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Piano Roll-up
CJ is the resident musician at A.S.&S., and he can play this roll-up keyboard to a fare-thee-well. "It sounds great," he says, "and it doesn't get any more portable than this." About nine steps beyond nifty, this extremely cool electronic keyboard unrolls to 25-1/4" long x 5-1/4" but the 1/8"-thick rubber-membrane keyboard rolls up around the sound module to become the exact size of healthy ham and cheese sandwich. It has (26) different tones, (99) rhythms, (10) demo songs, a (3) octave range and it runs on (3) "AAA" batteries that we've included. The business end has volume, power, function, start and stop controls, a built-in 1-3/4" speaker, headphone output and jacks for a 6VDC 300mA adapter 3.5mm plug (not included). And if you let the cat play on it, we bet you'll get Phillip Glass tunes.
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92810 ROLL A PIANO |
Flood Forward Tanks!
Dive! Dive! Dive this remote control submarine into a tub or a pool for super fun! The 2-3/4" x 2-3/8" x 1-3/8" Super Mini X-Sub moves forward, backward, left, right, up and down, at regular or Super Dive speed! The small transmitter has a 7- to 9-ft range and may be 40MHz or 49MHz. You provide (3) "AAA" batteries (which should power it for approx 150 minutes or more) and a body of water. Comes with a small bag of BBs for ballast, in case your sub is too buoyant. This is a dazzler -- a real kick to play with, according to the junior submariners around here!
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92396 R.C. SUBMARINE |
Tired Of Pulling Strings?
Snap on the ratchet top, crank it up and push the button, and this 3-3/8" tall top spins like a demented dervish. The bottom is a big spring, so it'll bounce, too. The auto part is the light inside the top of the top, which lights up only when it's spinning. Includes (2) button cell batteries. We'll select a lovely, top-like color for you.
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38102 AUTO-TOP |
Make Two Dozen Paper Airplanes
Plus, of course, the one you already know how to make, but imagine how sick your kids are of that one. This highly origamian, 120pp book has the plans for (25) ingenious paper airplanes, including some stunt fliers. Our favorite is The Flying Pig because you can make "when pigs fly" jokes at meetings and then use the agenda to construct it. Written by David Mitchell for PRC Publishing.
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93160 PAPER AIRPLANES |
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Incredibubbles!
We love these! You're going to love these! Your kids are going to love these! Hundreds of clear marble-sized bubbles can cover the floor, cling to the sides of furniture, land on your arm. They float enchantingly, rising on air currents you can't even feel. After a few seconds, the bubbles are hard enough to catch or stack. Some will still be perched in out-of-the-way spots a day later. Touchabubbles goop, thicker than the bubble-blowing liquid you're familiar with, comes in a 4" plastic test tube with a wand built into the cap, and a clip on the side so you can carry it in a shirt pocket. The goop is nontoxic, but it tastes really bad, and you probably won't want these landing on expensive tabletops, so kids under 8 should have adult help with them. They should be sharing the fun anyway!
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91812 TOUCHABUBBLES |
Intergalactic Pendant
Jewelry for the future, or to hypnotize cats. This 2-3/4" dia x 15/16" thick chromed plastic pendant has an array of blue, green and red LEDs inside that bounce off a back mirror and an front-surface mirror in (6) different deep-infinity, mesmerizing patterns, (1) of which will probably let you go back in time if used right. We're thinking Starship costumes. Has a 13" neck strap and includes (3) button-cell batteries.
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93375 FLASHY PENDANT |
Gyroscope
2" flywheel in well made metal frame. The trick is the same as it has been for 100 years. Wind the string through the spindle, pull it firmly to set the flywheel spinning, and perform effortless balancing magic on pencil tips, string tightropes, and the like. We tend to forget that bicycles and aircraft navigation both rely heavily on gyroscopic principles. It's never too early to tell the kids. Besides, it's fun.
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3804 METAL GYROSCOPE |
Play The Piston Flute
Or the Swanee whistle. Whatever you call it, this little slide whistle (just consider it the smallest trombone in the universe) has an outsized musical history. No elevator has ever fallen in a cartoon without its accompaniment, and no jug band is complete without one, but Louis Armstrong also played one on his Hot Five recordings, and Ravel even required one in an opera score. In assorted plastic colors with a steel slide, 6-7/8" long x 1/2" dia.
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93011 SLIDE WHISTLE |
Rube Goldberg Lives!
And in the kitchen. Lose the pics of the dog and build your very own marble track device on the fridge door. Comes with (11) pieces: (2) 8" and (2) 6" rails, (2) curvy 11" switchback rails, a "tornado funnel," a 3" dia spinning wheel, a couple of counterweighted spinning buckets and a catch box--all held on by magnets--plus a dozen marbles, because you're going to lose a few under that fridge. It's all done in high-fashion lime green and purple plastic and if mathematics works, there ought to be 100 possible Goldbergian combinations. CJ calls it very cool, and we trust him.
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92668 FRIGITS DELUX |
Magnetic Geometry Made Fun
Now comes this ball of geometric possibilities, from creativity guru Roger von Oech. Perfect for anyone with a 3-dimensional mind, from a precocious child to a bored nonagenarian, including your favorite artist, mathematician, designer, engineer, or whatever. The little red ball, 3-1/4" dia, comprises (30) magnetized right golden rhombic pyramids that will fit together in endless shapes, from a rhombic triacontahedron (see the pic), to stars, wreaths, animals, sunbursts, and endless others. Comes with a 96pp booklet on geometric possibilities and creativity. Plenty of desktop noodling fun, but a lot more than just a toy.
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93333 BALL OF WHACKS |
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Classic Ping-Pong Balls
Whyfor classic? Because these are the traditional, 38mm size, not the new 40mm standard adopted by the International Table Tennis Federation in 2000. (You could look it up.) Insiders tell us the change was to improve visibility on TV, so these should be just fine for your regular, non-broadcast ping-pong. Lotsa science experiment/model possibilities too, at these prices. Might be a touch dusty.
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93349 PING-PONG BALLS |
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