914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/24/25 8:48 a.m.

A small sheet of metal, stamped to produce an airplane, car, dinosaur, etc.   Well here's a new way to make yourself crazy.

I gave the Metal Earth kits to kids as stocking stuffers.

Chris Tropea
Chris Tropea Associate Editor
1/24/25 8:49 a.m.

I have gotten a few of the kits, they are fun but can be very tedious to get the bends just right. 

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/24/25 9:13 a.m.

I sometimes have a hard enough time with Lego sets, so I think I'll leave those to the professionals.

eastpark
eastpark HalfDork
1/24/25 9:24 a.m.

I got the LEM as a Christmas gift a couple of years ago. It demands your patience, but I enjoyed building it. 

WonkoTheSane
WonkoTheSane GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/24/25 9:24 a.m.

I had a couple, I used to do them during remote meetings where my attendance was required but my focus absolutely was not..    I love them.

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/24/25 9:27 a.m.

I got one of a delorean. Someone will be getting it in a future gift exchange, because my fingers are too fat and numb to do anything with the tiny pieces. But it looks awesome on the kit.

porschenut
porschenut Dork
1/25/25 9:22 a.m.

Have been trying to order but every time I put in all the info and click place order it sends a fail message and asks me to try again.  Anyone else try ordering?

brandonsmash
brandonsmash GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/25/25 10:25 a.m.

In reply to porschenut :

Yeah, I ordered one and had no problems.

 

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/25/25 12:11 p.m.

Well, if Amazon won't take your money .....  =~ 0

Jerry
Jerry PowerDork
1/25/25 12:45 p.m.

I tried making an R2D2 and trashed it 2 minutes in.

Chris Tropea
Chris Tropea Associate Editor
1/25/25 12:58 p.m.

In reply to Jerry :

I put that kit together and it was a struggle. Too many curved surfaces that all have to line up exactly right. 
Mine look something sort of like R2D2 should but it's nowhere near perfect. 

chief8one
chief8one Reader
1/26/25 1:46 a.m.
914Driver said:

A small sheet of metal, stamped to produce an airplane, car, dinosaur, etc.   Well here's a new way to make yourself crazy.

I gave the Metal Earth kits to kids as stocking stuffers.

Per website....

 

DISCLAIMER

  • The product is a solid plastic model, no assembly function

 

 

porschenut
porschenut Dork
1/26/25 9:01 a.m.

Tried using the PayPal method and it worked.

XLR99 (Forum Supporter)
XLR99 (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/26/25 10:18 a.m.

Looks like 914 accidentally linked to a different site.

I found the Metal Earth site, which links to Innova Toys for purchase.

https://www.innovatoys.com/metal-earth

I may try the Death Star to see how it goes, starting with an 'easy' kit.

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