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A great gift!

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019

As a programmer and a huge Star Wars fan, this kit is right up my alley and I was so excited to give it to my niece who is also a huge fan! She loved putting the kit together, connecting it to her parent's iPad, and learning to code. The software provides a great framework that starts fast so kids can see cool results from their code quickly, but it's proved to be surprisingly deep in the time we've spent working on it. My niece has started to grasp some core programming concepts that I hope will start her journey to becoming a programmer like me (okay maybe I'm planning a little too far ahead). The Star Wars tie-in is great, as it got my niece interested in something she otherwise might be hesitant to try! I think the only downside is that my sister and her husband don't see their iPad very much anymore. :)

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G Gross

DO NOT BUY.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024

THE COMPANY IS BANKRUPT AND HAS ABANDONED THE APP. YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO LOSE YOUR MONEY. ALL YOU WILL GET IS STICKERS, AND A CIRCUIT BOARD THAT WILL GLOW WHEN YOU PLUG IN BATTERIES...IT IS NOT PROGRAMMABLE THE APP IS COMPLETELY ABANDONED. IT IS A GARBAGE DUMPSTER PRODUCT. SHAME ON THEM FOR ALLOWING THIS TO STILL BE SOLD. I BOUGHT A CLASSROOM SET WITH MY OWN MONEY AND NOW THEY ARE USELESS. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!

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LBT

A great gift!

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019

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sparkflo

Great toy for the Star Wars kid who loves STEM!

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019

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We got this for our 8 and 10 yo kiddos who like Star Wars and love doing STEM activities. We’re always looking for something that will get long term use, since it seems like they get bored of most toys within a couple of weeks. It’s been over a month now and it’s still getting sporadic use. They found the tutorials easy to follow and fun to code it to do different things. They only thing I wish is that they could each have their own “account” they could switch between with their own stuff. As it is, it works fine. That’s just a minor thing I think would be handy.

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Manank

good learning product

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2020

Style: StandardVerified Purchase

bought this for my 6-year-old cousin, he loved the packaging. It didn't work with his windows laptop somehow. We had to setup with mac. But I would prefer harry potter wand if I get it in the same price. This one gets boring after a while.

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G Gross

DO NOT BUY.

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024

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L. G. Harrigan

Not just for Kids

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021

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My husband (Tech Geek) loved it. I purchased it for him this past Christmas and once it was just the two of use at home that evening I found him building it and playing with it. He thought it was a great gift and would definitely suggest it for someone, both young and young at heart, who is a Star Wars fan to purchase it and have fun with it. Yes, it will at some point become part of their memorabilia but for now it is a toy that he likes to mess around with.

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Not as good as I'd hope

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2020

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I teach computer science, so I thought this would be a fun way for my youngest daughter to get into coding. She's much more into Star Wars than Frozen, the other coding kit choice...which brings me to gripe #1. Your Avatar can only be male for the Star Wars kit...a bit backwards, if you ask me. Is the assumption that boys will code in Star Wars, while girls will code in Frozen? Kano, that's just lazy, and sorry way to justify two separate kits. Assembly was easy enough, though parts don't "click" together as the instructions imply...Had to grapple with pieces until they could fit into place. Motion detection a little sluggish, but works. Awful on iPad mini tablet. Kept losing the connection to the tablet and would fail to reconnect. Drop dragging code blocks was a mess also. Much better on a PC with a mouse and keyboard (would be better if would work on Chromebook). Can't see how they could ever justify selling this for $79.

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Jorgesti

Great product!

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023

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It is great!

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Iamshelmore

A Gift of learning ( and having fun doing it!)

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020

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I bought two of these as Christmas presents for my Grandchildren. They sound like they will have fun learning how to code and perform different tasks on their computers. I bought two so that they both can learn at their own rates.

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Josh P.

Website down

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023

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We love the concept of this product but the day after Christmas we were unable to register a username and get it to work. We tried several devices and tried accessing a help desk, but we kept getting error messages.

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Bermuda Floyd

Great stickers!

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2023

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Overpriced at $10, but if the price goes down to 50 cents, the stickers are totally worth it.

I have the Kano computer, the Kano Harry Potter Wand, and now this. This will be the last Kano purchase I make. Wonderful marketing. Great concepts. Half-hearted effort on the technology. And zero support with no notice of the end of support horizon.

It took 30 minutes to track down the app for the Kindle Fire. It's not on the app store. It's not in Google Play. The website the instructions offer is not compatible with any up to date browser (SSL Secure Connection Failed). I finally did a search and found that Amazon had an app download page. Unfortunately, the bluetooth connection on the device/kit will not pair with the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire says it is paired, but the Kano app says that it cannot recognize the Kano kit/device.

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