Eezy Peezy Mega Pyramid Monkey Bars Climbing Tower Active Outdoor Fun for Kids Ages 3 to 8 Years Old, Blue/Green

This is a really great toy. I'm using is in my living room for my 3 yr old grandson. He loves it to climb and make forts. It was frustrating to try and find any tips and tricks on assembly. I read about a lot of people mentioning that it hurt their thumbs....RULE #1 for assembling this: DO NOT USE YOUR THUMBS TO PRESS DOWN THE PINS !!!!!! That being said, you can use your hands to pop in the bottom rim. For some reason the metal spring in these are much "softer" which was surprising. However, the springs in the rest of them are VERY tight hence the reason for the difficult getting these in the tubes. My solution was to use a tool I had called iSesamo genuine Spudger Opening Pry Tool which is used for assisting in computer repair. It's a very slim piece of metal. Was it perfect, no; the tool could have been a little narrower for the job but ultimately, it worked well and helped so much for a quick assembly. What I did was slide the tube into the joiner almost up to the point of the pin and then slide the point of the spudger in between the tube and the pin then flatten the spudger against the pin to depress the pin as you slide the tube onto the joiner. Be careful not to catch your finger as you slide the tube in unless you like blood blisters :( Once you have this trick down, the assembly will go smoothly. I did make a few mistakes by installing a tube on the wrong part of the joiner. I used the disassembly tool which definitely does the job by pushing the pins back down so you can pull the tube back off. It is a little tricky to like it up right. There is a slot/groove which lines up one pin but you have to peek under the cover to make sure it is lined up correctly...that's the whole trick. Once it's lined up, the pins will easily depress and the tube will release from the joiner. I had to look at the picture of it listed on Amazon a few times to make sure i was using the right colored tubes (as I got the 2-tone set) when you first put together the 5 tubes on the joiner, put 2 dark green tubes on the bottom. You will know which is the bottom based upon the faint writing on the joiner which has an arrow showing which side is up. I'm half blind so I needed a flashlight and my readers. Not a big deal really. Lastly, at the very end of finishing the dome, it does get very tight and almost impossible to get the tubes on the joiner. I had to actually put my foot against the structure to push it away enough to get the tube on it. I'm not a strong muscley person, so maybe a man would be able to do this part without such strain. A little nuance is required through the whole assembly but once you have your strategy down pat, it will go smoothly. Make sure to really be sure about what tube goes where because taking them back out does waste some time. Also pay attention to the letters on the joiner 'stubs' which are helpful for making sure you get the right tubes on them. Again I needed a flashlight and my glasses to see them. It did take me some time; but I was watching a show as I was doing which is probably why I made the few mistakes mentioned. But it was totally worth it. It's light enough to be able to move it when needed and strong enough for a child to climb all over it.

Not easy to assemble but worth it. Find a tool to help you press in the metal part of the connectors. Plus side is that it is very durable and sturdy once assembled and looks like will last a long time. I had seen it at a friend’s house and the kids loved it, and although after they’ve had it for many years outside and it was still very strong, the green and blue colors did fade in the sun. I am impressed at the quality for the price.

My daughter had one of these at her daycare and she loved playing on it so we decided to get it for our home. Installation: The process was a bit more difficult that you would expect but the directions were clear and materials were provided to help install. HOWEVER, there's a mechanism inside the tubes that can come loose and it is such a pain to get them back in their proper spot. My fingers were extremely sore after finishing the install and it took about 2+ hours altogether to get it up and running. After it was put together, our daughter has enjoyed playing on this thing since she was 1.5 yo. It seems to be pretty durable but will fade a bit in the sun. It's easy to clean, sturdy, and I feel safe with my daughter hanging on it and standing on it. Overall, it's a fun toy to have for our daughter. It's a bit on the pricey side and the install is quite a pain, but for us, it's been worth having and our daughter hasn't gotten bored of it.

This item comes fully disassembled so make sure you're handy enough to put this thing together. If you are comfortable putting together Ikea (flat pack) furniture, you will be just fine. No tools required but you might want to use a piece of wood or something to push down the black retention buttons. After a while, your finger will start to hurt and you will likely pinch your finger a few times as you slide the ends into the connectors. I just used the thicker end of a wooden door shim -- I could have used anything but I just happened to have a bag of shims laying around. The tool that comes with it to take it apart is fairly unusable. After fiddling with it for 2 minutes, I was able to disconnect one just to test it out. If you don't follow the instructions carefully, you'll have to take it apart and you might not have a pleasant time with that. If/when I need to take more pieces apart to move it, I plan to improvise and use something else like a wood clamp with a small dowel pressed into it (the dowel would stick out the same amount as the thickness of the tube). It would be wise to take some extra time and double check all the pieces. They are all labeled very well so there's no reason why you would mess up if you can follow basic instructions (e.g. pipe A goes into the connector that is labeled A). This is like a geodesic dome in that the rigidity and structural integrity comes from the dome shape. Consequently, towards the end of construction, you will need make sure you don't push in all the connectors fully because you will need the extra slack to get the ends of the final pieces in the connectors. Or, maybe you can just muscle it in. If this makes sense, you'll have no issues putting this thing together, especially as the ends get progressively harder as you finish the structure. If this doesn't make sense, you will probably spend an extra 30min towards the end but you'll eventually figure it out. The finished product is very sturdy. I'm a 170lbs grown man. As long as I distribute my weight evenly over multiple bars, I can put my full weight on it while hanging from the inside. I'm not sure about standing on it because one pipe probably won't support my weight. Again, this has to do with the inherent structural integrity of domes.

This is such a great toy! Very sturdy, and it seems that it will last forever! My husband and I put this together and it didn't take that long. Instructions were clear and easy to follow. Each blue connector has two little nobs on each end that you need to push down to slide inside the green tube (those nobs will pop out into the little wholes of the green tube, and thats what holds it in place). The bottom connectors were really easy, but it gets progressively harder as you build up. Definitely not as hard as other reviewers say. After it was all put together I found a blue piece that didn't have a home. Only then I realized that this piece was a tool to push down on these nobs! It would be nice for that to be on the instructions! I imagine this tool is extremely helpful, as my hands were super sore from pushing those little things down (even using the back of a screwdriver). The little tower part could be less jiggly on my opinion, but still seems to be very safe. It is taller than I thought it was; about 4 feet tall. This toy is recommend for kids over the age of 2, but my 22 month old little climber loves it! She can climb all the way to the top, swing her body over to the center of the toy, move her hands down a bar, and jump down! My 4 year old soon likes hanging upside down on it and covering it with blankets to make a fort. We have this on the grass to cushion falls, but we didn't feel the need to anchor it. The wide base is very sturdy and I don't think I could tip it over if I tried. If your kid likes to clim or build forts, buy this! You won't regret it!

Winter is here and we received three feet of snow in 24 hours. The kids are stuck inside and need to get their bugs out. I purchased this for my 4 year old and assembled it for Christmas. I chose this item because it was billed as easy to assemble and light enough to move around. It was reasonably easy to assemble. The system clicks together with no special tools. The plastic poles clicks into plastic star shaped connectors with pressure release pins. I’m a strong handed man and by the end of construction my fingertips were bruised from pushing in the pins. A few of the pins dislodged from the star connectors which forced me to disassemble that section and manipulate the pin back into the assembly. This was quite frustrating. While the plastic tubes are strong enough to support the weight of my 4 year old a larger child would bend them. The structure does wiggle a bit since the system is help together with pressure pins but overall it feels solid and safe. The structure is light enough that it can be moved easily between rooms by one person. With the top removed it will fit through a 3’ door. The top is easily removed as it is held together with four small screws. My son loves it. He climbs it all day. We put blankets over the top and he has an instant fort. It’s not too tall as we are not overly concerned with him falling off. Just in case there is a fall we put a few thick blankets beneath it. Overall I am very satisfied and would recommend this item for a small child. The instructions were easy enough. The assembly was uncomplicated. The pressure pins could be designed better and for me are the only weak point in this item.

I don't like writing reviews, good or bad, but I felt strongly enough that I had to say something on this one. There are a few big problems with this product: (1) The small metal pins on the spokes that keep the tubes in place need to be depressed with your fingers during assembly, but they are extremely hard to depress because the metal is so unrelenting. So, it's literally painful on your hands and fingertips when you're trying to get the tubes onto the spoke pieces, and you're expected to do it over and over and over, destroying your fingers in the process. (2) The spokes and tubes look quite similar at a glance, and because there are a *lot* of them and they don't come pre-separated, unless you're paying *very* close attention with every connection you do, you're bound to make at least one mistake and you'll need to remove a tube from a spoke. Well, there's a tool included specifically for disassembly (because it's actually impossible to disassemble without it, otherwise you'll break a tube or spoke), but it's poorly designed and made from a really cheap grade of plastic. In fact, it's so cheap that even the manual says it can only be used for disassembly twice and that it should be thrown away after that because of the risk damaging things. But even that must be a best-case scenario, because I was only able to remove a few tubes before the tool couldn't get anything else off. Which left me with a product that could no longer be completely assembled. After reading more reviews, I saw that this has happened to a lot of other people as well. (3) Even if the assembly went well, the disassembly tool can only be used twice; the stated feature of being able to build this up and break it down to store isn't really true. So, in a way I'm thankful that I never got it fully assembled, because I'd be frustrated to no end if it came time to break it down and found out that it would be impossible midway through the process. I had to start a return for this since I couldn't even finish the assembly, and had to basically break a few pieces just to get everything back in the box since the disassembly tool stopped working. I can imagine that this would be a great product if you were able to assemble it without any mistakes and had no intention to ever disassemble it. Otherwise, this is a waste of your time and money. And my experience isn't unique. If you're still thinking about getting this, take the time to read more reviews where people are saying this exact scenario happened to them too.

Second purchase for another grandchild, 5 years later. Very well made product, held up amazingly well and kids from 2-7 loved it!