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Water Rockets!!
A great toy that demonstrates the basics of rocketry. A plastic rocket is partially filled with water, air is pumped in with a little hand pump, and upon the release, the air pressure pushes the water out the back, propelling the rocket. About 1-1/2" dia x 6" long. Flight tests suggest loft and distances of about 50 feet each are achievable, when the right water/air mix is found. However, since operations lost their rocket on the roof, testing was terminated before final results could be obtained. Clearly, these are good fun for all ages. It has everything you need... Just add water!!
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89115 WATER ROCKET |
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Air Powered Rocketry
The Stomp Rocket(tm) is an incredible toy you almost have to see and do yourself to believe. No battery or fuel required, just a good pair of gym shoes and the ability to jump onto the launch pad will send your rockets blasting 400 ft. into the sky at incredible speeds up to 100 mph! The launch, or 'Blast Pad' is a 4" x 8" rubber air 'box' with a 36" hose and 10" launch tube secured to an adjustable plastic tripod. Your rockets (four are included) are approx 7/8" dia x 9" long, made of bright yellow plastic, with soft rubber tips and fins. At first glance it looks like an OK toy, but preliminary 'right out of the box' tests showed that simply squeezing the blast pad by hand sent a rocket clear across our 25 ft. office. Needless to say, taking it outside and jumping on it made our jaws absolutely drop! Instructions suggest height and distance contests and even target practice (because of the fine adjustment achievable on the launcher tripod). Although shooting one into your hand right at the launch pad doesn't hurt, safety regulations are included along with the insistence of using safety goggles. We also have regular replacement rockets that come (2) rockets per our each.
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90325 REPLACEMENT ROCKETS | |
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89608 STOMPROCKET |
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Soda Bottle Derby!
A boy, an empty plastic soda bottle, and a solar boat kit -- it takes you back to Great Grandpa making his own crystal radio. The Solar Bottle Boats™ kit comes with a 1.5-volt, 1/2-watt solar panel 4-1/4" x 1-5/8", a hobby motor, (2) types of propellers, assorted tape, tubing and wire nuts, and instructions for (3) different designs. You supply the empty soda pop bottles and a body of water.
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92345 SOLAR BOAT KIT |
Arrowcopter
Shoot one of these little plastic arrow-helicopter-rotor gismos straight up with the included rubber band launcher and watch it soar as far as 300 feet! A fun outdoor toy that grows in sophistication as you learn how to adjust the arrowcopter for wind conditions and flight patterns: distance, return, circular descent etc. Our "each" contains a package of two (2). Recommended for kids over the age of 9.
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89602 ARROW COPTER |
Build-A-Dozer Kit
From Kustom Metal", this is a very nice erect-a-set-like kit with steel structural members plus rubber treads or a few plastic parts like wheels and accessories. We'll choose a clever Bulldozer, Excavator, Crane or Harvester, or a cool little Dragster or Racer, for you. The finished vehicle will be 5" or 6" long and proportionately high. Kits have between 130-190 pieces and include a small box wrench and screwdriver along with good instructions, although younger or impatient kiddles might need some help. Clever kids could also find other things to construct from the parts. Small parts and pieces, so keep it away from kids three and under.
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93441 KUSTOM METAL KIT |
41-Pickup
Much more fun than 52-pickup. This Gearbox Toy is a die-cast model, a replica of the 1941 Chevy pickup truck used by the John Deere Company as a service vehicle. Scale is 1:43; the doors, gull-wing hood, and tailgate all open and close. (The payload of tractor parts stays glued in the bed.) Measures 4-3/8" long x 1-1/2" wide x 1-5/8" tall. A licensed John Deere product.
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38174 DEERE PICKUP |
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Gliders-R-Us
We think Whitewings are the best gliders in the air, and these multi-craft kits combine the best of the best. The "Early Gliders" is their Milestones set of (6) historic flying machines: the Wright Flyer; the 1893 Lilienthal glider; the Bleriot X1; the Ryan NYP (Spirit of St. Louis); the Lockheed Vega; and the Douglas DC-3. The "Modern Gliders" comprises the Messerschmitt ME 262, the Bell X-1, the Boeing 367-80, the Air Force North American X-15, the Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel, and the Rutan Voyager. All are based on the real things that are on display at the Smithsonian. These are approx 10" long with a 12" wingspan, made in card stock and balsa, with a rubber-band launcher and a good 40pp manual.
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92952 EARLY GLIDERS | |
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92953 MODERN GLIDERS |
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Your New Hydrogen Ride
OK, you can't ride in it, but your gerbil can. From the excellent Thames and Kosmos® company, now comes this Fuel Cell Hydrogen Powered Car. You add (2) "AA" batteries to aid the electrolytic process, but after assembly and the right priming, the hydrogen cell will power this 8" x 5" open-frame vehicle. For ages 10 and up, the kit includes a detailed 16pp instruction booklet. Good for physics instruction and good for science projects. "Today the gerbil; tomorrow the whole family!"
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93428 H CAR KIT |
Scaled-Down Ragtops
These 1:43 scale die-cast and painted metal cars are all convertibles, 3–7/8” to 4–3/8” long, with detailed plastic dashboards and upholstery, and a small display mount under each one. The ’66 Olds 4–4–2 is blue with a red and white interior. The ’38 Alpha Romeo 8C 2900 and the ’55 Pontiac Starchief are both yellow and black. No display stand, but a great paint job and a working tailgate and doors.
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35243 1938 ALPHA ROMEO |
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35241 1966 OLDSMOBILE |
Seltzer Power!
Incendiary rocket fuel? We don't need no stinkin' incendiary rocket fuel. We got the Mighty Seltzer Rocket! The seltzer rocket, made of simple plastic parts. (No, don't lean over it!. That's not a foam nose cone, you know!) The 4-1/4" x 1-1/4" dia seltzer rocket that holds water and (1) dissolving seltzer tablet. The rocket that has shot almost 30 feet in the air for us. It comes with (4) antacid tablets, just like those you can buy at the drug store -- and it's basic science at its best!
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92303 SELTZER ROCKET |
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Slow down and order a model-ship kit of the USS Constitution, aka Old Ironsides, the frigate (now moored in Charlestown, MA) that won the War of 1812. This smallish, but nicely detailed and reasonably complex wooden kit, is made for ages 10 and up-which means complicated enough to be fun to build but simple enough not to make you scream AAAAAARGHH and quit. It's approx 8-1/2" long x 9" tall when assembled, with rigging. Comes with good directions. You add the glue and paint or varnish and it's ready for the mantel.
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92710 USS CONSTITUTION |
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