Schylling High Wheel Robot

love this robot and the spinning wheels

Absolute piece of garbage. Broke within minutes of being played with. Windup mechanism didn't work, pieces fell off. Even googled before purchasing a robot and was rated as the second best toy robot for kids, which is a total fabrication. And for some reason, didn't come with return instructions or anything to be sent back which was strange! Soooooo displeased with this purchase!!

I think my 4-year old is a little spooked. The quality is OK, it moves (not too fast, but OK), the sparkles work just fine in the front, but the eyes did not light up. Overall it's okay. I'll hang on to it. A lot of times, kids warm up to a thing after a while (I KNOW its not a toy, but we have smaller Ima Robot and Z-Bot that my son absolutely loves). I say, go for it if you're a robot lover. It's a cool looking retro-bot that most of adults react with an "ooo and aaa."

I was ready to give our friend here a single star review...until I discovered the real problem. The packaging comes with no instructions inside the box nor printed on the back of the box. While it would seem fairly straight forward...you wind the robot up and away he goes. Well, so you would think. The first one I received did not move at all after a few turns of the key. A couple more turns...nothing. So, I asked for a replacement and found this unit also did not operate. Two defective robots off the assembly line? Missing a few "Spacely Sprockets" or "Cogswell Cogs" in the works?Here is where instructions would have helped for us humans that are robot-challenged. Apparently, and again, there are no instructions and I assume this is correct, you must pull up on the ring antenna on his head to "release" the gears for the robot to march forward with his gears spinning and sparks flying. To stop the action you need to either let him wind down or push back down on the antenna. And how are we to know this? It is a fairly delicate decorative toy and I would never assume to go around yanking on parts that have no markings whatsoever. That is never a good idea, robot or not.A little instruction slip with maximum recommended winds and a hint about the hidden "on/off" switch would certainly help to prevent breakage and needless returns. Also, it should have a disclaimer on this note mentioning that it is not a true "toy" and is recommended for older children and adults in case someone does not read the full Amazon description or receives it as a gift.After all this, while delicate, it is a nice little functional robot that walks, has visible spinning gears and sparks just as he is "programmed" to do. I love it. Minus one star for the lack of instructions. PS: I now see that the antenna as the on/off switch has now been added to Amazon's description, but there still should be a short warning / instruction sheet included to avoid confusion and possible damage. Busy people giving gifts are not going to recall specific details about the online description weeks later.

Super!

So there we go. On Amazon it is listed as a toy - this review treats it as a toy. Only when you get it and have been staring at what seems to be a broken toy for weeks or even months (live overseas, return much too complicated) you suddenly see in small print on the packaging that this is a collector's item and not for children. Ok. Grown up toy then. I finally read enough reviews to find out HOW to make it work - only after I'd opened it up and examined it with a non-engineer's eye. Whole ordeal just very bloody annoying. My son WILL actually be entertained by it and plays gently enough to enjoy it - but the process was too long and more information was needed up front.

The product is a cool fun novelty but does not work as the description claims. The chest does spark light but the eyes DO NOT light up. For that I was slighty displeased but the robot is just a fun novelty to have from back in my childhood and a great conversation piece for dinner parties.

I bought this as a gift for an adult family member. She loves robots, and robot related things. This guy made her quite happy. He's fairly easy to operate and we've had no problems or system failures. When I ordered him, I thought the sparks came out of his mouth, sadly that is not the case. He does have sparks, but they're in his chest behind the plastic...safety first I guess. :-/This little guy may not be appropriate for a young child, but he's very cool. Plus he scares the dog, which is a bonus.