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Thames & Kosmos Gumball Machine Maker Lab - Build Machines with Physics & Engineering Lessons | 12 Experiments | Make Your Own Gumball Machines | Includes Gumballs | Award Winner

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Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition


Features

  • Build your own gumball machine with this science kit that's part marble run, Part roller coaster, Part pinball machine!
  • Each segment of track teaches a different lesson in mechanical physics, exploring topics such as simple machines, force, motion, momentum, gravity, Newton's laws, energy transfer, and more.
  • Track segments are modular and can be easily moved around to create an almost limitless number of different gumball machines.
  • As they roll down the tracks, the gumballs perform cool stunts via a pulley lift, pendulum, funnel, trampoline, pinball launcher, domino slide, and more!
  • The kit works with standard machine-size, 16-mm (5/8-inch) gumballs, the a small supply of gumballs are included to get you started.
  • A parents' Choice silver award winner
  • Skill Level: Novice

Description

Super sweet stunts! Build your own gumball machines and learn physics lessons in the process. A turn of a handle dispenses one gumball at a time out of the clear storage globe and down the track. The gumballs land in a collection cup and can easily and sanitarily be returned to the globe for another run. The track segments can be moved around on the base to create an almost limitless number of different gumball machines. As the gumballs roll down the track, they perform cool stunts and tricks. Stunts include a pulley lift, pendulum, funnel, trampoline, variable-slope ramp, pinball launcher, and domino slide. Each segment of the track teaches a different lesson in mechanical physics, allowing users to explore topics including simple machines, force, motion, momentum, gravity, Newton's laws, energy transfer, and more. Trial-and-error experiments teach in a fun, hands-on way: will your gumball successfully make it to the end of the track, or will you have to re-engineer your gumball machine to make it work? The kit works with standard machine-size, 16-mm (5/8-inch) gumballs and includes a small supply of gumballs to get started.

Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.5 x 11.5 inches


Item Weight: 1.8 pounds


Country of Origin: China


Item model number: 550101


Manufacturer recommended age: 6 years and up


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Release date: March 4, 2020


Manufacturer: Thames & Kosmos


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    • cute but not very sturdy
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
its very complicated to put together for a child
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024 by Tiffany Butler
    • Gumballssss
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
Love this! Got it for my son for Christmas, but I did open it to check the pieces and ensure everything was there. Great instructions and easy and simple set up. Can't wait for him to play with this.
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024 by e.nordhaus
    • Fun
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
This was an arse to assemble, there's the instructions book and a QR code to take you to a video on how to assemble it in different ways. The videos are too quick for me, I had to watch the video a dozen times to get it right. Frustrating but at least I left a few strands of hair left on my husband's head 😄👌🏼. It came with a small bag of 14mm size gumballs, I wanted more so I found the 14 mm size gumballs, Double Bubble. Nice big bag just right for the gumball machine. Have to keep twisting it until a gumball comes out. But be careful that you don't break it. Twist it one way and another to get one completely out. Sometimes it works with a few twists in one direction. The rest of the things I put into a ziploc bag to keep them in one place and easy to find. 4 stars because it was challenging for me and seems like it will break easily if not cautious. In the end, it turned out well and was fun to play with. I did the pinball so my daughter is having fun and sharing everyone's gum💖👌🏼. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023 by 🤨WhatUtHinK🤔...
    • Great Learning Exercises - Difficult execution (Used Marbles instead of Gumballs)
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
My son loves marble runs and looking at gumball machines when we pass by it at a local restaurant. Since he was two, he loved his marble runs, and weirdly called his marble runs a gumball machine (not sure why). So when I saw this, I thought it was perfect! Unfortunately, it didn't work out as well. The actual pieces are hard to configure. You're pulling or pushing the plastic pieces onto pegs while wondering if it's going to break. I studied the instructional pamphlet and kept wondering what I was doing wrong. There was a question on whether it can be used with marbles. Technically, it can and does, but some of the tricks don't work as well. That can also be a part of the lesson - using different types of "gumballs" to see what works. The marbles are too heavy for some of the tricks (or maybe we just put it together wrong). One issue we had with the domino slide - the tiny pieces just wouldn't stay on. I noticed that they were different shapes, so we played with the order of the pins but it didn't seem to help. Pinball launcher broke after the third set up. That became another lesson, looking at the pieces, figuring out where it broke and how to fix it. (We glued it back together and it works again). We use it with our marble runs now. We have it sitting on a shelf and build the marble run below it. My son loves turning the gumball machine crank, go through a few of its tricks, and have the marble drop into the marble run. At the time that we bought this, I tried to view it on youtube but kept seeing the same promotional video over and over again - so that didn't help. I do see new video uploads by Thomas Wetzel added here, which is absolutely helpful! Watch that while starting and it will help. Unfortunately, my son and I had to learn the hard way. Overall, even though it wasn't easy to put together - some plastic pieces broke and some tricks didn't work, my son loved it and we used it as a learning exercise. Why didn't some tricks work, would it work better this or that way? If we attached this here, what would happen? ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020 by Hawaii_Homemaker
    • Bad design
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
The gumballs get stuck in the mechanism that feeds them outside.
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2024 by Amazon Customer
    • Fun for kids
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
This was a great gift for kids to put together with the help of an adult but they loved that they could switch up how the gum ball dispensed.
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024 by Julie
    • 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
I love it for kids!!!! Makes then use their brains, mind and creativity! Keep making more of these style for the children m! Thank you 🙏🤩🙌
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2024 by 5 star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    • Gumball
Style: Gumball Machine Maker - English Edition
Idea is great but just not well made.
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2024 by Anthony Pena

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