Light Up your Creations!

My boys have been having a great time playing with Laser Pegs Lighted Construction Kits. We have three sets..... Tractor, Mini Monster Bug and Dune Buggy. What's great about them is that you are not limited to building just what the set is for. My kids enjoyed using their imagination and building a sword, a football goal post, and various other contraptions as well.

The Laser Peg kits each have approximately 30 pieces, which includes various shapes, a power cord and a power unit. Just like legos, the kits all work together, so you can combine them and make a much larger model. Once you make your design, you plug in the power cord (all pieces have a spot available for the power cord), then right into the power unit. The power unit is fully enclosed in plastic.... nothing dangerous. Once you plug it in, the whole design lights up! You can very quickly make an impressive project, which is nice for those of us with a little less patience!

We have three sets that are new, and one set that is over one year old. We've had no issues with any lights fading. There are a few pieces in the kit that intentionally do not light up (not sure why). This caused a little confusion for my kids but they eventually figured it out. The pieces need to be fitted together tightly in order to light up.

The toy is rated for ages 7+, which I think is very appropriate for following the instructions and building the models. If you want to just connect the pieces and watch them light up, a much younger child could play with it as well. My daughter liked to make a pattern with the pieces because of their different lighted colors.

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