My name is Don. I’m 77 and retired in Toledo, Ohio I started assembling 3D wooden puzzles during Covid as a means of keeping busy with something besides watching TV. Over the years I have built around 50 of them. I have a bunch on display in our apartment and have given quite a few to family and friends. I usually spend about an hour a day depending on how my back feels. Some of them that I have gotten in natural state I have painted, others I’ve left in their natural state.
I tried uploading some of my recent builds but kept getting error messages, so was unable to attach any
Hi Don.
Welcome to this lovely community. It’s great that you are keeping yourself busy with builds. I hope that your back pain doesn’t interfere too much. It’s amazing how much we can’t do when our back is playing up.
Take care and look forward to seeing you around.
Hi Don, welcome!
That’s amazing, around 50 builds is seriously impressive. It’s wonderful that you found such a creative way to stay busy and relaxed, and even better that you’ve shared your builds with family and friends. Painting some and leaving others natural sounds like a great balance too.
Sorry to hear about the upload issues… that can definitely be frustrating. Hopefully you’ll be able to share your recent builds soon; we’d all love to see them. Thanks so much for sharing your story with the community!
Jeanne, thanks, it’ll work if I can figure out how to post. It appears I can’t go back and add to my original message. Just wanted to share a few of my builds is all.
actually you should be able to edit it. Go back to post and choose the pencil at the bottom. then you can go to anywhere within your post, click, and add as I said. are you using ipad or laptop?
Hi, my name is Graham from Chesterfield, England. I made my first ROKR kit, Dream Gift Factory in October 2025. It was so precise I decided I needed the challenge again, so for Christmas my wife bought me the set of four 3D marble run kits. They took some time to complete but now take pride of place on the mantlepiece, and run perfectly. My next model, which arrives today, is the Space Shuttle. I am hooked and look forward to reading everyone’s posts and tips.
Super welcome to the community! You’ve already made a few nice and demanding kits. Can’t wait to see how you handle the Space Shuttle! It’s on my wishlist main priorities.
Welcome to the community @Dcarino76 . This section might be of help to you. Scroll down to create a topic and it will tell you how to do so. 💡 How to Master the Community
Hi and welcome @JaG Be sure to use the magnifying glass and search for space shuttle. There are lots of comments and tips to help. If @Martins_Assembly_H did a video series this too would be a great help!
Sadly the Space Shuttle is not to be. It arrived, unpacked it, checked the electronics as in the instructions….FAULTY. I was not amused I can tell you. After reading the number of negative feedback about the circuit board problem that several have had I decided I did not need the hassle, so sent it back to Amazon next day. Such a shame because the kit looked really good quality. Going o wait until Amazon get the Coffee Factory in stock and do that instead. I did write to Robotime support and got a very quick answer. They said they are aware of the problem and are working to resolve it. When they do I may return to it, but not until then.
Sadly the Space Shuttle is not to be. It arrived, unpacked it, checked the electronics as in the instructions….FAULTY. I was not amused I can tell you. After reading the number of negative feedback about the circuit board problem that several have had I decided I did not need the hassle, so sent it back to Amazon next day. Such a shame because the kit looked really good quality. Going o wait until Amazon get the Coffee Factory in stock and do that instead. I did write to ROKR support and got a very quick answer. They said they are aware of the problem and are working to resolve it. When they do I may return to it, but not until then.
I am sorry to hear this. I also struggled with the circuit board during my initial testing. It turned out that the circuit board was perfectly fine. My testing procedure was ‘faulty’. It took me about 25 times to do every step in the proper order and in a timely fashion. After I passed that initial test, it was smooth sailng after that. This was one of my top 3 favorites out of over 100 models completed. 👍 [ROKR DIY & Creativity] Completion of my custom Space Shuttle
Oh, I wasn’t aware of that issue. So sorry to hear that. If you don’t feel like waiting for the Coffee Factory to be on Amazon, you can always go for the Cuckoo Clock or the Caroussel. Both are electronic and specially regarding the Cuckoo Clock a lot of people here is supper happy with the results.
