watch he hops and jumps along. He hops best on a smooth carpet but does just fine on a hard surface. With the design and use of the green colors, he looks like a little frog. K’Nex Hopper Micro-Bot comes with 118 pieces, including a motor, micro rods, and connectors.
K’Nex Scooter and Hopper Micro-Bots Together
Of course Scooter and Hopper are fun alone, but K’Nex designed them to work together to create a Scooter/Hopper Combo Bot! This is an even bigger and more amazing micro-bot. The instructions are included in both boxes.
Watch K’Nex Scooter and K’Nex Hopper Micro-Bots in action
Running the microbots together is lots of fun and gets a little crazy. We had fun shooting this video right after we put the micro-bots together even though my little guy had a cold.
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K’Nex has very generously offered one AkronOhioMoms fan both a K’Nex Scooter Micro-Bot and K’Nex Hopper Micro-Bot. $23.98 Value
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211 thoughts on “K’Nex Scooter Micro-Bot and K’Nex Hopper Micro-Bot Review”
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I have three boys all under the age of 5 and we have not yet discovered Knex until your blog. The products look great. I think my boys would all love the Fire Rescue 10 Model Set since they all love firetrucks.
My almost 5 year old granddaughter loves to put things together. She really likes Legos and I am sure she would love these K-nex; I don’t think she has any. Grandpa would have fun ‘helping’ her.
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I like the Lava Launch Coaster
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I loved the KNEX Leonardo computer interface kit…long discontinued. So, I have to choose the LOOPIN’ LIGHTNING COASTER Product# 50025 and reasonably priced at $40.99. Thanks. -r
Amy says:
My boys have had K’nex and they rarely let their little sister play, she likes the robot type toys as much as the next (tom)boy, do they come in PINK?
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I don’t have any children of my own, but I think my nephew (who I’m entering this contest for) would really like the Zoo Buddies Building Set. I hope this is okay for an entry?
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My child would love the Speed Coaster.
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I have three boys all under the age of 5 and we have not yet discovered Knex until your blog. The products look great. I think my boys would all love the Fire Rescue 10 Model Set since they all love firetrucks.
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My nephew would love Dale Jr.’s 88 National Guard Car.
I think that the Nascar sets look like tons of fun for my boys!
A Nascar building set would make my inlaws so proud!
my son would love the speed coaster set, thanks taintedtears102@yahoo.com
My kids would like the Zoo Buddies Building Set.
We have the lincoln logs set and the girls love them. We also have a few knex pieces but not enough to do anything with.
I’d like to try the PANDA PALS BUILDING SET
My son has several K’nex sets but would love the Motorized Ball Machine! THanks for a great giveaway!
My family wants the Ferris Wheel.
My grandson has the K’Nex Speed Coaster on his wish list.
My son would love the RACETRACK BUDDIES BUILDING SET!
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My kids would love the motorized ball machine
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My sons like the Speed Coaster.
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The Wild West Frontier in Lincoln Logs would be fun.
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Adrian would love the Sports Car.
The motorized madness ball machine looks like a lot of fun. Your kid is adorable by the way, looks a bit like my brother when he was little.
Speed Coaster–fun!
PANDA PALS BUILDING SET would be a hit with my youngest son!
The Speed Coaster looks like it would be an easy favorite in our house!
The Secret of the Wampus set looks really neat. My son is just getting into K’nex and really seems to love them.
my kids already have the ferris wheel.
The grandchildren would love the Dragon’s Drop Coaster
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I like the Elmo’s Cowboy Adventure Building Set.
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My sons would love the Fire Rescue 10 Model Set.
My kids would really like the YUKON EXPRESS lincoln log set as well.
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My daughter has the Zoo Buddies K’nex set, and she loves it. Thanks!
My son would like the ZOO BUDDIES BUILDING SET.
My child would also like the Panda Pals K nex set!
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I love the Elmo Pet Vet Building Set!
My son would like the ZOO BUDDIES BUILDING SET. It is so cute and looks fun
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My son would like the Front Loader.
My son would like the Speed Coaster. Thanks!
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My daughter would like the Neighborhood Collection 123 Brownstone Building Set.
Kid Knex stood out to my kids as a product they would like to get. This is one we will remeber at Birthday time!
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Another K’Nex toy we would like is the Dinosaurs 20 Model Building Set. Thank you for the chance to win.
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I like the 123 Sesame Brownstone playset.
I think my son would like spider.
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My almost 5 year old granddaughter loves to put things together. She really likes Legos and I am sure she would love these K-nex; I don’t think she has any. Grandpa would have fun ‘helping’ her.
I like the Lava Launch Coaster
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My son would love this K’Nex set! He also owns Lego building sets that he loves.
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My two year old grandson would love the Ernie Building Set!
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We have the KNEX education kit Gears!
I loved the KNEX Leonardo computer interface kit…long discontinued. So, I have to choose the LOOPIN’ LIGHTNING COASTER Product# 50025 and reasonably priced at $40.99. Thanks. -r
My boys have had K’nex and they rarely let their little sister play, she likes the robot type toys as much as the next (tom)boy, do they come in PINK?
I’m sure they would like lava launch coaster
The Lava Launcher looks like fun!
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My son would love the Lava Launch Coaster.
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The kiddo would LOVE the Lava Launcher. Thanks for the chance.
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I also like the lava launch coaster
The Spy Plane kit looks so cool!
We have quite a few K’Nex building sets. But the latest one we purchased was the Double Dare Dueling Coaster at Christmas.
The “Cool Construction 10 Model Building Set” would be nice for our son for Christmas.
LOOPIN’ LIGHTNING COASTER….we have this and my kids love it.
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I think my nephew would like the Speed Coaster.
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My girls would love to try the K’NEX Lava Launch Coaster ….
K’nex are great! My kids have several sets, but what stands out in my mind is the 6′ ferris wheel
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We have several Knex sets. My son loves the cars ones and the roller coaster.
The Monster Truck – FANG would be brilliant.
The boys would like the NASCAR ® 24 DuPont / Pepsi Car Building Set
The other microbots look fun, I wonder if Speedy is fast. My nephews are older and would love this.
We want the Lava Launch Coaster.
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
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Tristan would like the NASCAR ® 24 DuPont / Pepsi Car Building Set.
I think the Super Swing is a cool kit. All of the “fair rides” are pretty cool! My son would love to make a robot!
I remember Lincoln Logs when I was a child. They were so much fun.
My granddaughter would love to have the ELMO’S TREASURE HUNT ADVENTURE. Thank You!
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My nephew would love the Fang Monster Truck set.
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My youngest has the Elmo police car
My stepson would love the Speed Coaster
I like the Construction Crew series.
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I don’t have any children of my own, but I think my nephew (who I’m entering this contest for) would really like the Zoo Buddies Building Set. I hope this is okay for an entry?
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My son would love the Semi Truck.
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Hello, the Motorized Madness Ball Machine looks so cool. Thanks for a great giveaway!
My daughter is a Jeff Gordon fan so she would love K’nex NASCAR ® 24 DuPont / Pepsi Car Building Set
I like the Speed Coaster.
I think my son would love the dragster.
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Oh.. how fun..