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Desktop Trebuchet | 
| Brand: RLT Industries
Category: Toy
Buy New: $34.95
as of 9/8/2010 05:26 CDT details
Seller: RLT Industries, inc.
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 21450
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9 x 11
MPN: 10421
Model: 10421
UPC: 896380002044
EAN: 0896380002044
ASIN: B001AF2PNE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Made from all hardwood, natural string and real leather. | | • | Computer controlled precision manufacturing for guaranteed-to-fit parts. | | • | Half-lap and reference-notched joinery make precision assembly easy! No measuring required. | | • | 10 inches long, 9 inches wide and 11 inches tall. |
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Product Description
Defend your desktop! The mere presence of this striking machine on your desk will induce fear and respect among your peers. Take charge and besiege your opponents with a fully functional, genuine trebuchet for your desk! It really works! It takes about two to four hours to assemble, which is a joy in itself with the hand selected wood and computer-controlled, precision cut parts. The professionally designed kit and fully detailed instructions - 10 pages of descriptions and tips, with of photos of every step - makes assembly a breeze. All you really need is some glue and a pair of scissors. For a more refined look, a little sandpaper and a small, round file would be helpful, but are entirely optional. Performance! This mighty desktop artillery is capable of hurling the wooden ball projectiles (included) over twenty feet! Just load-up the counterweight bucket with about 150 pennies and you
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
Half the fun is in building it July 24, 2010
Lilly St. James (Phoenix, AZ United States)
This thing is a beast to build. It is high quality and very big. Much bigger than I thought it would be. If you have seen one of the ones without the wheels which has a paper basket, this one is probably about twice as big. I had a bit of a hard time with the twine and I wish there was more of it, but most of it is decorative anyway, so I guess you get enough to do the job. I had a lot of fun building this and my son has a lot of fun launching things from it.
 Flimsy July 24, 2010
A Reader (Massachusetts)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It took about 4 hours to put it together. The individual pieces are made of a flimsy wood -- it looks a lot cheaper than in the picture. The finished product is flimsy. It looks fragile and like if we use it, it will falll apart. Very disappointing.
Great fun and easy to assemble March 27, 2010
Robert A. Gold Jr. (DC Metro)
I put this together overnight since I wanted the glue and finish to dry before putting on the sling and trigger. I found the kit to be well crafted and easy to assemble. The main reason for less than 5 stars is because I had to ad lib a little bit in the end. The gap between the two main structures was too small and put too much pressure on the spacers so the arm wouldn't rotate freely. I pinned the two sides apart just enough to free up the arm by CAREFULLY driving a nail down through the structure on each side into the shaft on which the arm turns (actually, I drilled a pilot hole first to decrease the amount of pressure I put on the structure). You can't see a gap between the spacers and the arm but the difference in resistance of the swinging arm is noticeable.
Besides that, the fit and quality of the kit is excellent. Get yourself some good wood glue (not school glue), a knife, some sandpaper (the parts needed to be sanded a bit in some areas), and some rub on polyurethane for a finish and you'll have yourself one nifty looking and performing model trebuchet.
Note the pieces must be cut from the main board slab - they are cut almost all the way through except a few thin attachments which hold the pieces into the board until you're ready for them. The little tabs left over must be neatly trimmed flush with the surface of the piece for best appearance.
Once it's working, the little wood marbles really do fly 20 feet. My kids love it but we need to get permission from their school before I'll let them take a model weapon in with them.
What a piece of crap February 25, 2010
Ben Collins (LA, CA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Poorly designed. Rough pieces that require a lot of work to prep before you can begin to assemble. Missing parts. Be prepared for a lot of work. Anything would be better than this.
 Fun and Educational! February 1, 2010
Grandma Lynne (Des Moines, Iowa United States)
I ordered this kit for my 14-year-old son. He is fairly handy and was able to assemble it within a day with minimal help from my husband.
I came home that day to see items being flung across my living room - it was a big success!
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