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I considered buying labo for my kids but I thought the cardboard would be destroyed in a week max.

How does it hold up? I have two, one is three and the other is seven.

We've cleared odyssey at least two times as well, and I catch the older one looking for moons from time to time. Kirby seems to be the current attraction though :)

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Nintendo released all the labo parts as PDFs.

Granted, turning those files into parts might be more work than most people want to do, but at least it’s an option.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/labo/parts/

Labo was such a huge hit with my 6 year old. Doesn't even bother me that some items got crunched later -- the joy she had building those things is far better than I expected. And the crunched items still mostly work.

It’s surprisingly sturdy. For your 7 yo it should be perfect: on some parts some help might be needed, but mine got it done 99% by himself. The app is really well done.

One interesting thing is he’s super attached to it (specially the robot one) as it took him so much time to build. I’m waiting for the interest to wane a bit to go for the customizations and try to build new things.

If anyone can make invincible cardboard, it's Nintendo.

"Thankfully, Nintendo is already selling Toy-Con cardboard replacement parts for Labo" https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/4/20/17262280/n...

It's not your average cardboard from what I've heard and once complete the toys sound like they are quite sturdy.

Very sturdy. That hasn't been a problem.

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