







This is not for a beginner you have to glue everything this project took me about a week. I have four more that I’ve done and they are ones you just click together. Those have taken me four days if you have lots and lots of patience and you are not a stickler for preciseness then you can get this one, but you will be gluing everything together. Also the numbers on the project where everywhere for example everything is labeled B on one sheet of wood you had be 63,64, 38, 99. They weren’t all together. You had to really look through every sheet find one thing. I have had other projects where they had four or five alphabets and all the numbers with that one alphabet letter. I really give this project a 3 1/2 so if you order it have patience and good luck.
This was my second display from CUTEBEE that I put together. This one was just a fun to put together.Some of the curved pieces for the front of the shop did arrive broken in the packaging, but the was my only complaint for this kit.
First off, if you get your kit and there’s no sleeve and/or it isn’t sealed and/or it looks like it’s been opened, RETURN IT. Don’t even bother putting it together. Mine was unsealed and had no sleeve. I’m an experienced builder and had enough extras from other kits that I thought I could handle missing pieces. I’m annoyed that I didn’t return it. The missing stuff was minor overall. Like a missing plastic tube, couple of large beads, thin gold wire, screws, and there was no touch up paint even tho the brush was there and the paint was on the inventory list.Overall, a beautiful kit especially if you’re a Harry Potter fan. It’s easier than it looks and most of the directions are clear despite some awkward translation. Some of the pics are not very clear tho. I’d def build this again but I’d make sure the kit was sealed. It’s a beautiful display but a little annoying that a couple items are missing due to missing inventory.
I had about 10 booknooks under my belt before attempting to build Magic Wand and Magic Coffee miniature.I read all the reviews about how things had to be cut and glued together to make everything from scratch so I knew what I was getting into from the start and there were no surprises. That's why I think I really loved this style of build. It's tangentially similar to a booknook kit, but here everything is kind of freeform. No snapping things into place or just popping out a coffee maker and placing it somewhere. It's very detailed and I like that everything is 3D. Also cool to be able to open it and look at the details inside.Magic Coffee took me about 3 weeks of working on it. Another reviewer said it took them 100 hours to fully assemble and even though I didn't keep track of time spent, I believe it was probably close to that.Magic Wand took me about 2 weeks since it was a very similar build to Magic Coffee. I got tired for making wands so I had to take a break for a few days so that it didn't get annoying, but overall it was a fun build. Lots of odes to Harry Potter. My box had a paintbrush but it was was missing the paint. I happened to have green paint on hand that matched closely so I used that for the window and some trim.My personal supplies included: scissors, B-7000 glue, Scotch super glue, ruler, furniture markers to touch up edges, exacto knife, tweezers, binder clips large and small. Note that neither kit included any of this.The box was not wrapped in plastic and I was worried about missing pieces, but I went through the inventory list and counted every bead, button, and screw before beginning and 99.9% of everything was there with some to spares. I also check the lights 1st thing before every build to make sure that was working. Some wood pieces are warped and therefore I had to use superglue, but for everything else I use B-7000 glue which has worked perfect for all my builds. It was also hard to take the pieces out without splintering so I had to use an exacto knife on every wood piece. I had to keep binder clips on hand for these builds since there was a bit of clamping required to keep things together. I suggest keeping everything separated in the ziploc bags they come in. I had no issues with instructions on either miniature, everything was straightforward (though I'm very good at assembling furniture so following instructions are my strength). I don't ever read the text on instructions because pictures are usually more than enough for me. I am meticulous and patient so these projects keep my creative juices engaged.I really had a blast assembling this and recommend it for more those with more experience.
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Avis laissé aux États-Unis le 17 décembre 2024
Plans are difficult to follow.
I have yet to begin constructing this project, but I have read through the instructions twice. First of all the print is very small. I have to use a magnifier in order to clearly see the instructions. Then, the instruction themselves, are vague. Illustrations are difficult to decipher as well. I build wooden ship models for one of my hobbies, so I have no doubt that I will be able to pull this build off. Sure would be a big help if the illustrations were larger and the instructions clearer.