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Rok Works Start Set Product Description:

• Set includes: RC Loader vehicle, Radio Control Center, Control Pad, 8 Rokenbok Vehicle Keys, Motorized Conveyor & Plan Sheet
• Load up the motorized conveyor and watch it come to life!
• A fun and exciting way to build your way into the world of Rokenbok
• Over 150 Pieces

Product Description

Inspire young minds to create their own fun with innovative Rokenbok toys. Rokenbok combines classic building fun with interactive technology. This Starter Set includes everything you need to start the fun and ignite the imagination. Includes the Rokenbok Radio Control Center, 1 control pad, 1 radio control vehicle and 1 power conveyor. This expandable system integrates with any Rokenbok building set for unlimited building possibilities. 152-pc. set. Requires 3 AA batteries (not included). Ages 6 and up.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
A parent's dream!!!
By Todd Olson
As a person with a background in engineering, I feel somewhat qualified to write a review on this product. This toy is engaging, creative, non-destructive and non-violent. On top of that, it's one of the few that you may actually find yourself addicted too as well! What more could a parent ask for?

A cross between Legos, model trains and remote control vehicles it is an intoxicating mix of motion and construction that most children find hard to put down.

It begins with the purchase of the The Works or Monorail Start Set. After spending a little time (about an hour) to put the set together according to the plans, you'll spend much more time scooping up the little balls with your remote control trucks and placing them into the conveyor, where they are lifted through a series of chutes into dispensers to repeat the process.

But that's not the best part. As your set begins to grow, your children can do many more things - all of which seem to engage the child more. The RC Elevator, Down-A-Vator, Construction World, and other vehicles and sets add immensely to the enjoyment.

I give the product a slightly reduced durability rating as my 6 year old managed to break one of the tabs attached to one of the chutes during normal construction, but to Rokenbok's credit they have a lifetime no questions asked replacement guarantee for any piece.

All in all as your set grows expect to spend $500+ on it depending on how big or tall you wish to go, but it is durable enough for most children and will last their entire childhood if played with correctly.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Best Purchase I made
By Satisfied Mom
I bought this item for my 8y son last christmas, he is still playing with it faithfully and has even saved up his money to expand on the product. He loves it. This year santa is expanding on his set. If you have a child who seems to get bored with toys easy, then this is the toy for you, you'll never regret getting it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Lots of fun for all ages!
By Michelle Adams
My husband and I enjoy playing with this as much as our son does. The rokenbok website is very useful and has great plans for building new projects. I agree with the other reviewers in the need for buying more than the starter set. The additional pieces are necesary for extended play. I have not had a problem with pieces breaking, but I think that this a toy to be treated gently. This toy is great for developing problem solving skills.

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Cheap Yamaha HTR-5560 Dolby Digital Audio/Video Receiver

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Yamaha HTR-5560 Dolby Digital Audio/Video Receiver Product Description:

• 6-channel surround receiver with Dolby Digital EX, DTS, Dolby Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, and Dolby Pro Logic II processing
• 75 watts per channel x 6 channels
• Offers Yamaha Digital ToP-ART technology, Auto Priority Input Selection, Auto Decoder Selection, 40-station AM/FM presets
• Silent Cinema, Virtual Cinema DSP, Quad-Field Cinema DSP, and 21 other surround algorithms
• 5 video inputs, 2 outputs; front-panel AV inputs; 5 digital-audio inputs, 1 output

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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful.
Worth every penny!!!
By Todd J. Groller
I purchased this receiver after not being satisfied with my ...Marantz digital receiver. A friend of mine bought a Yamaha receiver shortly after I purchased my Marantz receiver, and his Yamaha blew me away. My Marantz had a thudy sound when listening to CD's. I thought it might be my speakers so I bought a very good pair of speakers, but it sounded no better. So now four years later I decided to shop around for a new receiver. I checked out many top of the line receivers, but when it came down to sound for the $$$ the Yamaha receivers could not be beat. This receiver sounds fabulous listening to cd's as well as watching movies. The power put out is simply awesome, as well as you have all the inputs and outputs you could possibly need, plus you have the ability to hook up two sets of main speakers. You will also find this receiver simple to operate, and a great veriety of sound fields to choose from, (jazz club, rock concert, pro logic 1&2, spectale, sci fi, tv sports, just to name a few). The only downside to the HTR-5560 is that there is no phono input, you need to buy the [more expensive] model to get it, or you can do what I did and buy a ...stereo pre amp for your turntable. All in all this is a great receiver, if you buy it you will get plenty of bang for your buck, and you won't be disappointed.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Quality vs. Options
By David Dickenson
As a long time user of Yamaha and Sony products, the choice between the Yamaha HTR-5560 and the Sony STR-DE985 was not easy.Both have similar base functions, specs and price.The Sony has the "bells and whistles", where the Yamaha is known for their high quality of sound.I decided to go with the Yamaha and I'm glad I did.After going through the instructions, I found many more options then are listed for this unit.I also found I could live without some of the Sony extras, like multi-room output, phono audio in and the remote unit macros.The Yamaha sound is excellent and this unit has plenty of high quality power. It also has more digital ins and outs.The reason I rated this receiver a 4 star is I would like to have a 3 or 5 band equalizer built in,a remote that has at least the main buttons illuminated for ease of use in darkened rooms and sub woofer out that has adjustable cross-over settings.So, the choice is quality vs. options.I chose quality.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Competent unit, with the best looks and the worst manual and
By hans j heer
First the Pros:The Yamaha receiver HTR5560 is truly one of the best looking units. Simple lines, a minimum amount of buttons, timeless, as these units have been for years (I did upgrade from a none digital RXV1070 unit)To my surprise, Yamaha has kept its sturdy aluminum front plate and the uncompromising good solid feel of every button on the front panel.

The sound is truly remarkable. A huge improvement over the old none digital $900.00 unit. Dolby digital is absolutely incredible compared to the old Pro Logic and the DSP is still as much fun to play with as it used to be, however, Yamaha left one of my favorite settings out, the Church environment.

Very good designed speaker cable terminations, which make it virtually impossible to install a wire that would touch the next terminal and short it out.

Room for Improvements:The user MANUAL is still bad, actually it got worse. The print is not as sharp and smaller, making it harder to read the almost invisible identifications of connectors in dimmed light (hey, who has the time to set it up during the day?)The manual does not have diagrams with all the connections for the different possible set-ups. The diagrams do not show if you can hook up a DVD player with S-Video and continue with RCA to your old TV monitor. Also, you might find in your DVD manual the answer to why your unit never switches to Dolby Digital. Yes, you need to hook it up over an optical cable. The manual does not explain enough what all these different decoders do how they work and what the hardware andconnection requirements are.Don't get me wrong, all the info is in there, but you will find a lot of important information just by chance. And, if this is the only place where Yamaha did the cost cutting, thumbs up.

The plane front panel requires that a bunch of operations have to be done by pushing buttons several times until you get to the setting desired. As a result, you do more with the REMOTE CONTROL. Unfortunately this unit is truly the weakest point on this receiver. Small buttons, no illuminated buttons, no LCD and not enough buttons for all the functions. As a result you are still going down the menu hierarchy for settings you might change for every CD or DVD. This is a pain in the neck and cuts down on the fun. Any of the aftermarket remote controls for $15.oo-20.00 can do a much better job, except for the DSP functions. I will try to get one from a RXV730 Yamaha receiver, the next step up from this one.

If you still use a record player, you are out of luck, or need to buy a pre-amp. There is no PHONO INPUT.

Also, no ON SCREEN audio information.

A word of caution when shopping: The features listed buy most sellers have tons of mistakes; the worst of all is the Tweeter web site (North East Region). According to Tweeter, this unit is almost identical to the RXV730, a $599.00 unit. Crutchfield seamed to have a much more accurate list of features and has top-notch photos of all angles and the remote.

Still, I think it is still a very good unit, sounds wonderful, very good price and it will still look good in ten years, just as my 12 year old RXV1070 does today.

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Yamaha HTR-5540 Audio/Video Receiver Product Description:

• 5-channel surround receiver with Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, and Dolby Pro Logic II processing
• 75 watts per channel x 5 channels
• Offers 5.1-channel analog audio inputs, Auto Priority Input Selection, Auto Decoder Selection, 40-station AM/FM presets
• Silent Cinema, Virtual Cinema DSP, Quad-Field Cinema DSP, and 21 other surround algorithms
• 4 composite-video inputs, 2 outputs; 2 digital-audio inputs (1 coaxial, 1 optical); spring-clip speaker terminals

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Wow!
By Ricky G. Turner
I wanted to replace my 2 year old Sony STR545 receiver for my home theater / stereo system and thought the price was good on the Yamaha 5540. I was stunned at how much of an improvement in sound quality and quantity the Yamaha made. The sound is so much fuller and substantial when playing both the dvds and cds. It's an extremely up to date receiver with Dolby Prologic II and Digital 6.1. I have both SACD and DVD-Audio so I wanted a receiver with the analog jacks which it does have. As others have said don't let the 75 watts listed concern you as the sound is much, much stronger and louder than my old 100 watt Sony ever was. I love this little baby!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent under $500 receiver
By A Customer
Brand new 2002 model. Clean, Crisp, sound. Just look at all the reviews of Yamaha receivers...most all of them are rated from 4.3 to 5.0. Impressive. This model is all of the above and more. Wanted the HTR 5560 but thought I don't really need all those "bells and whistles". Just wanted a excellent receiver that will give me the decoding plus enough extras to choose from. I don't need a 1,000 settings just enough for me to enjoy the movies...remember speakers make the system.

Strengths:

Clean, crisp, sound. Very polish. phantom rear center a plus without adding that extra rear channel.

Weaknesses:Limited input/output in the back. All you need are the audio input/output. All video are directly to the T.V. (best connections are always directly to the T.V. anyways...if you want switching buy the HTR 5560. You'll pay extra though.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Quality Sound
By A Customer
Replaced my 100 Watt Kenwood Surround receiver with the Yamaha HTR-5540 receiver, and what a difference. The quality of the sound is incredible. This unit offers a optical input from my DVD player which really boosts power and quality. This unit has as much power as my 100 Watt Kenwood. I consider this an UPGRADE from the Kenwood. The sound options are numerous and the installation was a snap.

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