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LEGO - Mindstorms EV3 31313
Average customer rating
4.5
(41 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 41 reviews
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Star
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88%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for LEGO - Mindstorms EV3 31313
Customer Rating
5
Very Good Set
on February 14, 2019
Posted by: MamaBear1
The set in itself is a great one.I really like the software. But pulling it up is very slow. It is a good set. I love the good EV3 brick. All in all it is a good set. But a little pricey though.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Stimulating curiosity and creativity
on May 23, 2020
Posted by: Ramiro
I use MindStorm Lego to entertain my 5 y/0 during the COVID19 shelter in place. He is now building 40 to 50% of the robot by himself. It is rare but he can sit for 3 to 4 hours continuously building. Sometimes I get concerned because, normally, he is easily distracted... but it doesn't happen when he is building MindStorms.
I'm impressed with the entire package. I found it extremely entertaining, educational, and can be a trusted babysitter during pandemic times. Make sure your kid is old enough to understand that he MUST NOT put the pieces inside his/her mouth.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
An incredibly well designed and challenging set
on May 28, 2017
Posted by: Nightmarlin
The Lego Mindstorms EV3 is an awesome piece of lego construction. Mine has been configured in the TRACK3R and SPIK3R modes, and both of them are an absolute joy to use.
As SPIK3R, the Mindstorm had some issues navigating non-solid surfaces (eg carpeted floors) , but made up for this by having an incredibly accurate launcher attached to the tail and excellent movement in the leg sections.
The TRACK3R's capacity to easily construct new contraptions to use is very well appreciated too, and the versatility this provides sources excellent entertainment.
Alongside these, the Control Brick is amazing to use. The only downside is the rate at which it consumes batteries, as prolonged use often leads to the product requiring a whole new set of batteries. The IR remote provided with the product is quite hard to get used to, but once you get over that it is quite amazing to see just how much LEGO have put into this product.
The only downsides to this product are that it can be quite hard to get the cabling to fit perfectly, which can be a source of annoyance, and the companion software is quite slow to run on my PC (but that is probably just my PC).
Overall, a great product that I would recommend to any LEGO fan!
As SPIK3R, the Mindstorm had some issues navigating non-solid surfaces (eg carpeted floors) , but made up for this by having an incredibly accurate launcher attached to the tail and excellent movement in the leg sections.
The TRACK3R's capacity to easily construct new contraptions to use is very well appreciated too, and the versatility this provides sources excellent entertainment.
Alongside these, the Control Brick is amazing to use. The only downside is the rate at which it consumes batteries, as prolonged use often leads to the product requiring a whole new set of batteries. The IR remote provided with the product is quite hard to get used to, but once you get over that it is quite amazing to see just how much LEGO have put into this product.
The only downsides to this product are that it can be quite hard to get the cabling to fit perfectly, which can be a source of annoyance, and the companion software is quite slow to run on my PC (but that is probably just my PC).
Overall, a great product that I would recommend to any LEGO fan!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Addicting fun
on November 11, 2017
Posted by: rootbeer1237
I got this set for my birthday and I can't stop playing with it! Though, I think that it should coming with the rechargeable battery and DC charger.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
AWESOME
on July 2, 2016
Posted by: Ibby
I've been waiting a year to get this set! And when I finally did I ripped the box right open and started building tracker. I made a few robot and overall, I'm happy with the product. One thing that sucks about this is the amount of batteries this thing eats up. The 6 batteries lasted for about 1 and a half months. Definitly a battery waster but overall a great product!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Best Mindstorms Ever
on September 8, 2013
Posted by: NightSerpent
After months of waiting I finally got the Mindstorms EV3 last week. With my 2 sons I assembled the first robot Tracker together and got it moving within an hour. Downloading and installing the Mindstorms software for our MAC laptop was easy and a matter of minutes to get it going. The software is easy to use and we got the other bonus robots immediately from the LEGO website. With still over a dozen robots to chose from this set has weeks of play fun still ahead of us - not to mention the unlimited possibilities of creating robots on your own. Using the Tracker robot I could show my sons how to use the robot with a running program as well as by switching it to IR control quickly since its so intuitive to use.
There are only 2 things which were a little disappointment:
The Mindstorm set was announced to have instructions for 5 robots included - but the box had only the instructions for the Tracker robot included.
This is not a major problem because you can get the building instructions for the other ones (Gripper, etc.) from the Lego website. What would have been nice if the building instructions would have been part of the project files (not only the program itself) and if everything would have been a single download file.
The Mindstorm set was announced to have instructions for 5 robots included - but the box had only the instructions for the Tracker robot included.
This is not a major problem because you can get the building instructions for the other ones (Gripper, etc.) from the Lego website. What would have been nice if the building instructions would have been part of the project files (not only the program itself) and if everything would have been a single download file.
All in all this set is amazing and offers given the amount of robots (15) out of the box the best price / performance of all lego sets.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
A natural extension into the future for Lego
on January 5, 2018
Posted by: builderTPA
I had put off purchasing this for my older son even though he wanted it because I thought it would just create dust, I was wrong.
For any child that grows up building Lego's this is a natural extenton to move them into the future within a farmiliar atmosphere which makes for great success. Not only is he building and creating at home but has school projects based on the same MindStorm set as part of STEM, he even gets help from his college sybling who is in engenering and used the same set in an intro to robotics over the summer at the University.
Investing in some batteries is minimal compared to what they are getting out of this. I would highly recommend this to any parent because you're not buying a toy your giving them a great start and if the interest is there MindStorm let's it flourish.
For any child that grows up building Lego's this is a natural extenton to move them into the future within a farmiliar atmosphere which makes for great success. Not only is he building and creating at home but has school projects based on the same MindStorm set as part of STEM, he even gets help from his college sybling who is in engenering and used the same set in an intro to robotics over the summer at the University.
Investing in some batteries is minimal compared to what they are getting out of this. I would highly recommend this to any parent because you're not buying a toy your giving them a great start and if the interest is there MindStorm let's it flourish.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Very cool stuff
on October 19, 2016
Posted by: Apersoncoolerthanyou
We use these at school (I'm a student) and I seriously adore these. We are placed in groups based on experience and ability, so that more advanced groups get harder, more challenging projects, probably on of the coolest I have made with this set is the EV3STORM, its huge. I would definitely buy it for myself and recommend it as a powerful learning tool useful for all ages. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO