Snap Circuits Electronics Exploration Kit $21 at Amzn + free ship w/ Prime

Bugsgrandma

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My very first posted deal!

This is a great set for kids around 5-9 years old. Fun for the adults too. I often give this set as birthday gifts when it's around $20.

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SpaceCallahan

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Quote from Bugsgrandma

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My very first posted deal!

This is a great set for kids around 5-9 years old. Fun for the adults too. I often give this set as birthday gifts when it's around $20.

just a heads up the price increased to 20.99

And thank you for posting it Peace

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this is basically regular price - they just bumped it up to $34 for the xmas period.

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jpa1

Jan 23, 2022 2:06 AM

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This was one of my favorite Christmas presents ever. I'm an electrical engineer now.

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Is this a good set for a grades 4-6? Or should I just go for a more advanced set like the SC-300 for $55 and be future proof? This is for home school, so would be used for higher grades too. Thanks OP for sharing.

The SC-100 is $20.99 at Walmart also. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Elenco...t/11037219

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Quote from paulsquatch

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Is this a good set for a grades 4-6? Or should I just go for a more advanced set like the SC-300 for $55 and be future proof? This is for home school, so would be used for higher grades too. Thanks OP for sharing.

The SC-100 is $20.99 at Walmart also. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Elenco...t/11037219 [walmart.com]

I got my kid a lot of these kits including the SC 300. He was around 6 years when I got him the SC100. Now he's 11. He still uses them. The advanced ones just add more components. I would suggest buying the SC100 first and then moving gradually. I know that some kids don't really like them.

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Quote from jpa1

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This was one of my favorite Christmas presents ever. I'm an electrical engineer now.

EE here as well, but I didn't get this when I was a kid. Started by disassembling a broken VCR and building kits that required soldering.

(fill-in) Doctor (garbageman): The knack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0
is a rare condition characterized by an extreme intuition about all things mechanical and electrical ... and utter social ineptitude.
Mom: Can he lead to normal life?
Doctor: No. He'll be an engineer.

laugh out loud

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amyangel

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i got this for my just turned 7 yr old for xmas but actually bought it during Prime Day in 2021 for $12.99. haven't seen it that cheap since. a great deal for kids. we haven't played with it yet.

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We bought these for our boys. Very good product and I'd highly recommend.

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Quote from amyangel

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i got this for my just turned 7 yr old for xmas but actually bought it during Prime Day in 2021 for $12.99. haven't seen it that cheap since. a great deal for kids. we haven't played with it yet.

I also got one during the Prime day for $12.99... would like to wait for that price again.

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nonplus

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nonplusJan 23, 2022 8:12 AM

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According to price tracking sites, $20.99 is the normal price. I don't even see it being sold higher than that in the past year.

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Always in this price

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Quote from StrongMoney163

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this is basically regular price - they just bumped it up to $34 for the xmas period.

Got it for the same price over a year ago

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Quote from Dingbat101

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Quote from paulsquatch

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Is this a good set for a grades 4-6? Or should I just go for a more advanced set like the SC-300 for $55 and be future proof? This is for home school, so would be used for higher grades too. Thanks OP for sharing.

I got my kid a lot of these kits including the SC 300. He was around 6 years when I got him the SC100. Now he's 11. He still uses them. The advanced ones just add more components. I would suggest buying the SC100 first and then moving gradually. I know that some kids don't really like them.

I completely agree that the simpler versions of these sets are great for even younger ages. How much you invest up front depends in part upon how significant you consider the outlay (how much would you mind spending $50 on a toy that collects dust?). Upgrading from a smaller set to the larger sets is actually trivial as expansion packs are available (though some of the bigger discounts are made on the complete sets, like the SC300).

I'd daresay that if you find your kid enjoying the set and giving it a decent amount of attention, then just go all in. There really aren't any outright duds in the Elenco Snap Circuits series (the rover comes the closest for me, but again that's the relationship between price relative to dust-gathering).

Good luck!
Jon

Last edited by The_Love_Spud January 23, 2022 at 09:14 AM.

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kenstogie

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I had a kit like this from Radio Shack in the 80's …..But it had different color wires (for length), springs to make connections and it came in wood box… learned a lot, diodes, resistors, bad boys r—-e our young girls but violet gives willingly….. and actual trick to figure out the resistance of a resistor based on the color bands
Etc etc….

My old man always got cheaper toys but for this he spent some coin…

One of the projects was to use a speaker as a high gain microphone and make an amplifier….. it worked awesome from a 12yo's perspective…

Last edited by kenstogie January 23, 2022 at 05:17 PM.

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