Vehicle Kits & Models

Show a kid the wonderous ways of mechanics with this Discovering STEM Mechanics kit from Engino®. They’ll learn about levers, linkages and structures when they’re building any of the (16) working models, such as a seesaw, double-deck...

Give a science-minded kid this Engino® Discovering STEM™ Mechanics kit and it’ll give you leverage for weeks. It’ll give them leverage, too, because it’s all about levers, linkages and structures. Kids can kid build (16)...

Turn your kid into a tiny aeronautical engineers with this paper airplane launching kit from Elenco. It's their world famous Snap Circuits line and it is simply cool. 5-projects include plane launcher, ball launcher, and flying saucer. Snap the pieces...

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...

Forget those wimpy battery-powered toys! Stomp Rocket® Ultra Rockets are 100% KID-POWERED (or adult, just watch those knees)! Just stomp, aim, and watch as your LED-lit rockets soar to dizzying heights (or at least 200 feet). Comes with 4 LED rockets...

Explore the Moon with Your Very Own Lunar Rover! The Elenco Space Nine Robot Kit is your ticket to intergalactic adventures! This innovative 2-motor robot is designed to navigate rough terrain with ease, just like a real lunar rover. Key...

Back in the 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci took time away from his painting and sculpting to oh, you know, invent a few weapons of war. We have (3) of them in the form of pre-cut wooden models that you assemble. You’ll need a bit of glue, and you,...

Kids love trains—don’t ask us why. We just know certain things. Here, we have a (137)-piece erector-type kit that’s mostly metal, and as colorful as the stories trains have provided for centuries. Your kid can piece it together to make...

Soar Through the Skies with the Ultimate Aerial Adventure! Capture breathtaking aerial footage and pull off gravity-defying stunts with our 120° 720P HD Quadcopter. This powerful drone is packed with features to elevate your flying...

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...

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...

Space travel enthusiasts like us (and you!) think big, and we love that the folks at Mini Building Blocks make small models of our favorite big-idea things. These (3) kits are fun to assemble—pieces are leggo-ish but smaller—and very...

This erector-type robot kit has (144) mostly metal pieces, and when your kid puts it together with the included tools and instructions, it’ll stand on its own. Looks really cool—kind of simplistic but also shiny and mysterious, with big red...

What’s the worst part of throwing a paper airplane, besides the teacher catching you? Consistently and repeatably launching them! With this 2019 Creative Child Award Product of the Year winner, budding engineers can design, build and...

If you feel like it’s time you (or your STEM-interested kid) learned simple coding, we have just the robot to teach you. The EL10T Coding Robot from Elenco® is friendly and won’t take over the universe—it promises. You’ll use...

You thought we were going to say hell. Heck no, this colorful, (117)-piece erector-style helicopter set must have come down from heaven. Has (2) criss-crossing rotor blades on top, (2) rotors at the end of the tail, landing skids and a slim cockpit hat...

With this Engino® 50-in-1 Inventor® Kit, a clever kid can build (50) motorized models—of a chopper, windmill, UTV, forklift, snowmobile and dog, to name a few—using the included and online 3D-rendered instructions. This kit has won so...

Sounds like doughnuts made of steel, but it’s much more interesting, especially for a science- minded kid. This STEM Inventor® 12-in-1 Industrial Models kit from Engino® includes parts for (3) models that kids can make with the printed...

Design your own planes, then fly 'em. This kit has over (35) parts including balsa wings and bodies, plastic struts and landing gears, rubber-band drives and (3) props. Comes with a handy divided travel case and instructions for (8) planes that can be...

The five words every kid wants to hear: “Build your own space robot.” It’s robots, it’s space, it’s their own, and it’s not only permission, it’s a direct order. We have several kits from House of Marbles in the...

From Thames & Kosmos, this (212)-piece Wind Bots STEM Experiment Kit comes with a (52)-page, full-color manual that allows kids to build (6) different fantastical wind-powered machines, including a big-wheel tricycle, fan boat, flying machine and...

Step right up, folks!  This isn't just any Ferris Wheel – it's your ticket to a whirlwind adventure in forces and motion! We've even thrown in 5 mini thrill-seekers to ride the waves of knowledge. And guess what? Our secret weapon to power the...

Just like the original Stomp® Rocket but slightly smaller for slightly smaller feet, the Stomp® Rocket Jr. Glow also, you guessed it, glows in the dark. Includes (4) 8-3/4" tall foam rockets, launch tripod, 3-foot hose and the launching pad on...

Eschew plastic models. Go ahead, we won’t tell. And then try these nostalgic wooden kits from Pathfinders Design & Technology. All pre-cut pieces, held together only by wooden pegs, they each take about an hour to build. You...

Back in the days when technology was a good guy, and cereal boxes came with real toys, kids got diving submarines that they charged with baking powder and played with in the bath tub. Now kids can have the same fun again. We have found a (gray!)...

The ingenious Sir Isaac Newton spent years coming up with his laws of motion, but now your kid can learn all about them fast by building (8) working models in this Discovering STEM Newton’s Law snap-together kit from Engino®. Models include a...

This kind of owi doesn’t even hurt! It’s an OWIKIT™ 7-in-1 Rechargeable Solar Transformer. This one, a Creative Child Magazine and Dr. Toy award winner, features all snap-together plastic parts (no screws or tools required), a solar...

The problem with mobiles is that you have to wait to inherit the wind before they do anything interesting. Until now. This devilishly clever mobile has an 8” wide single prop plane with a solar cell up top mounted on a crossbar with a coin holder...