Other Kits & Models

Candy Chemistry, from Thames & Kosmos®, is a serious kit for kids 10+ outlining (25) experiments that demonstrate how cooking is chemistry. They can learn about science while making sweet treats. Includes a (48)-page booklet, plus gummy candy and...

Experience the power of the Dark Side with the all metal, laser cut Fascination Toys Premium Series Imperial Star Destroyer™. This meticulously detailed model captures the iconic shape and menacing presence of the Empire's most feared warship...

LEGO® is the premiere building toy, preferred by kids and adults (AFOLs) everywhere. We're no exception, we love them too. We happened across some brand new, sealed, retired, Master Builder Academy™ 20214 Adventure Designer sets and we couldn't...

Geologists rock, and they like to have fun while they learn, which is why someone who wasn’t as dumb as a rock invented these (2) compact STEAM Earthly Elements kits. Each has a set of (6) earthly elements, a magnifying lens/ruler, display tray and...

Everybody loves a good monorail, and this Thames & Kosmos Robot Rails Monorail System STEM Experiment Kit comes with a robot that zooms around the track! Your kid builds the track and the robot, which uses a motorized gyroscope unit for propulsion...

If you didn’t dig before, you dig now. Everyone digs digging into this Adventure Club STEM Mystery Gems Discovery Mega Dig Kit because it’s like going on an archaeological adventure without having to get all the shots and foreign visas...

Mini Building Blocks are leggo-ish but smaller, and this (1,475)-piece kit is of The Solar System, which is ironic on account of the solar system being so big. All the planets are here—even the one that’s not a planet anymore—in their...

Here’s an alien and spaceship that don’t hog any space. It’s a (697)-piece Mini Building Blocks Space Alien and Spaceship kit, with pieces that are leggo-ish but smaller. Includes a lil’ green alien, a silver spaceship, some trees...

This is your classic dual-threaded connector tube to link a pair of plastic bottles together, demonstrate tornado action and learn once and for all about the fluid dynamics concept of a vortex. In an homage to Dorothy in Kansas, this connector tube also...

We don’t know what to call this awesome gadget except for what the package calls it, the Adventures Scope. It’s a handheld digital viewer with an approx 1-3/4” x 1-1/4” LCD color screen and a 27” flexible-neck with a...

Modelmakers, this is one serious model. It’s the Aero Clock®, a fully functioning, STEM-educational DIY wooden wall clock that’s as much a puzzle as it is a model, with precise engineering that reveals the inner workings of a weighted...

Those rocks aren’t going to polish themselves. You know the drill…you find the rocks and use our top-notch Tumble-Bee® equipment to polish them into objects of beauty. Our increcibly durable, modern rotary tumbler is completely...

Give the gift of puzzles. These are some of the slickest, highest-quality adult wooden jigsaw puzzles we’ve ever seen. Colors and details are mind-blowing, and the pieces are extra thick, a tad under 1/4” (5.65mm for Canadian Surpies). We...

Gen Xers will remember hours of fun spent with the original Like-Brite before the Millennials ruined everything. Well, it’s back and like the cereals you used to eat, it’s New and Improved, with LEDs behind the 8-3/4” x 1-1/2”...

No more manual shuffling! Take poker night to a whole new level with this fully automatic card shuffler. Shuffles up to 2 decks at time while keeping cards in perfect condition shuffle after shuffle. Take money from your kids faster than ever before!...

You can’t start fooling people too early. This box of tricks is for budding magicians, and includes the props and instructions for (77) tricks. Includes a magic wand, without which you can’t be a magician, plus assorted cups, balls, cards and...

This highly instructive and fun 25th Anniversary Edition kit teaches magnetic polarity using a pair of powerful 3-3/8" x 1" sq magnets and (35) newly minted custom coins of varying diameters. Includes an 84-page booklet with (46) experiments, activities...

It's the classic Spirograph®, which is a lot of intricate round mandala-like designs floating around out there. Celebrate with one of our spirographic specials. You pick: the Travel Spirograph® in a flip-lid case with a 2-3/8" ID ring in the lid...

Decidedly clever little gizmo reminiscent of our ever popular tornado tube. It consists of a plastic sleeve into which one screws two empty 2-liter soda bottles. Inserted into the connecting tube are clear plastic "straws", one extending toward the...

We’ve been growing our own crystals for decades. They grow up so fast (sigh…). With this Adventure Club STEM Glow Crystal Growing Kit, a kid in your life will get (6) different bags of crystal, (1) bag of glow powder, (1) bag of granite base...

We love this thing, but we’re not sure we would have gone with Waterslide Marble Run as the name. Looks like a marble run to us. We guess if you run the marble straight into the tub, then sure, it’s a waterslide—and let the fun begin!...

From the awesome Thames & Kosmos, this Gecko Run Marble Run Starter Set is kind of like a hott wheelz track, but for marbles, and way more innovative. Your kid uses the more than (60) total parts to intuitively build countless combinations of unique...

Put your kid on the job with this Spy Labs Incorporated Forensic Investigation Kit from Thames & Kosmos. Your budding investigator will use laboratory tools and techniques to learn how to analyze evidence and solve cases with help from (20) pages of...

Imagination has no boundaries with these STEAM-compliant science-adventure kits from Tedco Toys, though it does have a number—(8). That’s how many activities each kit includes. Some common household items are required, and a full-color...

These Mini Dig kits, in which you discover a hidden treasure buried in a plaster cast (which is called sandstone on the package), are great for parties, vacations, scouting groups and schools. Each kit includes a wooden digging tool and mallet, a dusting...

Could be a new line of cologne, but in fact, it’s a clever kinetic action demo kit called Wave Wires® with magnets marked for polarity, and mounted on (4) 8-1/2” long wires attached to a 4-1/4” square steel base. Includes a dozen...

From Fascinations®, these small model kits are made from intricately laser-cut polished steel. Punch the pieces out from the 4-1/4" square sheet and put them together with the tiny tabs. You pick the dragonfly, with a 4-1/2" wingspan or the...

Build one yourself and learn about pneumatic and hydraulic technology in the process. The Thames & Kosmos® Mega Cyborg Hand kit is 2020 Astra Best Toys for Kids winner comes with a (52)-page color manual, (203) pieces and (5) experiments. The...

Home robotics, bubeleh. Build a working hydraulic arm with this excellent 66-piece kit from Pathfinders' Simple Machine series. Structure is die-cut plywood and the kit includes tubing, (3) syringes and glue. You'll need a ruler and scissors. The...

Based on drawings from Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, this Pathfinders catapult kit uses a pair of bent wooden arms as springs to launch clay balls (included) over (4) meters at enemy fortifications (not included, go make your own enemies). The assembled...

Sometimes if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself, and that often applies to kaleidoscopes. Build your own 10” version and fill it with trinkets and baubles to create a personalized dazzling vision. Comes with a paper cone,...

Cases for mounting butterflies, bugs, rocks, fossils or any other three dimensional collectibles. Known as Riker mounts, these are sturdy cardboard boxes appx. 3/4" deep, with glass glued into the front cover for viewing. They are filled with a fairly...

Here’s a great (59)-piece STEM kit for kids who know the world doesn’t revolve around them. From Thames & Kosmos®, it’s a mechanical Orbiting Solar System with planets that revolve at different speeds according to gear ratios and...

Takes a steady hand, a good eye and tweezers, along with wire cutters and needle-nose pliers, to construct these Metal Earth® steel models. Just punch out the tiny parts from laser-cut sheets and assemble them with tabs and...

Metal Earth® Kits are not for cowards or the clumsy. Clip the shiny steel parts from their matrix and assemble them with a tweezers. No glue or anything else is necessary, but a steady hand is required. Finished pieces will be approx 3-1/2”...

Time was, they told us the age of reason it was 7, but kids are smarter now. (It’s probably the chewable vitamins.) Now you can start their science education at 5, with this Stepping into Science kit. Includes (29) experiments about plants and...

Can you say orrery kit? That’s what this is to an astronomer. (Named for Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery in County Cork.) Your orrery has the sun and planets out to Neptune on a gear-driven 6” x 4” base. You’ll get all the...

This excellent and beautiful Stirling engine would make Robbie Stirling himself proud. Has a 1/2" piston stroke and sits on a 7" x 3-1/2" wooden base. Comes with a small alcohol lamp to fire it, and is connected via a belt to a DC generator that fires...