Qixels S1 Turbo Dryer

"Damn commercials!" is what I thought when my six year old son included Qixels in his letter to Santa, but now that we purchased it for him, I am really liking it. This set comes with everything you need to create the art for the templates that are included. We bought Beados last year because again, that's what he saw on the commercials, and it was a major disaster because it's really small and round. These Qixels are bigger and they fit on "pins" so even if you accidentally bump the tray, the blocks won't go tumbling off everywhere. This is perfect for a 6 year old. He got creative after the second figure so he started making his own creations (a guy smiling but with one gold [yellow] tooth, etc), which meant we had to go out and get refills, but all is well, and I really like that he's doing something other than just playing on his iPad or playing video games.

Positives: Character design templates are included and easy to follow; Unpacking of the product is quick and easy, no hard-to-cut plastic covered items; Once you work through the initial faults of this product(see negatives), it is fun and my son was excited to create characters.Negatives: Design flaw #1: Instructions are to press firmly and beads will stay. Well, they don't. When you use the included paper template, the beads don't stay and topple over. My son was initially very frustrated with this until we came up with our own solution. Our solution was to fold up a paper towel, get it wet, and we dabbed the bottom of each bead before sticking it on to the template. The beads seemed to stay much better once they had a little bit of "glue" to help them stick. Design flaw #2: The container that you separate the beads in to by color has no top. Once we were done for the day, we dumped the remaining beads into a baggy because the nice little separating container they give you doesn't have a top. Weird. Why wouldn't they supply a top???Last comment: Neither a positive nor a negative...just an opinion. The spinning drying thing is not totally necessary. Sure, my son had fun pushing the button twenty times to make it spin; That was fun. The directions said it gets rid of the excess water, but you have to wait at least 20 min (according to the directions) for them to dry anyway. We waited longer because ours were still sticky. If the spinning thing gets lost, no big whoop. You can still create characters without the paper templates, without the spinning thing, and still have a fun and cute product when you're done. Just don't lose the beads...which is why I would love a top on the container! Ha! Hope this info helps.

These are awesome. It reminds me of the ones you iron after you make your design but easier and safer for kids. The beads are small so not a craft activity for little one that put things in their mouth. Seems to be great quality. You don't have to make exactly what's pictures on box. You can make your own designs.

My 9 year old loved this!!! He spent hours on Christmas Day making these. I like that he was so interested in something arts and craft-sy rather than going for video games. This was something we could work on together and we had a good time designing the pieces. Great product!

This product is not very easy for a child do to. My children are 7 and 9 and it took parental assistance to be able to get the beads to stay on the template and not come up. Definitely no comparison to Pearler Beads! The drying time is ridiculous for children. You can't expect them to wait around that long for them to dry! We will continue to buy Pearler Beads and use the iron to mold together!

I got this to go along with several other Qixel items for my 6 yr old. Of course it is fun to make something spin around and around. But it turned out that it wasn't necessary to make the Qixels and it only improved drying time of them by a little. So while neat and fun for the kiddos and it does function, I kind of regretted spending the extra money on something he didn't really need. When he didn't use this fancy spin dryer, the Qixels turn out just as good.

The Turbo Dryer is so nice to have vs. having to let your Qixels sit for 30+ mins depending on how much water you used. The Dryer makes it dry quick and easy and it keeps the kids busy while waiting for it to dry. The best part about the Dryer is that there are no batteries needed it is totally kid powered!

My daughter loves it. Only downside is that this is an older toy so replacement beads/pixels are hard to find.

Great delivery, Christmas present so not opened but looks fab

My son loved this item.

Really good set. Little boy loved them.

Arrived early , not too sure if really does try them that much quicker but kids like using it. Could do with a pack with just different colour beads. Like the product over all . Gets my 7 year old off minecraft !

Perfect for a wet day - great for using imagination. My 5 year old just loves spinning it even if the are already dry.