Cat-A-Pults (5 Pack) - MuseumTour Catalog - Educational Toys for children

Average Rating:

4.1 / 5 (7 votes)

Comments / Reviews:

Marcia writes on 01/29/2008

Cat-a-pults -- fabulous and fun!

stevenkan writes on 12/27/2007

Fun toy for patient kids! If your kids have no patience or impulse control yet, this toy is not for them. But if they have the patience to try and repeat things, this is a great toy for learning and fun. Adults will have loads of fun with it, too. We will probably experiment with weighting the bases down a bit and increasing the stickiness of the feet to improve the repeatability.

Robyn Bainter writes on 01/08/2007

This toy has been great fun for my 10 year old son and his grandfather. They have had no problems setting it up. There are some randomness involved, but that is to be expected with this type of activity.

Big B writes on 01/05/2007

After reading Jong Sohn's review, I was very hesitant about ordering this product. First I searched the web looking to see if there was some inferior version of this toy, but found no mention of anything except exactly what was shown on the site and in the catalog. I ordered it and when it arrived, I anxiously opened the box and looked over the pieces. The only differences between what was in the box and what was shown on the site and in the catalog were purely cosmetic - the plastic is opaque rather than translucent, and the flat circles the cats land on are orange rather than green. My husband and 12-year-old son had no trouble putting the catapults together. They played with it together with enthusiasm for a while. Then my son played with it himself for several hours, choosing it over all his other presents. If he was fast enough reloading the first cat, he could get the fifth cat to set it off again, making a total of six reactions in the chain! If he plays with it a second time - that's the real test - I'll come back and rate it 5 stars. I do want to add that this is not a precision instrument. There is some randomness involved. My son could get his setup to work perfectly or almost perfectly several times in a row, and the next time one of the cats would go sailing off in an entirely new direction! To me these flukes added to the fun, but obsessive people should take this into account.

degar writes on 01/05/2007

This toy was a big hit. Our 9 year old granddaughter played with it joyfully for an hour or more, until she could launch all the cats. It was much better than I'd expected, and our physicist son said he had a great time "playing" with it once they got it home.

xantippi writes on 01/02/2007

This is a fabulous toy. My seven year-old has had a wonderful time playing with it. As a physics teacher, I think that this is a wonderful intro activity for younger children--although I really enjoyed when I got to set up the cats too. This was the first toy that he chose to play with on Christmas morning. GREAT TOY!

Jong Sohn writes on 10/15/2006

This product is grossly mislabeled. The product shown is not at all what you receive in the box. It also is sometimes faulty, and does NOT live up to its description. If you are looking for a fun and intellectual toy, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.

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