Minerva's Mercy

This was a fun build. As with all of the kits, the instructions were clear and easy to follow. I appreciate the creativity demonstrated in the design of the final product. The little wires, and geared discs, add a touch making the final critter a bit more than just a spider with an awesome weapons package on its back. Speaking of the awesome weapons package. It was, well, awesome.

Amount of money you spend on these and the parts that the instructions tell you to put together don’t go together or didn’t finish tapping the screws and nuts won’t fit together or tighten down properly. Cool concept just glad I didn’t buy the way more expensive one if that’s the way the parts are and no option to have them send new parts or fix the manual.

Great fun building this kit. The instructions were very detailed. Loved it so much I bought a kit of 3 more

Very challenging. all parts were in kit, instructions well detailed and fiinished kit pretty cool.

I'll start by saying this was my first build from Mecrob, and while I like to think of myself as decently good at assembling things, my skills are definitely not up to par with what is assumed from this kit. I'll try not to let that affect my review. I do think that overall, this is a fun kit to assemble, and it definitely provides a good challenge. It took me about 4 days of sessions, each a few hours long at least, to complete it. For the most part, I can say I was genuinely having a good time! However, there are multiple issues with this kit that I cannot let slide, and I can't in good conscience give it greater than 3 stars due to these issues. This kit was clearly never tested. That is, nobody with any say at Mecrob attempted to build the kit from the directions, or at least, if they did, they didn't pay close attention to those directions. There are multiple steps in the book that have inaccurate diagrams, one even has an inaccurate number for times to repeat the steps. This isn't bad during the first part, but the second part is where the lack of testing really becomes apparent. Multiple steps are not possible given the parts and assembly described in the booklet. Washers are used liberally, in one case making it so that there is no screw room left to put the final locking nut on, and in another case, too few washers are used to give the part clearance to be situated where it needs to be in the build. The book shows the wrong type of washer used, one much thicker than even the thickest washer they offer. To put it in perspective, the book says to use 3 washers, the book shows roughly 5 or 6, and I had to use 13. That's quite a difference. Luckily I had spare washers from the previous part, otherwise I would not be able to finish this build. It's a shame, too, because this is one of the last steps. I can't imagine getting all the way to the end of a 10+ hour project only to find that the book has inaccurate instructions and the build cannot be completed.
The final product looks cool, but feels incredibly fragile, and I don't trust myself to lift it up and down to be able to get to the switch that controls the plasma ball underneath, so this will likely be a mere bulb spider for me. This is can chalk up to my own inexperience. Parts could've been tightened more, especially the legs, some of which twist and turn freely, which is not good, but at this point it would take too much work to fix it, so it'll stay that way. Overall, it's not a bad product, but much much more work needs to be done on the testing side to ensure a smooth experience for the customers. There were a few steps that had me second guessing the work I just did because the diagram showed a completely different, and might I add, wrong, result. Work out some of those kinks and it would be a much better experience for everyone.

Incredible build. Not too complicated and results are stunning. Directions are a little shortcoming requiring you to figure out where certain parts go and direction pictures should be more detailed. If you have any experience and skills with mechanical 3D puzzle you can do this one. Doesn't take too long either.

I LOVED building it. The legs were quite easy to do. The head part though... If you suffer from FFS (Fat Finger Syndrome) like me read the manual in advance what the next 5 steps are. It can be easier to shuffle some steps. But other than that.... I'm saving money for my next build. Very recommended. BTW... the stated 16 hours building.. You will come close.

wirklich wertige Materialen, schöne Anleitung

Haven’t started yet but finished the Aethercore and wings. Had so much fun building that I’m sure this will be fun as well. It looks very complicated but if you follow the steps carefully it’s very straightforward.

It's a spider! And it's metal. My wife was a touch creeped out by it but she liked how his butt lit up with electricity!