MGA's Miniverse Age 8+ Make It Mini Food Halloween Series 2 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Mini Diner Collectibles, Blind Packaging, DIY Replica, Resin Play, For Collectors & Kids Ages 8+, NOT EDIBLE

This series was by far the best I wanted and got all of them

I bought this as a present for my little sister as this is something that she is really into at the moment. They are good quality and a fun toy to have if you like collecting small things, I understand a lot of adults also do these minis and I can understand why although I could not understand where you would put them afterwards. The items in here would make excellent dollhouse accessories or additions to any other action figure.I got this on offer, so I would say it was a good value. The size was adequate and it was packaged well, unbeknownst to me was a rare Beetlejuice one so my sister was very happy.

My granddaughter and I had a wonderful time making up this set. We had the kitchen unit with ultraviolet oven which sets the resin “food”, but as I understand it you can set them by standing them in the sun or under an ultraviolet light if you don’t have the Miniverse Make It Kitchen. The instructions are not terribly clear but there is a picture step by step which my granddaughter soon figured out. The seasonal sets seem to be more expensive than the normal every day ones. However, it was great to make Halloween Cake and display it with the Sindy and Barbie dolls.

I remember when a Kinder Egg cost 35p, and the toys were actually good. After the delicious outer chocolate layer you would discover a model to build with a reasonable number of pieces that fit together to make some sort of figurine or car. Nowadays, they are 3 times the price and 3 times less fun. In most cases, you dont even get to build what you find, and need a smart phone with internet access to get the full enjoyment, and I use the term enjoyment loosely! Regardless, the excitement was trying to find a new character for your ever growing collection.Random mystery items are a gold mine. Weather they are the afore mentioned Kinder Eggs, dolls with accessories or mini figures of varying rarity hidden behind blind bags in a box, if you are a collector then you will keep buying them until you have the set. This of course often leads to the annoyance of having multiple of the same item, but half of the fun comes from the mystery of opening it.My 9 year old daughter has been collecting these Miniverse balls for a little over a year. She is quite creative and enjoys any activity that allows her to be crafty. The prices of these balls can vary depending on the series or set. Primarily they contain individually wrapped plastic components and resin to make a miniature food item, from ice cream to Sunday roasts. The instructions are basic and often just pictorial but then they are pretty straight forward to assemble. I always put a matt down as the resin can be quite damaging to tables or other surfaces, especially if it sets. Speaking of setting, you will need a UV torch to harden the project. Some of the larger balls come with one, but most dont. Using a torch only takes around 2-5 minutes for it to be hard. It does state that you can leave them in sunlight to set, but here in Grim England you could be waiting a while, and I have have left some on a window sill for days to find the resin is still tacky. One of the good things with these sets is even if you end up with a duplicate item you can still make it differently to before. The set also comes with a stand to display your item, as well as forks/spoons/straws depending on the food type. The 'ingredients' themselves are well made and packaged in their own 'tiny' packaging, weather its a little tub for the ice cream or a box of cereal. It really is well thought out and all these touches add to the experience of making mini foods. The brand themselves have expanded into other miniature items including a home range with plants and flowers, and a pet range with tiny fish tanks and terrariums. I have just ordered from the recently released new 'spa' range where you can create fully usable mini soaps and bath bombs. What I like about this brand is that the fun continues once you have opened all the bags up, they are not simply put to one side and forgotten about, my daughter is so proud to show us her finished piece and explain why she placed the items the way she did. She proudly displays her creations on a shelf in her bedroom and always shows them off. I guess the only downside is that they are a bit expensive for what they are, but everything of this nature is. You can find some good deals if you keep checking, and you get around 30 minutes of fun activity out of each ball.

These are fiddly and could be messy so I would t suggest them for kids. However I am a giant kid in my 40’s and I loved these. I bought some for my neurodivergent friends and they all agreed. These were the perfect tasks to quiet our busy brains with a fun task.

Item as expected, arrived fast. Great make it mini by miniverse, these are fun to put together but as they contain resin precautions should be used and care taken.

Bought for Halloween and was cute, my daughter liked it, she wouldn't make it any other time than Halloween mind.

The resin wouldn't come out the bottle, seemed to have set already. Waste of money for being double the price.