Product review for Trebuchet Kit Please read our review guidelines and see the terms of use of posting a review. Overall Rating: and share your thoughts with other customers Sort Reviews: Newest | Oldest | Highest Rating | Lowest Rating  NEXT :: Viewing page 1 of 2  -  Thursday, August 07, 2008 Lacks release adjustment Reviewed By: Brian Watson (Canton, NY) The main problem with this trebuchet is that there is no way to control the release point. The wooden release pin is at a fixed angle. The instruction seem to indicate that shortening it (an irreversible action) will cause an earlier release, but I found this not to be true. The angle needs to be adjusted. All of my projectiles were release on a nearly horizontal trajectory and went about six feet. The sling design is also very poor--projectiles won't stay put prior to launch. A big disappointment.  -  Tuesday, December 23, 2008 disappointed Reviewed By: Kelly (Williamstown, WV) To say I was disappointed when I opened the box, is an understatement. I can't believe I paid for a bag of tooth pics. I would not recomend this item to anyone.  -  Thursday, January 03, 2008 Poor workmanship Reviewed By: Nathaniel Polish (New York, NY) Unfortunately I recommended this item to the other reviewer, Frank, before I had tried building it. The quality of the workmanship of the parts is poor. Holes are drilled off center. Miter cuts are not accurate. I found that the kit required considerable reworking to be buildable as shipped.  -  Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Fun But Glitchy Reviewed By: Rebecca (New York, New York) My 10-year-old son enjoyed building the trebuchet but needed more help from me than he would have liked because of defects in the kit. We needed to bore out every drilled hole and sand down all dowel pieces quite a bit in order to fit the two together. Ultimately the throwing arm ended up quite crooked because the holes were drilled asymmetrically. For a few pieces of balsa, a screw, a square of leather, and some string the precision of drilled holes should be much better than it is. It flings things like marbles quite well but plastic cows are not as easily sent over the ramparts.  -  Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Needs Better Instructions Reviewed By: Frank DiGiacomo (New York, NY) I had fun building this kit with my 10-year-old son, but I would have had a lot more fun f the instructions weren't so vague in spots, particularly at the end. I had to write the company for more specific instructions on attaching the sling. The guy who responded was very nice about providing them, but the manufacturer could do all of its future customers a service by revising both the written instructions and the diagrams that accompany them. Otherwise, I'll take a trebuchet over a catapult any day.

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