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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program When I was young, decades ago, the coolest science thing we kids saw and loved was The Invisible Man kit. This was an edutainment toy where you put together a guy and half of him showed showed musculation while the other half showed body organs. And over that was a clear plastic shell with veins. The SMARTLAB Squishy Science 'Head to Toe' is the modern, superior version of this.

And what fun. When it arrived I opened the box, took inventory of the contents, then I left it on the kitchen table until the kids came home. Wahzoo! As soon as they saw it, they (boy and girl) dropped everything and began exploring. They, in fact, became so engrossed that they forgot to ask for a snack... and that doesn't happen very often.

Now what you get in this kit are: a human body in miniature, major organs, a human skull, large brain pieces, stands, tweezers and forceps and scapel (fake), a book and a wisely plasticized foldout that says organizer on it. This foldout has shapes with names like 'rib cage' foot, lungs, liver.... There's also another large sheet which has assembly instructions with colored pictures and info cards.

The book(let) has strange facts and is pretty interesting, as are the cards.

The organs are delightfully tacky to the touch, but nothing comes off. They also smell a bit at first. My kids enjoyed playing surgeon, matching the organs to the chart, and reading the book.

Downsides are that the skull was nearly impossible to get together. The kids tried it and couldn't do it. I tried it and couldn't do it. Finally, my husband was able to manhandle the thing to snap together.

I, personally, would suggest this as a toy/gift/project for supervised younger children all the way up to Tweens. With younger children you can look at each piece and discuss it. Older children can play and learn on their own. And it provides a good hands-on opportunity for all ages.

Not a product for an advanced student because there's not enough indepth information, this is perfect for kids like mine that are just discovering the complexity of the human body.

Recommend.

Pam T~

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I'm really surprised by all the rave reviews...

I wanted to love this but was dissapointed. We had a very difficult time putting this together. In the end, I (an adult!) was unable to successfully get the jaw to stay attached to the skull. The plastic pieces are rigid and we found them hard to work with and to keep in place. The organ pieces are really cool though. The best part, in my opinion, is the flash/fact cards included. These are probably the only thing we'll pull out in the future. There was no way to store all the pieces easily and unfortunately we didn't end up with 2 successfully completed models to display either. :(

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This kit comes with a model of a head and brain as well as a full body model which shows the digestive track. The pieces are squishy, like it says, and the kids and I were making lots of ewww's and ick's while putting this together. Some of the pieces were pretty tricky to get on. The directions did an ok job, but on some parts, especially the skull, I would have liked a better close up. Regardless, this kit was fun to do. It really helped my kids visualize where the parts are in their bodies.

I liked the extra special items like the mat to put the pieces on so they don't get wrecked and the dissection tools. I think this was cool for the kids because they felt like they were doing something "adult" when they used the dissection tools.

Pros:

1) Excellent way to learn with the hands on materials.

2) the dissection kit and mat are helpful with this kit

3) The activity cards and booklet are fun and educational. Really helps them see what is going on.

Cons:

1) This is complicated and took me (an adult) a long time to get together. I could see this being WAY too hard for kids to do one their own, especially the skull. My older kids (10, 13) were able to get the full body model together mostly by themselves

2) The pieces could easily get lost. I wish it would have come with some sort of storage kit. You could just put them back inside the models though and that works too.

3) The directions were difficult at times to see where things went. Better pictures and more thorough instructions would be helpful.

Overall, this is a great kit. I'll continue to use it for my kids as they learn about the body.

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This kit is great. We got it for our kids for Christmas that range in age from 7-13. Not only did they love it and fought for turns, my husband and I had the same fascination with it. My husband recently became a paramedic and was wishing he'd gotten this kit a bit earlier. It's value for Human Anatomy education is excellent. For a visual/hands on learner, this is the way to go. I highly recommend this for anyone over the age of 6. The price listed by Amazon is more than we paid for it, I think we got it for around $25 at Costco.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This is a wonderful tool for anyone to use to learn more about the human body. My 9 -yearold son's best subject is science. This is the kind of toy that keeps him interested in such an important subject. He thinks the inside of the human body is "cool," and he loves the squishy organs in this toy. This smartlab toy will keep your child busy for hours. Since we got this toy, my son is always asking questions about the body and how it works? Something that makes your child think, now that's a great toy. The toy is well made and durable.