Bridge or Bust Parts
Great puzzle/game for kids very original.
The first time you assemble it takes a bit of time. The cardboard platforms are slightly fragile, so you need to attach the feet carefully to avoid damaging them.
We play this with my 10 and 5 year old daughters. We have made about 10 bridges till now. The game has a fantastic design and the parts have awesome mechanics.
The story in the comic book, alas we have not read it all, is so far lacking female participation. also my daughters do not find it, till now, very interesting. But as said, they enjoy building (the older one) and making absurd endurance tests (the younger) :D
The conception of this construction game is wonderful: my grand-children enjoyed learning how to build increasingtly complicated structures of bridges and solve problems : I admire the progressive steps that avoid frustration!
It really saddens me to write this, I and my kids are big fans of Upper Story STEM toys, and the Bridge or Bust is jet another great idea for a toy, BUT the build quality of this set is cheap and fragile. The base structures and the sails for the boat are made out of cardboard paper when they really should have been made out of firm plastic. It should had been sturdy enough to survive being put together by an adolescent kid. It's hard even for a grown up to keep the cardboard from tearing apart when different parts are supposed to be pushed together. Yes, this set is a big package and bit pricy already as it includes a lot of parts, but perhaps it should had been a bit more expensive then, with stronger foundation materials, to get a more priceworthy feel to it. To compromise on the base quality really hurts my trust for this toy maker and that is not the way to go for your products. I'm not looking for cheap, I'm looking for something better then what I typically get from the common toy store.
The included manual also needs a face lift. IKEA and LEGOI has been around long enough for you guys to have role models in the manual industry to learn from. And you really should include a QR-code to a page where the manual could be downloaded in any other language. Please make this great concept justice and do a 2.0. version, the right way.
We appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback. We are sorry to hear this was frustrating, and we would love the chance to help. Please contact us at hello@upperstory.com.
The game is funny. However, at the contrary of the other games like Turing Tumble, this one does not teach you anything.
The price has no sense, and I got one beam broken, so I will not be able to complete all puzzles.
Depending on your building approach is not intuitive how to prepare or adjust your construction, because everything is falling at the same time.
Thank you for the review. Please contact us at hello@upperstory.com and we would be happy to replace the broken part.
Reviews in Other Languages
Fue un regalo para mi marido y le ha encantado. De 10. Buenos acabados y una vez montado la caja permite guardarlo todo. Una maravilla.
Abgesehen davon, dass das Spiel (mit meiner 8 jährigen Tochter) wahnsinnig viel Spaß macht und man dem Kind bei einigen "Aha"-Momenten zuschauen kann, steckt wahnsinnig viel Liebe im Detail des Produktdesigns. Eine Unterlage, die sich beidseitig gleichmäßig ausfährt (auch wenn man nur an einer Seite zieht) und dann auch noch "einrastet". Mit einer hand lösbare Steck-Klick-Verbindungen zum easy Abbau einer fertigen Brücke, der Sichbare Mechanismus beim Ausziehen einer Brücke, ... Rundum ein toll gemachtes, hochwertiges Produkt, was nicht nur dem Kind, sonden auch mir viel Freude bereitet.
Zabawka pochłania bez reszty na długie godziny 3 pokolenia. Uczy krytycznego myślenia, logiki konstruowania, efektywnego planowania.