NW Active KidsEgypt Mummy Excavation Kit

We got this as a gift for my nephew who is obsessed with all monsters. He was so excited to excavate a mummy - his mom sent me a video; he told us about the pieces he had gotten so far, and his mom told us he kept asking if it was "ancient." Love it.This will be a hard gift to top.

Very tough to dig, but that was kinda the point, so no stars off for that. However, the box was very damaged, almost like it had been returned before, and the glue was missing.

Great for a young friend.

The mummy itself is okay, looks like a mummy. But there was no glue in the package, even though it was listed on the box. It was very hard to put together using crazy glue, which is what we had around. It's sitting on the counter with legs off, so not thrilled with this kit.

Our 6 year old is obsessed with Egyptian artifacts. This was a fun family project with adults doing most of the scraping, but an older child could probably take this on alone. The mummy's body parts come out in pieces and are then glued together to build the finished project. Certainly a unique way to pretend archeology.

Took a good deal of digging. I thought the mummy was going to be much larger. But overall a good exercise for my granddaughter. At least she discovered she didn't want to be an archeologist!

We have purchased several of these Dinosaur fossil dig kits in the past few years for our 7 year old daughter. She was given one for Christmas 2009 and her interest in Dinosaurs went through the roof. She has seen every movie or cartoon that has featured a dinosaur in it ever since then. We have probably purchased 10 or more of these kits here because our daughter loves them so much and we have even used these items as "rewards". Instead of a treat of some kind, break out a new fossil dig kit and instant excitement!Great for tuning fine motor skills. This is not a toy that your child is going too put down immediately (if they like it). It is time consuming and can be quite a mess with all of the dust and rocks being chipped away but definitely worth the amount of money (and then some)as well as the time you spend on these. Different types and species are available so there is a pretty good selection out there for this type of product. As I said, our daughter was 5 when she got her 1st one and once she started chipping away at it and saw some progress, she never slowed down. She loves everything about dinosaurs and actually being able to dig these fossils out on her own, she has now declared that she is going to be a Paleontologist, Artist, Nurse! All at the same time!Again, other than the messy dust, this is a great product. Of course without the dust and dirt, this could not possibly even exist. When she is inside at the table chipping away, I put newspaper down and a cookie sheet on top of the paper and then she can just go to town! Cleans up easily enough too! Great price for a very cool item!

Cool figure but breaks VERY easily