Bridge or Bust Parts
My 11 and 13 yr old grandsons were excited with the Bridge or Bust Building set. The 11 yr old followed the book directions and built 16 options the first day. Upper Story makes quality products. I have gifted Spintronics and the Turing Marble game and they are all favourites.
This was the end of the year gift for my 9 years old. It is just amazing !!!! The story behind the 61 challenges is amazing he loves it. My 12 years old is also trilled with this gift ! The boys speak french so i wrote to the company to see if the booklet was available to translate and they sent me the french version that i was able to print so now they can fallow both version. Really the quality is there and it is really well made.
Niezwykła zabawka edukacyjna! Umożliwia zrozumienie podstaw budowy konstrukcji, występowanie naprężeń rozciągających o ściskających elementy. Bardzo precyzyjne części. Fajna instrukcja.
Wow! Such a great building set! My 10yo sun is thrilled!
Great idea for a toy, but the assembly—especially the cardboard parts—is a complete joke. While putting it together, the cardboard elements (almost all of them) started delaminating. The build quality is 1/5. For this price, the quality is absolutely TERRIBLE.
Thank you for the review and we are sorry to hear about your experience with the cardboard components. We sent replacement components and please contact us at hello@upperstory.com if you have any concerns.
Bridge or Bust - The Ultimate Bridge-Building Adventure
This is absolutely fantastic. My 8 year old and my 52 year old absolutely love it!
At first glance seems pricey but on receiving I can appreciate the design that went into it. The individual pieces are well designed and lock together easily requiring no force at all. Part of the fun I found was constructing the parts before use and once this preliminary work was carried out I found the process of constructing the structures of the bridges highly addictive with some of the included puzzles devilishly difficult. A lot of fine tuning is sometimes required with the pieces to achieve the correct results and this is easy to do by hand screws. Considering the fragile look of the pieces I found them to be considerably resilient and up to the stresses of the inevitable collapse of your bridge. Nicely presented with each part fitting nicely in its own space within the box. Comes with a lovely comic-style puzzle book with a story for younger builders and information on bridge structures to enjoy. Suitable for most ages although it does contain small parts and can be fiddly.
Great puzzle/game for kids very original.
The first time you assemble it takes a bit of time. The cardboard platforms are slightly fragile, so you need to attach the feet carefully to avoid damaging them.
Upper story knocks it out of the park again with Bridge or Bust. This is an amazing physical recreation of PC classics like Pontifex or the more recent Poly Bridge series. I can only imagine the amount of engineering that went into designing each piece of this game. I'm looking forward to working through the challenges, exploring different designs with my children.
Reviews in Other Languages
Well designed, good difficulty progress and easy to lose track of time playing.
Bridge or Bust - The Ultimate Bridge-Building Adventure
Bridge or Bust - The Ultimate Bridge-Building Adventure