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K'NEX Plants VS Zombies Wild West Skirmish Set Plus GIVEAWAY 6/25

6/4/2014

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***Disclosure: I received complimentary samples to facilitate my review. No other compensation has been provided, and all opinions are 100% honest and have not been influenced in any way.***
Okay, so unless you've been living under a rock somewhere, you probably know that zombies are all the rage right now. Between hit series like "The Walking Dead", movies like "World War Z" and games like "Plants Vs. Zombies", I can't go a day without hearing something about the brain-eating undead. (It probably doesn't help that my husband and teen are basically obsessed with anything zombie-related!) 

So when I learned that the folks at K'NEX offer a nice variety of Plants Vs. Zombies building sets, I was pretty excited. What a great way to incorporate zombies into creative play! After all, building sets are a wonderful way for kids to hone those fine motor skills, as well as develop critical thinking skills as they create their play structures. 
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Here's more info about the K'NEX Plants Vs. Zombies Wild West Skirmish Building Set:
Defeat the zombies and save your brains…in the Wild West! Includes 2 Cowboy Zombie figures, 1 Prospector Zombie figure and 1 Peashooter figure plus K’NEX parts to build an area of the Wild West level from Plants vs. Zombies 2! Defeat the zombies using the Peashooter’s shooting action . Seven peas are included with a buildable ammo stand. Slide the Peashooter back and forth along the track for target practice. Easy to follow building instructions included. For ages 5+.

Features:
  • Buildable level from Plants vs Zombies 2: Wild West
  • Includes 2 Cowboy Zombies and 1 Prospector Zombie
  • Peashooter with shooting action
  • Easy-to-follow building instructions included
  • Ages 5+
Pretty awesome, right? Well my kids couldn't wait to get their hands on this set! My teen assembled it, since it's a bit advanced for my 3 and 4 year olds to tackle. Kyle had it together in under 20 minutes, and we were ready for a showdown....Zombie style. 

Here's the "big picture". There is a western themed structure that reminds me of a saloon in some dusty, desert town. There are also zombified cowboys who are itching for some brains to chow down on. I don't think they're on the menu at most mess halls, do you? Sounds like a special order to me, haha.  The zombies are a bit scary looking, too, with ashen skin and bulging eyes. And of course, we've got some intimidating plant characters who seem all too ready to tackle anything the zombies try and throw their way. (Luckily for the plants, they do not have "brains"...They've already got the upper-hand here.) 
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This set is actually really cool because it's totally interactive. There is a Peashooter on a sliding platform that actually fires "peas" at the zombies, effectively knocking them off of their platforms on a spinning, seesaw type apparatus. (As you can see by the "dead undead" laying on the ground.) 

Now I have to be completely honest. We had one heck of a time getting the zombies to balance on the seesaw. They just would not stay, and for some reason, their feet wouldn't secure to the platform to hold them in place. My kids didn't seem too concerned about this, and had lots of fun anyway. 
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Now you see those rather tough looking plants? They are not included in this set, aside from the peashooter. These guys were great finds that came in K'NEX Mystery Bags! These bags are only $3.99, and each one has a mystery character inside. Will you get a plant? Perhaps there's a zombie inside? No matter what the bag contains, it's bound to be FUN! 
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After a long and rather exhausting battle, it's been decided by my 3 year old son Xander that the plants are the winners of this round. (And unless you want a blowout tantrum of epic proportions, you don't argue with Xander.) They definitely showed the creepy zombies who's boss! 

Overall, I am definitely quite impressed by the K'NEX Plants Vs. Zombies Wild West Skirmish Set. This was a ton of fun for my kids, big and small, and it has somewhat of a carnival feel, so it's not too scary for younger kids. I love all of the moving, spinning pieces, too. But my favorite part would have to be the peashooter. This adorable, Venus Flytrap looking character really launches those peas with some power behind it. My kids had a lot of fun seeing how far they could shoot the peas, and what they could manage to knock over. I was really surprised to see my teen playing nicely with my preschoolers. That never, ever happens. Thanks, K'NEX for making toys that bridge such a large age gap and allow kids young and old to play together in relative harmony!

I would definitely recommend checking out this and other K'NEX Plants Vs. Zombies toys. They'd make a great indoor activity this summer on those rainy days when the kiddos inevitably get bored. These toys are sure to keep them engaged long enough for Mom to (maybe) enjoy a few blessed moments to herself. Peeing in private has never been so sweet!

Don't forget to grab some Mystery Bags to add even more characters to your fun!
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I am thrilled to announce that one lucky reader will receive their very own K'NEX Plants Vs. Zombies Wild West Skirmish Set! How cool is that?!

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90 Comments
Erin Koza
6/4/2014 06:55:25 am

My son loves to build especially with kinex. We have one plants vs zombies set and an angry birds. He can't get enough of them

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Darlene Sullins
6/4/2014 07:51:56 am

My girls LOVE building toys! They love making pyramids with legos and building and walls and such with Jenga blocks, lol.

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Sherry Simons
6/4/2014 07:58:23 am

My kids love building stuff and plants v zombies. They would love this!

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Angie B. link
6/4/2014 08:01:51 am

My 10 yr old LOVES LEGOs and my youngest son LOVES Plants vs Zombies so It would be a toss up who gets it

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Jennifer Pruneda
6/4/2014 08:04:59 am

I have 5 kids 1 boy and 4 girls and they all love to build things.. Their favs are KNEX and Legos...

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Jacinda
6/4/2014 08:18:11 am

My kids haven't actually used kinex yet.. They would love them though. They have lots of fun with legos, empty containers that are supposed to be in the garbage, plastic soda lids and they like to build with cards. They would love the PvZ Kinex!

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Elaine
6/4/2014 08:23:53 am

My sons like any kind of Legos, especially the Ninjago sets!

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Anna
6/4/2014 08:24:13 am

Building blocks are the current favorite!

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Jessamine D. link
6/4/2014 08:37:15 am

My 2 daughters love building blocks. My 5 year old specifically LOVES Plants Vs. Zombies but doesn't have these building sets yet. I'm sure she'll be happy if I win this for her. :)

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Heather Kenville
6/4/2014 09:40:13 am

Would love to win this for my nephew, he loves legos and knex to build different things.

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Nancy Tibbetts
6/4/2014 09:50:40 am

All of my kids love building and designing anything. It is amazing to see what their little minds think of and make.

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Mia
6/4/2014 10:57:35 am

Legos are used consistently at my house.

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Nora Cash
6/4/2014 11:27:05 am

My daughter loves K'Nex!

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carol wessel
6/4/2014 11:57:43 am

They love to build with Legos and the little ones love blocks.

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Birdie Skolfield
6/4/2014 01:58:48 pm

My kids love K'NEX , Legos & TinkerToys in that order

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Amber Mejia
6/4/2014 10:30:30 pm

They really like Legos and K'N

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Heather
6/4/2014 10:53:59 pm

My kids love building with Legos. We don't have any K'Nex yet. My son loves playing the Plants vs. Zombies game. I think he would love this!

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Kasee Johnson
6/5/2014 12:51:53 am

Legos are our favorites, but K'Nex come in second! My library has 3 chests under the windows that are filled with my childhood Legos that my kids have added to. And my living room coffee table is a giant chest ... filled with our K'Nex collection!!

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Ann Fantom
6/5/2014 01:08:24 am

My daughter loves building with Legos

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Marci Wright
6/5/2014 04:11:16 am

My son loves building toys! His favorites are Legos, K'nex, & Tinker Toys.

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Jennifer Pruneda
6/5/2014 11:42:01 am

My 4yr old is always building me stuff with her knex

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Heather
6/5/2014 11:29:38 pm

My kids love building Legos. Their favorites are the themed sets!

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Natalie Brown
6/6/2014 05:27:38 pm

Hi! My son liked building toys. Lego are his favorite. I helped him make a pirate ship Lego toy. It wasn't as hard as it looked. lol Thank-you!!

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Heather
6/6/2014 09:22:57 pm

My kids love building sets! In fact, I no longer have a dining room table because it is covered in Legos. My kids love Plants vs. Zombies! This would definitely be one of their favorites!

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Sharon Johnson
6/7/2014 01:27:23 am

My kids love Lego and K'nex!

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Ben Hansen
6/7/2014 03:22:12 am

Legos! Or any building toys. Or Hot Wheels and wrestling action figures

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Mia
6/7/2014 06:01:47 am

Big fan of building toys.

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Sherrie C.
6/7/2014 09:40:15 am

My granddaughter's do like building toys. Right now they have Mega Bloks that they play with at my house. Thanks :)

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Linda G.
6/7/2014 12:58:02 pm

They like to build cars and race them

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heather
6/7/2014 01:48:20 pm

We love legos for building.

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Sherrie C.
6/8/2014 02:14:31 am

My granddaughter both like to build things with their Mega Bloks. We built a house together while playing with them. Thanks :)

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Sherrie C.
6/9/2014 04:21:54 am

My granddaughters like building houses and they love their Mega Bloks.

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Dawn Monroe
6/9/2014 07:24:33 am

My grandkids like the mega blocks and pirate lego set.

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Mia
6/10/2014 09:53:49 am

My granddaughter likes the Barbie lego sets.

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Sherrie C.
6/10/2014 09:56:51 am

My granddaughter's love to play with Mega Bloks building houses and other things. Thanks :)

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T. Wilson
6/10/2014 11:40:14 pm

My kids love building toys. My 9 year old love K'nex & Legos and my 2 year old loves Legos. I as a mom love seeing their creativity as they build things.

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Sherrie C.
6/11/2014 03:28:24 am

My granddaughter love playing with their Mega Bloks and building houses and other things.

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Alisha Breithaupt
6/11/2014 03:42:46 am

My kids love Legos, though they use all kinds of building toys sometimes even together.

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Mia
6/11/2014 12:03:00 pm

My kiddos also enjoy using the knex for their building projects.

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jennifer pruneda
6/12/2014 10:08:51 am

My kids absolutely love building toys. I love seeing all the little things that they build with them.

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lisa jones
6/13/2014 03:36:57 am

Right now my kids really like to play with mega blocks! I got some for the baby and everyone ended up liking them so much that we got more c=

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Mia
6/13/2014 04:59:52 am

The big cardboard rectangle blocks get a lot of use in my house.

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Casey Everidge
6/13/2014 07:19:42 am

my son is in love with legos! he really like to make towns with them!

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ANN*H
6/13/2014 11:47:43 am

My grandson loves his Lego's and also Lincoln Logs too. He likes to build stuff all the time

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Sherrie C.
6/13/2014 01:19:27 pm

My granddaughter's love playing with their Mega Bloks but my oldest really wants a Lego set soon.

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Nicole C.
6/14/2014 03:39:04 am

My son is obsessed with building toys, but Legos are his favorites!

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ANN*H
6/14/2014 04:50:21 am

Yes give my grandson something to build and he will do it

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Kristen
6/15/2014 06:00:08 am

They like legos and old school wooden blocks.

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ANN*H
6/15/2014 09:39:03 am

My grandson collects stuff from around the house to build houses and garages for his hot wheel cars

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Sherrie C.
6/15/2014 11:37:09 am

My two granddaughter love building toys and their favorite for the moment are Mega Bloks

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Melissa Bush
6/15/2014 10:25:18 pm

My son is obsessed with Lego's. He has so many we have to keep them in big storage containers. But I think my husband has more fun putting them together than my kid lol

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Gladys Parker link
6/16/2014 07:38:22 am

Conexs

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Sherrie C.
6/16/2014 09:19:35 am

Both of my granddaughter's like building toys and their favorite right now is Mega Bloks.

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ANN*H
6/16/2014 12:31:18 pm

My grand daughter likes her Mega Block to build with

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Alina Hahn
6/17/2014 04:02:22 am

Our 4 yo son loves building stuff with Lego bricks. He isn't picky though and likes to build with pretty much anything he can get his hands on.

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ANN*H
6/17/2014 06:57:11 am

The grandsons love building stuff with Legos and K'Nex too

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Sherrie C.
6/18/2014 03:19:36 am

My granddaughter's love to build things. Right now their favorite toys to build with are Mega Bloks

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Gladys Parker link
6/18/2014 10:18:00 am

Lincoln Logs my kids and grandkids

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ANN*H
6/18/2014 11:07:18 am

They like building stuff with Legos and Mega bloks for the smaller grand kids

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ANN*H
6/19/2014 09:41:48 am

Lego's are the thing that is popular now and my grandson has so many of them . He loves to build cars and buildings with them

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Mia
6/19/2014 10:04:29 am

Also like the stack em gears.

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Gladys Parker
6/20/2014 06:15:06 am

Connects

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lisa link
6/20/2014 10:41:11 am

They love to build with Legos

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ANN*H
6/20/2014 10:54:58 am

Yes they like to build things. Lego's and Lincoln Logs are their favorites

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Damaris Arias link
6/20/2014 04:54:28 pm

My son loves Legos

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Taryn T.
6/21/2014 12:25:29 am

My kids love all kinds of building toys, but Legos are probably their favorite!

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Mia
6/21/2014 03:27:36 am

We've tried the knex at a friends house and really enjoyed them.

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ANN*H
6/21/2014 12:27:24 pm

They like Tinker Toys and Lego's to build with

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ANN*H
6/22/2014 12:31:41 pm

Lego's all the way . my grandson has so many of them

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Gladys Parker
6/22/2014 06:09:16 pm

My grandkids love mega blocks along with the others stated.

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Jill Myrick
6/23/2014 01:59:44 am

My son loves building toys and has both Legos and Lincoln Logs that he builds for hours with.

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Alina Hahn
6/23/2014 04:51:46 am

My son loves building toys - especially Lego bricks!

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ANN*H
6/23/2014 06:21:17 am

Another think we like to build and play with are our domino's

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Kristen
6/23/2014 08:51:16 am

They have Duplo & Lego.

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susan mccarty
6/23/2014 10:09:51 am

my grandkids love k'nex... hope I win this for them!

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donald hughes
6/23/2014 03:58:58 pm

Tinker Toys

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Brenda Elsner
6/23/2014 11:02:57 pm

My kids love building toys. They use Legos all the time!!

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Mallory W
6/24/2014 04:51:58 am

Legos are the best, but that's because they're my preference!!!

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ANN*H
6/24/2014 07:46:31 am

They like their set of wooden block to build with

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Leela
6/24/2014 07:58:58 am

My kids love building things. They especially love legos.

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Gladys Parker
6/24/2014 10:02:20 am

Erecto Set

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christy colln
6/24/2014 04:21:20 pm

he typically plays with legos with anything he can build with he likes!

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lisa jones
6/25/2014 01:14:19 am

My kids really seem to like mega blocks the best out of all the ones that we have, I think its because they are bigger and they can create some huge structures in a smaller amount of time. c=

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Tiffany Vandermark
6/25/2014 01:47:07 am

My sons LOVE Magnetics and Legos. These are an awesome giveaway!

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Mia
6/25/2014 03:27:13 am

We really like the Barbie mega blocks kits.

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Rowdy Boys Mom
6/25/2014 07:12:39 am

My kids love building stuff. I hope we can win this!

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Leslie Stanziani
6/25/2014 08:11:59 am

My 4 kids love building with anything they can find.Lego are a huge hit in my house.

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ANN*H
6/25/2014 09:08:19 am

Lego's are number one for my grand kids building toys

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Matthew
6/25/2014 11:46:33 am

All kids love building toys! We bought my little cousins legos and they just loveeee them.

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AEKZ2
6/25/2014 01:27:51 pm

My son loves his Minecraft Legos.

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