Galaxy Marble Run Electrical Motorized

When I first read about this product I was hesitant. After all, it's a lot of money. Still curious I read some of the comments posted, from 1 to 5 stars. Some were unhappy with the product because it didn't work correctly (the balls flew off the course), but more were happy and even shared some suggestions. I took note of some of the suggestions from the happy customers, and was a bit weary of the possible pit-falls unhappy customers pointed out. First, I decided that I was going to put this product together to the best of my ability, and use some of the suggestions that happy customers (marked with *) left in their comments: I was very careful taking the parts from the boards using the provided tool and at time using an X-Acto knife (*). I used a bent-nose pliers (*) to press parts together tightly, or to take connections apart if not done correctly. The instruction booklet is very elaborate, though at times it took me a bit to understand certain sections. The images are clear and minute differences are well marked. Pay attention, sometimes images of the same parts are displayed in mirror-image. The pieces fit together perfectly, and the engineering of all these parts is amazing! Don't forget to wax all the parts that need it. The was provided isn't enough so I got a candle to do that. I loved the process of putting it together and finding ways to do it. When I first started the marble run, the balls flew off the track when making the first 180 degree turn down the slope. Is this a bad product after all? As it turns out the flimsy pieces making the turn possible weren't fully seated so I fixed that (don't force them in from the top, but instead slide them in from the side). Glad I found a few spare ones on the boards. This product is fun to put together and works perfectly!

I just finished the Wood Trick Spiral puzzle and now I’m starting this Galaxy. These are both going to be great additions to my collection of 8 marble run puzzles. The Wood Trick puzzles are my most satisfying and rewarding to build. One thing that has made the construction easier is to organize the part cards to see their number much easier and keep the parts from falling out before needing them. You can remove the top of a box (I use a large shoe box) and cut slots out on both sides (1/2 inch wide) to set the part wood cards down into the slots. You can then easily see the card numbers without having to go through your pile of cards. Hopefully this easy to make card organizer helps others. Will update this note with a review of the finished Galaxy in a few weeks. Have fun and a lot of patience. Just completed the Galaxy and it was another one of my favorite builds. Parts fit together nicely and snug. It was definitely a fun build and extremely satisfying to see it finished. It works properly with only two items needing attention unlike most of my collection’s completed puzzles. The diverter part number 225 on page 28 would not open right or left far enough when the first marble went past it. With the diverter staying pretty much in the middle the marbles would stack up behind it and not pass to one track or the other. I lengthened the side arms on this part and the diverter works perfectly allowing the marbles to move to one or the other tracks. To lengthen the sides of this part I used the small pieces from around the large gears that fall off when they are punched out of the cards. These triangular small pieces fit the side arms of this diverter piece perfectly and are a perfect length to move the diverter from side to side far enough when the marbles pass by. I attached a picture of the diverter with the extensions glued on. The other problem was the large Ferris wheel assembly and the motor box would move up from the base allowing the gears to misalign and bind up the drive line. The pressure of the motor drive gear driving the large gear would allow both to move up out of the puzzles base. I don’t like gluing pieces to the base of my puzzles as things may need work down the road after running them for awhile. A thin strong wire around part number 4 and 5 on page 33 and the base and a wire around the motor assembly holding it to the base works well. Have plenty of patients, don’t rush the assembling, have fun with it, and you to will enjoy the satisfaction of finishing a great marble run puzzle. One of the best now in my collection.

This is a very well designed product. Everything fit together as it is supposed to. The instructions were quite easy to follow, despite what some people have reported. The pieces are fairly easy to find and identify, especially once you realize that the picture on the page, is the board you should be looking on. I spent about 18 hours putting the whole thing together, working a few evenings part of two week-end days, and broke only two pieces. One, because I did not pay attention and fitted the piece wrong and had to remove it to correct the mistake. A little wood glue fixed that problem. The other piece broke when I tried to force it into place instead of sliding it in like instructions tell you to do. The kit included two spares for that piece. I admit that I did not do much sanding and smoothing, only on the gear teeth and a few rotating parts. Still, when I started it up the first time, everything ran smoothly and the whole system worked just as it is supposed to. All in all, it is a very satisfying project. Follow the easy instructions, clean up the rough edges on moving parts, use a little wax where necessary, and you will have a very nice, working model. I will definitely be looking at other Wood Trick projects.

Me ha gustado mucho la precisión del tamaño para lograr un ensamblado muy ajustado. Producto muy divertido de montar y de utilizar una vez terminado.

Loved this wood trick model. The best yet from this brand.

J’ai adoré monter ce puzzle, il fonctionne à merveille, je les colorier et c’est encore mieux

First time trying wood trick puzzle, didn't have any problems, no breakages, followed instructions closely and after a little bit of adjusting marbles run like a good un, needless to say id purchase wood tricks again as found it very therapeutic

Capolavoro, davvero stupendo, a mio avviso e solo per adulti.