DEUXPER Science Solar Mars Rover Model DIY Kit, Eco-Engineering Project Building Toys, Stem Educational Gift, DP-XBS099

If you’re trying to gift this to someone, look somewhere else haha. It looks super cheap and really small. The pieces were already falling apart and just comes in a small plastic ziploc. Gave 3 stars anyway because we didn’t try building it so I can’t rate on how well the product is itself in building it.

My 7 year old put it together and loves to shower it off to his friends when they come over.

Got for a friend’s daughter’s birthday. She is super fascinated by space and STEM and she really loved this.

I thought that this would be a fun/educational project to do with the kids. It started out fun, but putting the pieces together takes patience and the glue can make a mess - I wouldn't get this for any kid < 10 years old. Once we finally got it all put together, we connected the solar panels to the board connected to the motor and... nothing happened. We got a very bright flashlight and shined it on the solar panels and still nothing. So, I got out the multimeter and started testing things - the solar panels were producing power, and the power was making it to the motor, but the motor wasn't doing anything. So, this was a pretty big disappointment. 2 stars because it still works as a (very fragile) "car" that can be pushed around.Even if the motor did work, this would only be 3-4 stars at best - the gear exchange where the motor turns the axel isn't exact, such that I can't imagine it driving the car forward for more than a foot or two before it becomes misaligned and needs to be realigned so that the motor will spin the axel. Overall I'd recommend spending money on something else.

Its fun to have a solar powered motor and the wires are ok but the kit overall is meh. If I look at it as a brief build that will soon be trashed it's ok, if I wanted this to be a kit the kids played with, took to school, tried to experiment with it's just not that rugged or well thought out.