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(17 customer reviews) 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Funny wind-up toy,
January 14, 2007 Stephanie Lamphere "mom and web geek" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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I found this via the Kikkerland site a few years ago, and finally got one for my 5-yr-old daughter this Christmas. She loves it - it's silly, and it cracks her up (would not recommend it for a younger kid, though, because of the winding - you don't want to overwind, or wind backwards!). It was smaller than expected, and it does get gummed up from time to time (pet hair, etc.), but overall this is a cool little doo-dad. I'd love to have the whole set, if they were less expensive. Maybe one for every gift-giving occasion. See the Kikkerland site for very funny video demos (set to music).
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Fun, engineering education, metal parts and GREAT GIFT,
August 2, 2008 lawyerwhocooks "lawyerwhocooks" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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Awika is my husband's favorite Kikkerland toy, and it's easy to see why. Awika has a huge wind up gear, he can crawl over lots of stuff, and his rear end shoots sparks as his little rubber feet race along the ground! Very cool, and so different from today's concept of "toys." Oh, and they're not just for adults - please see my note on kids using these (below).
These little gear box wind-up toys are soooo much fun (you can watch all of the action take place - the toy has an "open" build). My son and I found these toys by Kikkerland while on vacation, and I decided to purchase them from Amazon. Cosmojetz is the most active of all the Kikkerland gearbox toys, but Awika may be the most exciting to watch because it has so many feet, walks over most things, and shoots very small sparks out its rear!
Don't set any of these toys near the end of a table or desk, or they may fall off and break. All of the keys and feet differ between the Kikkerland gear box toys, so...Read more
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
great toy for all ages,
December 15, 2007 Elizabeth Jordon - See all my reviews
= Durability: = Fun: = Educational: I have purchased Awika, along with an assortment of the other wind-up toys from this line on several occassions, and I find myself looking for opportunities to give one of these fun toys to someone new. They are cleverly built and funny to watch -- especially when you get more than one of them going at a time! One year, I gave them to all of my coworkers (a bunch of computer geeks), and they were a big hit. The next year, I wrapped up a bunch for my family and they each got to pick from the pile. Oddly enough, each person seemed to pick a toy that somehow matched his/her personality!
Also, if you're into "green" gift-giving, I believe at least of portion of the proceeds from the purchase of one of Chico Bicalho's designs goes toward conservation of the rain forests in South America.
