Meccano by Erector, Ducati Monster 1200 S Model Building Kit

You need to know the personality of the kid who will be building this to some degree--persistence and patience are required. Would not recommend for the 8&under set in general. My son and I have started on this, he loves it so far. Will take some hours of work, but since he puts together $200 lego sets in one afternoon (thanks Santa for that 3 spectacular hours of fun last year and then it was over), I was hoping for some time investment. My son is 9 and very good at spatial/mechanical/building activities (could do 10-12 year old lego sets alone at age 5). My daughter, who has her own skills but is not gifted in this way, would HATE this set. So unless you have a kid who can look carefully at instructions and mimic that in real life, this would be very frustrating. They will also at least once realize they did something wrong and have to backtrack. Again, my daughter would be in tears. But A+ for the kid with more resilience and persistence. He or she will need your help--many steps just require 2 sets of hands, no matter how you try it. Fun project for the STEM-lover. We will probably buy some more after this.

Fun to build, the experience was really wonderful. Great instructions and the result is really great looking. Pay close attention to the size of the spacers and screws, many look similar but are very specific.Loved it!

awesome piece. a bit of a pain to build (you'll have to figure things out sometimes, as these are a lot of pieces mixed in a bag) but i guess that's part of the fun. the complete piece looks great in my opinion.

Well made, nicely laid out instructions but some of the images are hard to follow since in many situations you really need to count the number of holes to be sure that the bots go in the correct location — often you can’t see the holes on the instruction booklet.

Bigger than I thought it would be. It looks fantastic on the shelf. Overall it's very fun to build. First time Meccano owner here, and I'll definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to build a bike. Enjoy.

A great model, was fun to build. Really liked the single swing arm that works ! Real rubber tires set the model off. Was not hard to build ! The instructions was well illustrated, easy to follow.

My wife promised me a motorcycle, this is not exactly what I had in mind, but it was great to put together and now sits on my desk and looks great.

I bought this as xmas present so I will have to wait till next week to see if my grandson likes it or not. I thought it would be a good non ipad experience. Soooo ask me again next week.

Schönes und funktionales Spielzeug

Meccano è una buona marca. Moto facile da costruire, stimola l'ingegno e rende soddisfatti i ragazzi/e

En av påsarna i kartongen var fel, så mycket saknades eller var dubletter.

Fun to build, great to look at, big hit for the kids.

Muy buena la calidad de los materiales y el color rojo con las pieza metálicas le da mucha personalidad. Para salir de armar Legos es muy buena opción. Me llevo unas 3 horas armarla, y me la pase muy bien.