Sorry for not updating sooner, thanks for the prompt, Biz.
Paul began assembling the set shortly after the kids boarded the bus Friday at 6:50am. About an hour later the news was grim–the base drum frame thingy had a crack. Long story short, we had to ship it back. What we SHOULD have taken pictures of for entertaining our blog readers is us REPACKAGING the drums in the original packing materials. Yikes. We only forgot 2 pieces: a package of nuts and bolts and the return invoice thing. Minor details, eh?
I imagine that it will be a couple weeks now between the exchange happening (length of time could vary depending on how important those missing pieces are to the drum company), the shipping back to us, then waiting for the kids to return to Robin’s to it can be assembled. We will keep you posted.