Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Movin' Monkeys Building Set, Building Toys, Ages 4+

136 piece building set. Plenty of monkeys, pieces are very colorful. Box says it's for ages 4 years old and above but my daughter is now 9 years old and absolutely loves it. Once set up, the pieces move. My daughter said it's an amazing toy that you can build different designs with. It's a very good toy to keep your kids busy while using their imaginations. Comes with plenty of pieces to make a neat design. Instructions included are easy enough to follow. Monkeys hang, spin, and swing. Box says it works with other gears gears gears building sets. No batteries needed. Interactive jungle. Kind of like a puzzle putting it together at first, after that it's easy enough to understand what pieces do what function. I cannot see my daughter getting bored with this any time soon. Comes with 8 stickers to put on a few pieces. I am always looking for brite colored toys that help build her imagination, that moves, that's not loud with annoying sounds, and doesn't require a ton of batteries that you have to keep on replacing. This fits the bill. If you open the box right, it can also be used as a storage box for easy access, but easy storage. She likes to play with this toy along with her hot wheel cars to pretend she is driving through the jungle. LOL! Worth the money spent on it.

This Gears! Gears! Gears! Movin' Monkeys set is so much fun. The set is pretty large & includes 136 pieces. Very colorful and fun. Comes with instruction book to show you how to put it together and is very easy to understand. I have two 3 year olds and they had to have some help from an adult to put it together completely at first, but after that they have had so much fun taking it apart & putting it back together in so many ways. They also love to play with the monkey's that come with the set & have them hang from all different areas. Set comes with lots of bases- all green to looks like grass, gears-in all different colors, and connectors- brown to look like trees trunks. Also comes with several pieces to build palm trees & vines for the monkey's to hang on. Comes with cranks so that after the whole thing is put together you can turn the cranks and make the whole thing move & turn. Also comes with stickers that can be placed wherever you want. Does not include storage case, but can easily be stored in box. Since there are alot of pieces, you will want to keep them together. A few of the pieces are very small. Kids can use the entire set & build something large, or just use some of the pieces and build something smaller. You can really build it anyway you want, which makes it so much fun for kids. Younger kids may need a little help from an adult, while older kids may like to play on their own. Since there are so many pieces included in the set, more than one child could play with it at the same time. Set seem sturdy & durable. Doesn't fall apart. Pieces interlook & stay together well. I think this would be great for a classroom or at home. Good for boys or girls. This set could be played with for several years. I would definitely recommend!