I don't normally write reviews, but I felt obligated to do one for this product. I bought this because I love mechanical engineer, and rabbits. And it felt like a great combination. So lets get into the reviews.
The Good:
- It goes together
- No parts were missing
- The final assembly is damn near identical to what you have here
- There are definitely over 500 pieces
- They ship with a lot of extra components, and all of the tools that you will need to put it together. Although, I ended up using many of my own tools. We'll get that together.
- It's beautiful to look at.
The bad.
- When it shipped, the instructions weren't included. I had to email support to get a digital copy
- Some of the instructions have miss labeled parts, but I was able to figure out what they were trying to do through the pictures
- This build is -tight-. You may or may not be able to get things together right out of the box. If you're off, even by a fraction of a milimeter, it won't go together. Many times, I had to make substitutions or fixes.
- This build is DIFFICULT. It took me over 8 hours to complete this. Although, a lot of that was spent trying to line things up perfectly.
- I was missing all of the iridescent pieces which was a little disappointing.
The Ugly
- Some of the parts are machined very poorly. I was constantly re-bending things so that they would fit together, and at one point, one of the screw threads was so mangled, I had to file the screw down and use super glue
- The build is not good. When this thing finally gets put together, expect to put it somewhere and never touch it again. Even though you're using machine screws and nuts, there are -so- many parts that something will come loose and ruin your day.
- Several time, I had to physically drill away material to make things fit.
If you're not handy or have a garage full of the right tools, I honestly don't think you could put this together. It was that difficult.