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#1
Rating details & item highlights
- value4.9 out of 5
- quality4.8 out of 5
- length of play4.8 out of 5
- ease of use4.7 out of 5
- No tools needed! All parts snap together easily.
- Step-by-step projects grow with your skills for fun yet challenging STEM/STEAM learning.
- Learn about electronics while developing analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Hands-on circuit-building experience and hours of creative playtime and learning.
- Discover Photoresistors, Capacitors, Transistors and IC's and how they interact.
- Control the flow of electricity with two included Resistors
- Suggested Age: 8 Years and Up
- CPSC Choking Hazard Warnings: Choking_hazard_small_parts
- Educational Focus: Social Skills, Language Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Memory Skills
- Includes: Instruction Guide
- Battery: 2 AA Alkaline, Required, Not Included
#2
Rating details & item highlights
- broad age appeal4.6 out of 5
- ease of use4.2 out of 5
- quality4.2 out of 5
- value4.2 out of 5
- Engineer your own domino machine
- Get hands on with robot engineering
- Explore high-energy science with real electronics
- Set up and knock down domino runs
- Experiment with chain reactions
- Comes with illustrated instructions and a magazine
- Dimensions (Overall): 2 Inches (H) x 7.5 Inches (W) x 11 Inches (D)
- Weight: 2.14 Pounds
- Suggested Age: 9 Years and Up
- CPSC Choking Hazard Warnings: Choking_hazard_small_parts
- Educational Focus: Engineering, Science, Creative Thinking
- Includes: Accessory Pieces
#3
Rating details & item highlights
- quality3.8 out of 5
- value3.5 out of 5
- Design, build, and create endless inventions with the Think Box Inventors' Box
- Store your personal components and creations in the Think Box storage case
- This Think Box Inventor's Kit comes with an Inventor's Guide Booklet and over 700 pieces to use along with everyday household items to create unique and useful inventions
- Ideal For Ages: 8+
- ThinkBox Toys promote learning through play with engaging STEM activities for boys and girls
- Suggested Age: 8 Years and Up
- CPSC Choking Hazard Warnings: Choking_hazard_small_parts
- Educational Focus: Science
- Includes: Storage Case, Wires
- Battery: No Battery Used
#4
Rating details & item highlights
- value4.8 out of 5
- quality4.8 out of 5
- broad age appeal4.8 out of 5
- ease of use4.7 out of 5
- LEGO Creator 3 in 1 space toy building set features a space shuttle which rebuilds into an astronaut figure with jointed limbs or a spaceship toy
- Kids ages 6+ can choose to build the supercool space shuttle toy with an opening hatch which contains a removable and extendable satellite inside
- Next, kids can use the LEGO bricks to rebuild the set into a cool spaceship toy with moving wings so they can role-play flying into orbit
- The LEGO Creator 3 in 1 set can also be rebuilt into a posable astronaut figure with a jetpack and a flag to be 'planted' on a stand
- With this LEGO Creator 3 in 1 set, kids get 3 different build and play experiences; makes an out of this world gift for kids ages 6+ years old
- Using the LEGO Builder app, kids can zoom, rotate and visualize a digital version of their model space toys on a smartphone or tablet
- Number of Pieces: 144
- Suggested Age: 6 Years and Up
- Assembled Dimensions: 5.55 Inches (H) x 7.52 Inches (W) x 1.81 Inches (D)
- Model #: 31134
- CPSC Choking Hazard Warnings: Choking_hazard_contains_small_ball, choking_hazard_small_parts
- Educational Focus: Creative Thinking
#5
Rating details & item highlights
- value3.6 out of 5
- length of play3.6 out of 5
- broad age appeal3.6 out of 5
- quality3.5 out of 5
- Build your own awesome, wearable mechanical hand that you operate with your own fingers.
- No motors, no batteries — just the power of air pressure, water, and your own hands!
- Hydraulic pistons enable the mechanical fingers to open and close and grip objects with enough force to lift them. Every finger joint can be adjusted to different angles for precision movement.
- Three configurations: right hand, left hand, and claw-like; adjustable to fit virtually any human hand.
- Learn how pneumatic and hydraulic systems are used in industrial robots such as automobile components.
- Suggested Age: 8 Years and Up
- Educational Focus: Science, Circuits and Robots
- Includes: Instruction Guide
- Battery: No Battery Used
