VEX Robotics BattleBots Construct — End Game, from HEXBUG, features more than 250 pieces that easily snap together. Kids ages 8 and up can watch the realistic-looking weapon spin as the bot moves forward. The miniature, authentic bot features a signature front wedge armor plate that deflects attacks, all the way down to the orange, anti-flip tabs on the top of the bot. It has a realistic belt-driven disc spinner, which activates the weapon as kids drive around. The VEX IQ Build Blitz — Remote Control Construction Kit is the ultimate STEM robotics kit made for kids ages 14 and up. The kit has more than 800 easy-snap-together pieces that can be built into seven different motorized robots without tools. Budding engineers will learn science and technology concepts and can use the knowledge they gain assembling this kit to get a jumpstart in the VEX IQ robotics competition.
The Lauri Tall-Stackers Pegs Building Set, from PLAYMONSTER, encourages color and shape recognition and logical thinking while promoting creativity. It includes a guide for parents and teachers to use to engage kids ages 3 and up and helps teach STEM skills. Marbleocity 4 Bar Link introduces engineering and physics concepts to kids ages 9 and up via dynamic model kits that are made of real wood. Each marble machine kit includes a comic starring the “Tinkineers” and teaches a STEM lesson. The principles in the comic are reinforced as kids construct the model. The finished product is a showpiece-quality kinetic sculpture that really works. The one-hour build time is beginner-friendly, and the set connects to others for even bigger fun.
VEX Robotics Battlebots Construct — End Game
The Q-Ba-Maze 2.0: Colossal Set, from MINDWARE, features motion-activated, light-up cubes that flash in striking gem colors as marbles rock and roll through the mad marble mazes. Kids ages 6 and up get a lesson on gravity and cause and effect as they try out different combinations. The set includes 270 pieces set and a convenient fabric marble bag. The introductory KEVA Cutouts set includes 30 pine KEVA planks, 10 half planks, six columns, six battlements, four arches, and four portholes that kids ages 5 and up can use to add special details to their existing KEVA constructions. They can add turrets to their castles, porticos to their pavilions, and antlers to their moose. Then, they can turn the columns into train tracks and the antlers into interlocking building blocks that form a sturdy base for any structure.
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