Science Museum Illusion Science

This was bought for my ten-year-old as a present. There are great little experiments to do in the booklet included and fun for both children and adults who like solving optical illusion puzzles.

This item didn't capture the imagination of the child (aged 7) in the way that I'd hoped it would. (Perhaps that's because it lacked sophistication - not shiny, noisy or battery/computer driven). However, having just asked the child what he thought of it, he asked me to up the star rating from three to four and said that he still plays with it from time to time.

I bought this as a Christmas present for my great nephew who was very pleased indeed when he unwrapped his present and found this.

The whole kit is over priced and poor quality certainly not worth the price I paid for it just Chinese rubbish it's like something out a Xmas Cracker

I bought this for my 6 year old granddaughter as I have an ongoing crusade to broaden her interests into the sciences (which has been very successful by the way..she just loves the Science Museum). This kit is OK'ish. The optical illusions are interesting for children but they are printed on very small cards and come across as a bit 'cheap'. A couple of them only work in fluorescent light, OK if you are in a factory or perhaps an office but how many homes have this type of lighting these days ? The 3D glasses and associated images are very cheap and not that cheerful, if fact not as good as those sometimes given away in newspapers and by Channel 4 TV a couple of years ago, hardly usable. For the money the kit could be much better quality, with more items and better explanations. Don't be put off from buying it if you want to introduce a child into some simple optical ideas but don't expect to much.

Great to give as a Christmas gift for a 9 year old boy. There are lots of ideas to investigate.

Well received Christmas gift

Bought this for my 7 years old cousin. He enjoyed the illusions and everything else, even if it was for a short while.Someone commented that you can see everything on the Internet. True, but this is an activity for using the computer. It's more fun doing practical stuff and young children should enjoy that and not waste their lives in front of a computer.