My Robotic Pet Coding Chameleon for Kids Ages 8+ by Thames & Kosmos

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] If you want your child to learn about coding and Bionic technology this is the way to go. It's fun and comes with 3 different experiences, lots of color coding robot fun.

This was a perfect gift for my niece. She is 9. Needed some guidance but the instructions was easy to follow.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This was a really fun and educational activity for kids, especially during school breaks. It's a good challenge that keeps them engaged while they learn about coding, robotics, and color-sensing technology. The chameleon has different play modes that make it interactive and entertaining. I took off one star only because it doesn't come with the batteries or small setup tools, and you have to be careful when taking the parts apart so you don't accidentally break or bend them. Overall, it's a great hands-on STEM project that kids will enjoy building and watching come to life.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Adult support is definitely recommended to prevent kids from getting overly frustrated and giving up entirely. Be prepared to gather some extra supplies too, you'll need a tool or scissors to snip the plastic pieces, a small screwdriver, and four AAA batteries, none of which are included in the box. The toy operates with three "modes" that work in conjunction with "coding" cards. These coding cards are undeniably easy for kids to use, which is a good starting point. In Wild Mode, the chameleon will camouflage and turn into the color of its surroundings which I thought was cool. Over all a great toy for kids who enjoy building and putting things together.

this is a project for someone with a lot of patience. has a whole lot of small pieces to put together and does take hours. if you do one tiny thimg wrong well it won't work correctly so take your time with every piece. we cant get the tongue to extend and it keeps falling over

The kids who received it were excited, but it arrived broken. Customer service was contacted about it being broken, and they are sending out another one as a gift, but having it come broken means a delay in getting a replacement. No idea how easy to use it is because of the state it came in. Is this a one-off, or is this quality hard to say?

Rally kind of a cool gadget for my 8 year old to put together I did have to assist but that's was a non issue. My issue is that it seems to be very fragile. We didn't have but a few days with it and things started falling apart or the little pieces that held it together were braking. It was hard work and a little consuming to put it all together to just have it fall apart.

The idea is great! This is supposed to be a pet robot with three different modes that your 8 year-old can build by themselves. The instruction manual is 25 pages. YouTube video they have is around 45 minutes (and has sped-up parts). Well, I had to go through two kits... In addition to being extremely complicated, you need to be very precise. If you make a mistake, it is difficult to disassemble without breaking a part (and this is how I ended up with the second kit). I was able to build the robot in around 4 hours with my child in our second attempt. But, it is still not working as it is advertised. Definitely not worth the money.

It was fun to build, but had to use the protection plan within days because the pieces, such as legs and arms kept breaking %26 it was not due to “rough play”.

Took well educated adult 4 hours to assemble and then it didn't work. Questionable motherboard malfunction. Returned for refund, not worth trying to assemble another one. Definitely don't think a 12 year old could assemble by themselves as box suggests.