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Parents beware, if you buy this kit, you will be assembling it almost entirely yourself! My daughter received this for Christmas. All the pieces were there and the instructions, were clear enough-lots of picture examples and few words. There are 6 pieces to assemble each head, six pieces to assemble the torso, plus the 3 piece hand assembly, 3 piece leg assembly and the hair with the keychain attachment.

Our first problem came with the first head assembly. The way it works is to place a piece of cloth over the mold, place the first head assembly piece into the top part of the press and then mash top part into the bottom part which is supposed to cause the head piece to press into the cloth and fit the cloth tightly around it. The problem is you have to place the cloth EXACTLY centered in the EXACT right way, or there are gaps in the material which will cause problems. Being that you have to repeat a nearly identical process 4 times to complete EACH character, you can see what a pain in the *** this could be.

The second problem occured simultaneously with the first, in that sometimes when you pressed the mash button, the top piece wouldn't release. So you had to press over and over and over. In the creation of each monster, a top piece must be released 8 different times....by the time I did the last monster, I was pressing the pieces into the mold with my hand, it was easier and more precise.

To make the hands and feet, you have to thread a cord through tiny holes and assemble knots to keep them from falling off (for the feet especially I recommend a double know as the holes are a little larger).

There are also several more steps, but you get the idea that this is a very detailed, precise, specific process that requires infinite patience.

All that being said, the resulting keychains, even if they don't turn out perfectly, are pretty cute and my daughter feels super cool with them clipped to the zipper pulls of backpack.

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The Monster High monster making kit was a fun challenge for my 9 yo and her dad. The instructions are pretty straightforward. There were issues, such as a piece disappearing or something would have to be dismantled and reset, they were minute and quickly fixed. The one problem I find with this whole kit is that there seem to be no refills. Once the three dolls are assembled, you still have a pretty decent tool set that has potential to create more monsters, if only Mattel had the foresight to create refill packs.

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My 9 year old crafty daughter needed help with the first doll and was able to do the other two alone. She loved it but once the dolls are made, that's it, throw the rest away. I wish they would make some refill kits so you could keep making more dolls.

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I am super crafty as is my 11 year old daughter that this was purchased for. It took us an hour to put together one doll (with gripes and groans the whole time). The pieces are very hard to put together, there was no way she would be able to do this alone-let alone a 7 year old as the box states this can be for. The tools are useless--we had better luck pushing it together with our fingers and using a hot glue gun to secure the pieces together. The fabric is not cut big enought for the heads/bodies and the stickers for the faces do not stick well to the felt faces.

All in all--I should have truly 'listened' to previous reviewers that cautioned buyers about this product--even thought I am an avid crafter and put together tons of things with my children this was a hard task. We put together the dolls--hung them for 'pretty' as my daughter said and tossed the tools.

Monster High has fabulous dolls and accessories---this unfortunately is not one of them.

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As others have noted, it does not go together well at all. Pieces have to be perfectly put together but the machine does not make it easy to do that. Even for my 9 year old, it was impossible to get together well and we ended up arguing and having a miserable time.

I wish I had never bought this piece of crap.