Vehicle Kits & Models

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)...

We’re not selling tickets to Mars yet, but by assembling this (46)-piece STEAM Solar-Powered Mars Rover, kids can learn how electrical energy and solar energy are converted into mechanical energy. Kit includes a motor, gears, body, wheels and solar...

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...

Our Stanley® Jr. DIY (43)-piece Race Car Kit takes the Pinewood Derby concept and marries it with a NASCARR-ish design. Very cool either way. Measures approx 6-1/2” x 2-1/2” x 2” when assembled. Comes with wooden pieces, realistic...

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...

We’ve been freestyling our paper airplanes for decades and loving every aviary minute of it. But since we got this DIY Paper Airplane Kit, it’s like our paper airline game has broken through the stratosphere. Includes (60) sheets of assorted...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Introducing the Ugears Hexapod Explorer: part insect, part robot, part extraterrestrial rover. Driven by a powerful spring motor, the Hexapod Explorer can walk up to 3 meters on its own legs, without need of an auxiliary or supporting wheel. The ability...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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!)...

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...