Ok so first impressions it is a little heavy in the packaging but then we opened it up. My husband and I were glad that all the pieces had letters or numbers on them to help know which pieces were what. Also the instructions were one of the better kind pretty detailed not to hard to figure it out. My husband put it together with our almost 3 year old it took just under 2 hours to build it. Seems pretty sturdy and looks amazing definitely bigger than I thought it was but not a bad thing. Definitely recommend this product.