These Solar Power Toys Look Like Great Fun

Posted on 22 June 2010 by


I always loved science toys when I was a kid.  For me, the best part of going to the Boy Scout Jamboree in 1985 was the trip to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.  Back then, the closest I could get to a solar powered device was a soalr powered calculator or a radiometer.  At least one of those was carried by the gift shop.  Back then, it was very expensive to buy a cell that could power a motor with just sunlight.  Not today.

EFO Gadget shop has three new and interesting solar powered toys.

The first are two mock insects we either hate or love.  One is a cockroach.

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The other is a grasshopper.

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Both of these solar powered Toys are only $9.00 from EFO Gadget shop.

Finally, for the experimenter, there’s the 6 in 1 Solar Education Kit.  With this kit, you can build a windmall, a revolving plane, a air boat, a stationary plane, a car and a solar puppy.  This kit is only $18.50 also from EFO Gadget shop.

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