Tin Can Cable Car Building Kit for Kids

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Item number w-ts-5575

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8 years +
Experiment with mechanics building a cable car from a soda can!
Develops skills: experimental skills, observation skills, science, building skills
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Build an eco-friendly mechanical model with the Tin Can Cable Car Building Kit for Kids by 4M! This young scientist engineering kit contains materials that will turn a recycled soda can into a cool moving cable car. This kids science toy results in a moving, functional model of a cable car that can be positioned anywhere. This mechanical science project will give children an introduction into simple machines, physics, and engineering. The Tin Can Cable Car Building Kit for Kids from Educational Toys Planet requires 2 AAA batteries (not included). This recycling science kit contains a colorful reference booklet with instructions on how to get the most out of this hands-on learning toy.

Product Details

SKU w-ts-5575
Manufacturer recommended age 8 years
Our recommended age 8 years, 9 years, 10 years+
Brand 4M
Quantity available in stock 13
Dimensions of package 1" x 8.5" x 10.75"
Country of manufacture China
Manufacturer part number 5575
UPC 85761196438
ASIN B00JB93YBS
Positive Ratings 72%
Total Reviews 10

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Total Reviews: 10
Positive Ratings: 3.6 of 5

Rating: 5 fun with cable car by By A customer My son and I had a blast put this one together easy put together son was able to figure it all out on his own
Rating: 5 Christmas gondola by By A customer My son loves this! We tied it to the Christmas tree.
Rating: 5 Thank you by By A customer Thank you
Rating: 3 ... grandchild built it and after one use it became useless by By A customer My grandchild built it and after one use it became useless
Rating: 1 One Star by By A customer awful and not safe or good for a kid!
Rating: 3 Three Stars by By A customer It was entertaining for a day or two. Haven't seen it since.
Rating: 4 Great for STEAM/STEM Club!!! by By A customer Made these in STEAM Club. The only issue was keeping the can connected to the cable car.
Rating: 1 Faulty Parts = Disappointed Nephew... by By A customer Got this for my 8-year old nephew since this type of thing is right up his alley. Unfortunately, however, one of the primary pieces in the box was manufactured incorrectly - not broken...just simply manufactured incorrectly, rendering the entire product useless. Now I have a disappointed nephew and a useless Tin Can Cable Car that I can't return. See pics and compare the instructions vs. the part.
Rating: 4 my boys (4 and 2) love to do projects by By A customer my boys (4 and 2) love to do projects. this on hit the mark. Naturally we had to find the farthest two points and make our own string. the batteries don't last all that long but it is worth it to have a few extra sets!
Rating: 5 a really fun model--even children might enjoy it! by By A customer I confess: I saw this kit on Amazon several months ago, and kept coming back to it, thinking it might be a cool gift for one or both nephews. I've liked construction toys and figuring out how things work for as long as I remember, so I eventually realized I was probably interested in this for myself first. I bought it, and I'm really happy with the purchase. Materials are good quality, assembly instructions are mostly easy to understand, and the whole project comes together pretty easily. (I can see how this would be a fun kit to work on with a child, mainly because the grown-up really wouldn't need to do much but coach.)Like other reviewers, I did away with the soda can. That's a cool nod to learning something with materials on-hand, but it still looks like a soda can. I tried my hand at a couple of paper-craft models of aerial trams, which was a lot more fun. The result is cooler, too, and it would be fun to think outside the box with a child, too. I attached a couple of photos of my amateur efforts at a paper model--it's supposed to resemble the Roosevelt Island tram here in NYC, at least a little.Like other reviewers, I'd like to have had more of the string used as the cable included, just to see how a longer span would work. Failing that, I'd like to know the specs of the string provided so I could order a workable substitute on my own.