Customer Review

This is a beautiful miniature! The colors are rich and all of the paper elements are fantastic. This kit employs a few things I've not seen before, very nice stickers and paper elements. The kit also does a very helpful thing, the wood itself is labeled on most pieces so you do not have to constantly refer to the direction sheet. The directions are great and includes some bonus items, the last page has some paper items that you can cut out for your own collection!
Some pieces of this kit are VERY small and fiddly so experience is recommended!

I got this as a gift for Christmas; I usually have some of these wooden puzzles on my wish list but this has been the best one so far! The wood is very thick, precisely cut and WELL CUT. I had no issues with trying to detach the wooden pieces from the sheets which is fairly common. Also, the design is fantastic and the finished camera is beautiful. I haven't used it and probably wont but it appears completely functional and the internals resemble actual TLR cameras. It has a 35mm film analog winding wheel much like older pocket cameras and a lever to hold the slide in front of the pinhole. The viewfinder "mirror" does a good job at reflecting the environment even though it is what I think is black acrylic, which is actually very clever and has a neat little viewfinder cover. It took me maybe an hour or so to put together.

Some of the T pieces needed a tiny bit of sanding but it includes the sandpaper and I tried tapping in the T pieces with the back of a pocket knife and frayed the T pieces a bit but I would say that is more user error than anything.

This is a fantastic camera that will probably live in my studio for a long long time and given the reviews I think it is a hidden gem, it is SOOO COOOL!

Such a fun challenge to build. Reading through the instructions before building it once would be best as some steps have details that I personally almost missed. Quality of the pieces are great, wish it was a little more clear on what type of glue should be used when building it. I used crazy glue as I have in the past and worked very well. Will be purchasing more

We had so much fun doing this project! And the gun actually did shoot when we were finished! Its a cool little tabletop display now! Neat project if you're looking for something to do indoors with your boys, or girls!

This kit was well made, and everything fit like you expect it would for something like this. Take your time, and don't get impatient with a part that may be a little snug, this will be a satisfying project to do alone or with your kids.

I had this a while as I wanted to do this with my grandson, and I was glad I waited. We both very much enjoyed putting this together as a team, and although he was only 11, he surprised me at how well he caught on, even pointing out mistakes in the instructions. Nothing major, just a 2 used as a 5 or the reverse. If you pay attention to the diagrams, you shouldn't go wrong. There are a lot of illustrations that go through the assembly process, and some weren't as clear as I felt they could have been. However, everything on paper matched up with the parts supplied, it just took looking at things a bit closer to determine how it all went together. It would have been nice to have a couple of more views of some of the completed sections.

I added the pictures of each side of the completed project so anyone can see how it all fits together. We ran this thing for about 20 minutes to see if it anything would loosen up, but everything stayed together without an issue.

I plan to add some epoxy or other hard glue to some of the joined parts to ensure it stays snug but overall, it is very well made, the parts are laser cut (a blade would not cut so fine), and it should last a long time. Other than that, this is a very nice project for anyone.

The arms of the living room furniture were missing but these are so creative and so well designed, I love them. It is fiddly - I use tweezers a huge amount of the time. I've found UHU glue to be the best one to use (and I've tried them all, believe me). This is a lovely little house that I will take pleasure in displaying.

It was a gift for a friend that loves to build. He is healing from heart surgery and isn't allowed to lift heavy objects.
It took him 2 hours to do. His grandchildren are allowed to watch it but not to touch it.
He really enjoyed putting it together. 👏