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Love Meter
AKA hand boiler. An exotic bit of hand blown glass with a bulb at top and bottom connected by some zippy tubing that spirals, loops, and/or jogs. In the closed system is some colored liquid (methyl chloride) that is very light. Hold the lower bulb in you hand and as the air in the system is warmed it pushes the fluid through the loops to the upper chamber. When all the liquid is pushed out of the lower bulb, expanding air will bubble through the tubing making it appear that the liquid is boiling. WARNING! The glass is fragile and the liquid is nasty. If you drop the thing on e.g. the kitchen tile, it will eat the finish off the tile and the stain in the liquid will permanently stain the floor. So don't let kids handle this item unsupervised. About 7" tall, it is a favorite in our stores.
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6199 LOVE METER |
Laser Light Show
It's a standard keychain laser pointer, 2-1/2" long, 1/2" dia. But it comes with (5) different screw-on heads, allowing you to project everything from the useful (a single point) to the frivolous (a flying saucer, mudflap girl, two fingers up, dbl candy cane). Good distance, too. Specs: Class II laser; 630-680nM; output less than 1mW. Batteries are included. (Please note that the heads may change slightly)
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91073 MULTI-HEAD LASER |
Rat! Run!
Better than rubber vomit. More fun than a whoppee cushion. This radio-controlled rat moves forward, turns left, spins around, stares at you with red, glowing eyes. Dark-gray plastic, he's about 13" from his pointed little nose to the point of his tail. Works up to 50 feet from the wireless hand-held controller. Requires (3) "AA" batteries, (1) 9 volt battery and a kid 8 years or older, none of which are included.
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92507 REMOTE CONTROL RAT |
Electronics! Mechanics!
We’re not supposed to play favorites, but we like these kits that combine the look of bare–bones wooden bodies with the action of electronics –– and we really like the Robomech with his rhythmic walk, moving arms and glowing red eyes. Although the balanced movement of the big–footed Tyrannomech dinosaur is fascinating. And Trainmech, the old–fashioned locomotive, is a textbook example of the workings of shafts and wheels. The robots are about 8–1/2” tall. The mechanized kits come with motors, gears, gearboxes, switches, etc., and pre–punched 1/8” thick plywood body parts (you know we always like body parts). You supply simple tools and (2) to (4) “AA” batteries. No soldering required, but they’re relatively complicated. For 12 and up –– or 8 and up, with adult help.
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92149 TRAINMECH KIT |
Intruder! Intruder!
Someone has entered your room! You're not in there to catch them, but the infrared light barrier you built has sounded the alarm! This Velleman MK120 mini kit includes all the components for both the 2" x 1-1/2" transmitter and 4" x 2" receiver (sizes approximate). The transmitter and receiver can be installed up to 12-1/2 ft apart. Breaking the infrared beam between them sets off an 85 dB alarm and lights an LED. Includes instructions, a schematic, 9-volt battery holders and adapter jacks (but not the solder, soldering gun, or the 2 batteries or adapters).
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92316 INFRARED ALARM KIT |
3-D Specs
You remember: white cardboard frames with red and blue plastic lenses. The temples fold to 5" long. 3-D's a lot more fun in these days of the Web: go to www.howstuffworks.com for binocular disparity and rivalry tests, or just Google around to find fun stuff or school optics experiments to use these with.
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92682 3-D GLASSES |
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Leggo My Landing Craft
Release that inner intergalactic-vehicle designer. These Model Max™ Pro model kits from MegaBloks® are compatible with the construction toys that rhyme with a popular frozen waffle. Both the Rhino, with (70) pieces and the Explorer, (50) pieces, come with plans but have endless possibilities for the creative-lunar rovers, personal fighter craft, undersea atomic subs, futuro-Indy cars. At this price, you can afford to buy several and build to the max. Made in Canada, for ages 5 and up.
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36481 MAX EXPLORER | |
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36480 MAX RHINO |
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A Working Wonder
If we had a category just for customers who lust after Jules Verne inventions and elegant gadgetry, this would be in it. The wonderful brass sundial, a reproduction of an antique, is approx 3" dia x 11/16" thick overall, and actually works! A latitudinal gauge lets you tilt the engraved dial to the correct angle for your location, and a bubble and three leveling feet allow the 1-1/2" dia lock-down compass to point in the precise direction. And if you never took it out into the sunshine, you'd still love it for the look and logic of it.
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92848 BRASS SUNDIAL |
Almost Real
And close enough, because sometimes the threat of security will do. Our simulacamera looks like the real thing, even though it isn't, with an activation light and a quite real motion detector that causes the "camera" to pan from side to side. The unit measures 3-3/4" x 2" x 2" with a 1-1/4" dia lens. It's mounted on an adjustable 4" x 1-1/8" x 3/4" arm attached to 3-1/8" dia baseplate with (2) 3/16" mounting holes. The angle adjusts from 45 to 180 degrees, and the motion detector starts the head swinging 20 degrees in either direction for approx (15) seconds. Takes (2) "AA" batteries, not included, but does include mounting screws and mollies-and a tiny, tiny price.
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92835 DETECTOR CAMERA |
Mark Any Angle
This torpedo level not only indicates dead-on level with its vertical and horizontal bubbles, it has a floating 360° pointer to indicate the angle of any deviation. The 8" x 2-1/8" x 5/8" plastic level has a 5-3/4" long magnet embedded in its bottom edge, a hole from which to hang it for storage, and -- maybe -- some oily residue. The residue, if there, won't hurt it, and is the reason we can offer it at this incredible price. Just wipe it off, and smile.
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92292 TORPEDO LEVEL |
Chuck a Nun!
But first, a caveat for the devout emptor: If the word "sacrilegious" gives you pause, you might want to stop reading right now. If not, then this is your chance to quite literally chuck a (tiny) nun with the Nunchuck hand catapult. Frankly, we don't think the chucking game gets any better than this. The spring-loaded black-and-white-plastic nun-gun is 5-3/4" long and comes with (4) assorted Little (1-1/4" tall) Sisters of the Air, ready to soar across the room. Extras available in packs of (10), despite the decline in vocations. (We get extra points, by the way, for not making Flying Nun jokes in this description, but you should feel free.)
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92908 NUNCHUCK | |
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92909 NUNS (PACK OF 10) |
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