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User Submitted Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-05-29 Fantastic value I remember when I was a kid, building radio kits and playing with electronic gadgets of all kinds. I definitely learned a lot and had lots of fun (I ended up studying electronic engineering in university). However, while fun, I had lots of frustrating experiences with those kits. Fiddly wires, annoying connections that were hard to make, etc. I saw this product on Amazon here, read some reviews and decided to try it out. I was a little wary since I recently got some other science toys for my 7.5 yr old son and he wasn't particularly enamored with them. Not that they were bad; just that they were hard to appreciate for him. Directions were hard to follow for his age, etc. This snap circuits kit is quite the opposite. Simply amazing. I introduced it as "lego electronics". And it really is. It's really simple to build all the circuits. After a few false starts, my son was building the circuits almost completely by himself. The pieces are simple to snap together. So easy compared to what I remembered. What impressed me the most is the manual. Few toys devote so much effort to the manual. Full color, easy to understand diagrams, and straightforward text. The only thing they could do more of is explain the electricity principles a bit more. However, for mid-twenty-dollars, I can't really complain. And I believe they do have a teachers-companion guide or something like that which presumably has the extra educational material in it. I thought some of the experiments could be grouped differently to make a more logical flow. However, I think they put some thought into interleaving the "boring-but-important" projects with more fun noise-making-and-light-flashing ones to keep the kids interested. Overall, an amazing job. I can't imagine how anyone could better this. Fantastic stuff. The guys who came up with this deserve a medal. Date: 2007-04-11 Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Great product, my son loves it (7 years old). You can make all kinds of neat things, electricity, make things move, it's just good fun and hours of entertainment! Date: 2007-03-27 Big Birthday Success We sent this item as a birthday gift to our 9 year old grandson. While we have not actually seen the snap circuits and how it works, all reports from his mother are that this is a GREAT gift. They have worked 9 of the projects and Nicholas can't wait for us to come so that he can show us what he can do. We will be making this trip shortly and look forward to spending time with Nicholas and seeing first hand his latest project wiht the Snap Circuit Jr. From a distance, we highly recommend it as an educational and fun gift. Date: 2007-03-20 excellent toy I purchased this for my 7 year old grandson for Christmas. He LOVES this thing. He has created all kinds of things with it, and every time he is successful, he giggles with glee. This toy makes him think...it doesn't think for him. It gives him the opportunity to think things through and troubleshoot, and best of all, when he completes a project and it works, you can see him beam with pride at his accomplishment. He LOVES this toy. I will definately buy more of these types of things. 5 stars because it is an educational toy the kid LOVES - add to it the great low price, and how could I give it anything less? Date: 2007-02-27 Grandson loves it! I did have to order this from someone else at the last moment as it was cancelled three weeks after they had my order. However, I did get it from another website--my grandson (eight) really loves it and has made several different things with it. Like most kids, he is easily bored and this is a great way to keep him occupied.
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