Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 3: Build Siege Weapons of the Dark Ages Paperback – May 1, 2013

If you want to get the child to enjoy building and thinking and off their phones.. this is the funnest way...be prepared to search for the stuff needed... it's great. We love it.I am constantly saving stuff just in case he asks....Grammy...Do you have...???

A nice book on making mini weapons

My 11 year old son purchased this book and really loves it. He's made all different kinds of weapons. Some adult assistance is required since my son did get frustrated with some of the steps that are quite complicated. Overall, good book!

This was a Christmas gift for a 12-year old boy who is not mechanically inclined (and neither are his parents). We've built two weapons so far - the Card Box Catapult and the Pen Ballista - and they both launch their projectiles a solid 20 feet before hitting the wall with a satisfying thud. The designs can withstand our less than precise execution and still work great. My son's New Year's resolution is to make all the weapons in the book, so he's definitely impressed.

My son (11 yrs) was interested in this book, I purchased it for his Kindle. It was a great purchase as he actually spent time looking through it, READING it and then wrote, BY HAND, a list of supplies he needed to begin building "mini weapons". He spent all day Saturday building, not playing video games or watching TV so, for us, it was a great purchase. Some modification was needed on some designs to actually make them work but, that was a good exercise in problem solving. This is boyhood!

Bought the series for my 8 year old nephew. He absolutely loves these books. I do too.

My Son has been glued to these books, dog-earing the pages and planning for world domination. To put this in context, his favorite gifts this year were these books and the 4 rolls of patterned duct tape he received in his Christmas stocking. He is now constantly walking up to me asking "Dad, do we really NEED this wire coat hanger? Are you SURE I can't have it" My only complaint about these books is what it will do to our home office supply budget.

My son got these books, and my house has the niftiest assortment of tooth-pick shooting cross-bows, skewer shooting devices, etc. Many of them work quite well.My son finished a bow made from plasticware, and loaded a shish-kabob stick into it, and aimed into the next room: the "arrow" flew great, then I heard the "thunck". I said, "did that stick into the wall?" He said "yeah." I said, "cool, now make yourself a target, unless you want to learn how to paint too."