Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6133 in Toys & Games
• Brand: John Adams
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 2.16 pounds

Features

• Create 40+ click-together experiments with magnets and steel balls using the Electro Mag Kit.

Manufacturer's Description
Create more than 40 click-together electronics experiments with magnets and steel balls using the Electro Mag Kit. Build awesome 3D circuits with the Electro Mag amazing electronics kit. Just 'click together' the magnetic Power-Stix to build over 40 cool circuits to impress your friends, including making brilliant lie detectors, trip wires and impressive LED light chasers. A brilliant way of teaching kids how exciting science can be, Electro Mag even supports the National Curriculum, making it a brilliant gift. Includes clearly illustrated instructions. Can be used with the magnetics kits, so you can build exciting structures with electronics inside.

Box Contains

• 1 x Battery pack
• Wire connectors
• 1 x Buzzer
• Resistors
• Transistors
• 1 x Integrated circuit
• 1 x Electrolytic capacitor
• LEDs
• Lamps
• Trip wire connectors
• Steel balls
• Enamel wire
• 1 x Photo resistor
• 1 x Motor
• 1 x Touch switch
• 1 x Variable resistor
• 50 page colour instruction booklet

Customer Reviews

Good - needs more information
This is a good educational toy with easy to follow instructions for setting up circuits. The connections are robust as they are based on magnets - easy for a child to construct and pull apart. My only quibble is the scientific explanations which are too difficult for a 7-8 year old. It needs a simple description/glossary for each component with uses within a circuit followed by the more complicated description. Relies therefore on parental help - pretty non-existent in my household!

One engineer's symbol (light) is inconsistent.

Magnets not being recalled?
With the recall of magnets in toys for safety reasons (if swallowed, they pinch together the gut and can cause death) being headline news, it's nice to see that some companies flaunt the "nanny state" attitude and go ahead anyway.
This toy is great fun, and safe if you follow the instructions. The science principles explored are sound, even if they're not explained in depth. One drawback is that the balls and magnet pieces are easy to lose around the house.

Could be better
A good idea, but poorly executed. The variable potentiometer is of the wrong value; it simply doesn't work correctly in the circuits suggested in the manual. The electric motor stalls and won't restart in some circuits. Someone should have proofread the manual: words are missing from some of the page titles. As for the circuits that supposedly produce "music", this is nothing more than a feeble monotonal beep. I won't be buying another John Adams product.