Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Wacky Factory Motorized Gear Toy Set, 128 Pieces

Product Description Help your little engineer develop creativity and imagination by building with this Wacky Factory Set. This 128-piece construction set features easy-to-assemble interlocking gears, bases and connectors that are compatible with all other Gears!Gears!Gears! sets. Amazon.com Children create an intricate maze of colorful interlocking and spinning gears that turns out looking like the magical machinery in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. The building process is easy and certainly a big part of the creative pleasure children will find in this toy. The idea is to stack and interconnect gears, using pillars, axles, and adapter pegs. The written instructions will be challenging for many children under 9 years old, but once adults show children how to get started, kids should have no problem taking off with their own factory plans. Gears come in an abundance of sizes and bright colors (along with psychedelic decals). The instruction sheet suggests three experiments for exploring how gears spin, how to gauge spinning speed, and how to understand gear ratios. --Gail Hudson From the Manufacturer Three sizes of gears and base plates make this the ultimate spinning, turning, twirling building set! This 130-piece motorized building set includes colorful gears, springs, chomping teeth, flashing lights, whiskers and glow-in-the-dark eyeballs for endless creative combinations. Includes instructions to build four creatures. Requires 3 AA batteries, not included. Review Includes 130 plastic pieces, gears, bases, connectors, and activity guide All pieces are compatible with Gears! Gears! Gears! building sets Skills: creativity, building, spatial reasoning Supply is limited --