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The other reviews about this being "just okay" are pretty accurate. However, an additional issue to consider is that there are 3 objects per slide, equally spaced across the slide. Depending on how far your slide frame/adjuster goes from side to side, you may end up having to not use it and instead put the slides in vertically (vs. the more "standard" horizontally on the base) in order to center the viewing circle under the viewing scope area. While this works okay, it doesn't allow find movement of the slide using the controls, nor does it secure the slide to prevent it moving out of place if having multiple viewers look at the object being studied.

So overall, kind of boring things to look at and due to spacing of 3 objects per slide, your slide frame may not adjust far enough side to side to view the outer objects w/o modifying your slide placement.

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This is one of several slide sets I purchased for my 8 year old niece. We've had a blast with it. Having multiple samples per slide is a nice feature & provides enough variety that she hasn't gotten bored with the selection, or finished it off and discarded after a few minutes.

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This is cute little set of slides showing a variety of

things from fungi, drinks, plastics, grasshopper parts,

natural fibers etc. The microfilm showing a letter or number

was especially interesting to my grandchildren. This is a

basic starter set to help interest children in microscopy and

as such is worthwhile.

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Cheaply made, overpriced and nothing more than a 99 cent store toy with a good web description. I didn't expect much and I was still let down. Samples were brittle, broken and no fun for my kids to look at.

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I purchased this for the micro-film slides, something I could not find in any other set of slide collections.

While this purchase serves the purpose I intended to use the slides for the quality is not high.

1. The slides are made of plastic-great for children but not high optical throughput.

2. The specimens on the slides are geared towards children and some samples are somewhat opaque.

3. The specimens are held to the slides using a clear sticky plastic. In fact, in some cases there are air bubbles around the specimens.

Overall I'd recommend this for someone in the 7-12 range who won't mind the lack in quality.