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I agree as well. It is most certainly an educational toy set.

However, as pointed out by Jan and Bruce, It seems a bit wasteful to expend 10 hours to assemble something something that at least feels like it could morph into a large mush spitball if left out in the rain overnight. (With todays coatings and treatments it may be more rugged than I think while still having that feel it should go straight to the recycling bin as soon as it's owner loses interest)

That said, kudos to all who take the challenge and time to get it together and running well.

Let us remember that even the most cheaply constructed steam toys of 50 to 150 years ago are in many cases still in our collections and still able to run today. I don't think you can say that will be the case with many of these.

It does have nicely printed surfaces on all exposed parts. 

Is this the latest iteration of our throw away society?