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Design-Build-Fly Airplane Kit
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Design your own planes, then fly 'em. This kit has (35) parts including balsa wings and bodies, plastic struts and landing gears, rubber-band drives and (3) props. Comes with instructions for (4) planes, including an X-wing and tri-plane, but it's made for you to experiment with your own designs. Also made to build, disassemble and rebuild different models. For ages 8+.
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94300 AIRPLANE DESIGN STUDIO BUILD-FLY KIT |
Wood Would Always Be Better
We woodn't kid you; we always like wooden kits best. More organic. These are all pre-cut, unfinished pine and include nails. You add wood glue, simple hand tools and paint. Pick the little birdhouse, which will be approx 6" long x 3-1/4" square; the pirate ship, which will be approx 8-1/4" tall x 7" long x 1-5/8" wide, with black-string rigging and paper sails that are included; or the fun 6 3/4" x 2" x 2" drag racer. For ages 8 and up.
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94260 BIRDHOUSE KIT | |
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94262 DRAG RACER KIT | |
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94261 PIRATE SHIP KIT |
Build Your Own Crystal Radio
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A good basic kit with everything you need to build a very simple crystal radio. This is not hi-tech hi-fi. Geared for ages eight and up, it is a complete kit with wonderfully straight forward instructions which walk the experimenter through hooking up tuning needle, crystal diode, and earphone, and experimenting to find useful antennas. Excellent education, recreation and discovery device all at the same time. A simple kit with hours of fun in it.
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88028 CRYSTAL RADIO KIT |
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Flying Yankee
Train-spotter alert: here's a slick little model of American railroading's first successful streamliner from the 1930s: the Flying Yankee (aka the Burlington Zephyr, aka Union Pacific M-10000). The original ran on diesel and cost a fortune, but our tin and plastic model train is a bargain as a wind-up, 3-car classic toy. Measures 13-3/4" long overall x 1-7/8" tall x approx 1-1/2" wide.
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94293 WIND-UP FLYING YANKEE MODEL TRAIN |
RC Rover Kit
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Build your own radio-controlled rover, no soldering required. It's a Dr.Toy winner from Elenco's Snap-Circuits" series. The 30-piece kit includes a multi-function wireless remote, turning controls, head and sidelights, and sound effects. An easy-to-follow manual includes instructions for over (20) projects.
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93442 SNAP CIRCUIT ROVER |
Carnivore In A Pot
You supply the pot, we'll supply a dozen Venus Fly Trap seeds and a little sack of soil in a 4-3/8" x 2" dia plastic growing tube, plus an instruction sheet on the care and feeding of everyone's favorite meat-eating foliage. Gestation is about (14) weeks, so order early if you're planning a birthday surprise for someone.
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93010 VENUS FLY TRAP |
Get Jiggy With This
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Start your incipient woodworker off right with this kid's 360° reciprocating jigsaw. Made to cut balsa wood, foam and card stock, it operates like its larger cousins. Has a 7-1/2" x 6" teardrop-shaped plate and a safety-minded 3/32" working distance (opens to a max 5/16"). Mounted on suction cups and powered by a wall adapter or (4) "AA" batteries, not included. Illuminated by LEDs, it stands approx 5-1/2" tall and comes with a spare blade, (2) foam pieces, a hunk of sandpaper, a design template and instructions. For ages 9 and up.
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40341 LITTLE JIGSAW |
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Electronics Made Easy...And Fun
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
When is a toy not a toy? When you can have fun with a kid, and build a digital voice recorder at the same time. If the young Tom Edison had had one of these kits, your grandparents' lives would have been a lot easier. Elenco's Pro Model SC-500 is a Dr. Toy winner, from their Snap-Circuits" series. Has over (75) parts to snap (no soldering) into a grid and learn electronics while building an AM or FM radio, digital voice recorder, burglar alarm, doorbell, and electronic games, among over 500 experiments. For ages 8 up to adult, it includes a well-written, graphically illustrated instruction manual. AWARDS: The National Parenting Center-Seal of Approval, Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products, Dr Toy Best Educational Products.
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93440 SNAP CIRCUIT PRO 500 |
Soil Test Kits
The budding home scientist and horticulturist will both delight in the ease with which this self contained soil test kit brings discovery. The kit measures not only ph., but also Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash content and contains material for 40 tests. Since these are the essential ingredients affecting plant nutrition, we see a science project in the making: experimental plant growth in soils with different amounts of acidity and/or nutrients. From Luster Leaf(tm), the kit is entirely self contained and includes complete instructions for use and explanations. Be careful, please, the kit does have chemicals and should not be used by young children without supervision.
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88690 MULTI SOIL TEST KIT |
Fossil, Fossil, Fossil
You get (3) genuine actual real fossils for less than the cost of a tuna fish sandwich, with fries anyway. You'll receive a sand dollar fossil (approx 1-1/4" dia), an orthoceras (a type of cephalopod approx 3" long) and an ammonite (approx 1" dia) fossil, each in an individual plastic box.
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94275 SAND DOLLAR, ORTHOCERAS & AMMONITE FOSSILS |
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Unleash Some Serious Fun
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Nothing says chemistry like fizzing, bubbling, glowing flasks and this Extreme Secret Formula Lab kit provides all that and more. From SMARTLAB®, it includes (20) experiments that feature "mad lab" fun, including foam and harmless fumes. Includes (2) plastic flasks, a beaker and mixing bowl, small pipet, stand, funnel, 8g of glow-in-the-dark zinc sulphide powder and a 24-page instruction booklet. You add a few common household items and an assistant named Igor. For ages 8 and up.
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94184 SMARTLAB SECRET FORMULA LAB KIT |
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