KRE-O Transformers - STARSCREAM Review

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(More customer reviews)I am really impressed with Hasbro's entry into brick toys. We're LEGO loyalists around here and weed all pretenders out of the toy boxes. I associate non LEGO brick toys with a cheap feel and poor compatibility. KRE-O bricks are so close to LEGO in quality that I think most parents will have a hard time telling the difference. The plastic is very close, just a shade stiffer than the LEGO brick. This means it's much easier to pop two KRE-O bricks apart (you won't need a table knife of a brick separator) but it also means that some builds may be a shade less stable as they won't have as much give as a LEGO joint will. This is a tiny difference, really. In fact, my KRE-O set came one brick short (it had the right brick, but the wrong color) to complete the figure and I swapped a LEGO brick in without any trouble. The colors were also very close, making it difficult to tell where the LEGO brick was in the completed build.
KRE-O instructions are easy to follow and I think the age range of 8 - 14 is pretty much correct. My 7 year old was unable to build the model alone, but I think she would be able to do it next year. There are a lot of pieces to these sets, a little bit more than comparably priced LEGO kits. Also included were two figures. The "Kreons" were roughly the same size as a LEGO Minifig, but very different in construction. Hasbro has chosen to ball joint the arms and legs. They aren't quite as jointed as Diamond Select Halo Minimates: Series 1 Boxed Set, but you can swivel the arms and legs, which you cannot do with a LEGO Minifig. The ball joints concern me, I could see them becoming wear points and eventually leading to figures with joint attachment issues.
While the blocks are completely interchangeable the Minifigs and Kreons are not. I know a lot of people do customization of their figures, so I took the Kreons to one of the artists featured in Minifigure Customization: Populate Your World!. Tothiro said that the hip joints could be reworked to be used together so it was possible you could take a LEGO upper body and give it the jointed KRE-O lower body (or vice versa), but it would strictly be something a hobbyist would do. The kids won't be able to swap parts. (He was also impressed with the quality of the KRE-O bricks but shared my concern about long term durability of the figure's joints when used by children.) KRE-O has absolutely hit their target market with this product. My kid loved the branding, she loved the styling and I liked the quality. I never let her get non LEGO brick sets but I think that KRE-O is going to be on my approved purchase list.

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Build your favorite Transformers villain, Starscream, in vehicle or robot mode with this 2in1 KreO Transformers SetStarscream!The KreO Transformers SetStarscream includes* 2 Kreons Starscream and Pilot!* 2in1 KreO construction set lets you build Starscream in either fighter jet or robot mode!* In fighter jet mode, open the jet canopy to fit a Kreon figure inside, blast removable rockets and turbo thrusters, or use the retractable wheels to take off or land the jet.* Contains 316 KreO pieces

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