MAGQOO3D Wooden Dollhouse Miniature DIY Doll House Kit with Furniture,1:24 DIY Box Theater Kit (Pack of 3)

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  If you love miniatures and doing fine, intricate work, you will love this kit. The detail is amazing and beautiful. The instructions are translated, so I did fine them a little vague in a spot or two. But careful thinking along with finding a video of someone else who had made the project helped. Overall a fantastic experience that took me two evenings to finish. I have already purchased another kit, I loved this one so much.

Instantly in in love with this kit when I first saw it! Got it quickly! Huge plus is it has the booklet in english. It’s a little challenging because the stuff are so so tiny however I had a lot fun putting it together and everything came out perfectly. It took about 12 hours for a newbie like me to complete. Didn’t come with batteries and glue due to the US import restrictions law I think...

This is a fairly good little project. I’ve been doing miniatures since I was a kid (I’m in my 20s now), I’ve made several full-on miniature houses, and comparatively I’d say that this project is on the more advanced and difficult side and has quite a few pluses and minuses.First, the wiring is very difficult to set up. I almost gave up and did the project without the wiring. There is little instruction on how to actually set up the lights (I found that you have to do the lighting first and have to strip the wires of the two light lines and combine them, then attach to the battery pack. You also have to fully attach the scenery and indoor light first, then seal the battery in the platform, which is difficult and leaves little room for mistakes regarding the placement of the house, later).The other things that made this difficult was obviously the size (this was by-far the smallest project I’ve ever done and it’s really tough to do some of the parts on such a small scale, even with the little tweezers they send. The glue they send is also a bit hard to use, since it’s thick and sticky, and is bulky and stringy when using on very small pieces, and also smells very strong (and made me headachy and sick every time I used it and had to switch to a different kind of glue). The instructions overall are vague and somewhat contradictory, so you’d want to already have a general understanding of how to put things together. The only other thing is that the actual house is really flimsy. This doesn’t matter once it’s in the tin, but the instructions say to put the house together outside the tin (so you can put the snow on the roof and stuff before putting in it the tin) but it’s literally impossible to do it that way, which complicates things like putting the snow on in the end and putting in the ceiling light.There are a ton of pluses too, which is why this still got a good rating from me. First, I LOVE the idea of building into a tin. I’m still at uni and have to move around a lot, and because of that I’ve lost most of my other miniature projects. This is so wonderful because you can safely close up the tin, and just put it in a box to move. For this reason alone I really recommend this for anyone who isn’t 100% settled down yet. It’s also small, so it’s nice that it easily fits on a shelf/bookcase/etc, and can be easily put into storage.I think there a lot of value in the project for the money. I got it for only $10 and it came with glue, the tin, tweezers, all the things to finish the project, and a nice wooden stand to hold it on. I would say that even though bits of this are hard and advanced, it may still be a nice place to start if you’ve never done miniatures and want to give it a try, just for the price/what comes with it, as long as you know that not all miniatures are this difficult and small.Overall I would recommend this, just be aware of some of the shortcomings. I really love the outcome and love that I can move around with this without worrying. I also want to note that I did customize this somewhat. I didn’t add the bunny figurines (cause I prefer just the buildings when doing miniatures), I left out one of the kitchen chairs, and changed the fruit bowl on the table. I used glue to make the river look glossy/icy and added snow to the edge of the platform because it came warped and was pulling up at the edges. I also used paint to finish the inside of the lid with a forest because I didn’t fancy the text they put there, painted the inside of the roof because it was visible, and painted the ceiling light chain a gold color (the kit doesn’t come with paint at all though). Overall pleased with it!

This is my second theater box (the first was the forest bunnies in this series). It was much easier and with less steps than the other box, however I have to consider that I mastered some skills and instruction-deciphering in completing the first. The first took me about 12 hours over about 2 weeks time. This one was completed in about 6-7 hr in less than a week.The slow down with these projects is waiting for the glue to set, and because the directions are so complex you really can't work ahead or get other items prepped in order to quickly advance the next steps (seriously, don't even try).You could probably do this whole project on a TV tray, but I used a corner of the kitchen table, which I was able to leave undisturbed and spread out my materials as I worked through them. I also suggest you keep the garbage in a little bag or box and not toss it until you are done, because several times I had to dig back through for something.You will need a bright desk lamp and possibly reading glasses (even if you wouldn't normally use them-borrow a pair from your dad). This kit didn't come with tweezers but the kit before did, so I was able to reuse those. This definitely helps with the smaller items. I also found it helpful to have smaller, heavy objects to use for holding up smaller assemblies as they dry. Some things have to be dried at an angle or in an unusual way. An XActo knife is very useful for the smallest of items, but I tried to use scissors for as much as possible since I could get a more precise cut with them.Be careful with your styrofoam bases and make sure you cut them so that the tin will close. Remember you will be laying them with additional fabric or materials and that increases the thickness. In the two that I made, both only just close and I wish I had made the styro with a slightly thinner profile. Even though there is a pattern and measurements, dense styro is difficult to cut cleanly and evenly.Overall, I really enjoyed the 2 kits I've done so far and have a 3rd one purchased that I'll work on when cold weather and short days arrive. It was a nice change from jigsaw puzzles which got me through the early days of Covid.

These little box theatre kits have become my daughter’s Covid hobby. They have been a huge pick-me-up for her.She loves all of the box theatre kits she has done!I gave this one four stars because the light switch is just designed poorly. All of the kits that stand vertically have these light switches that are hidden under the little signs (see my picture). My daughter doesn’t care in the slightest about this; however, if you have stubby fingers like I do, turning the little light on is super fidgety! The horizontal kits have a much better design—the switch isn’t hidden by the plaque.Anyway, we would have bought this kit despite the lighting issue! She adored creating this! We haven’t found a kit yet that we wouldn’t recommend.