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Electronic or mechanical kit for DS age 12

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EightToSixer · 20/10/2018 13:11

DS has been talking about how he made a circuit board with solder and LED in his DT class at school. I'm looking to encourage this with him with some bits at Christmas. He does competitive sports 4+ times a week, but otherwise is glued to Fortnite.
What gift could I add to his Christmas presents, I would normally look in maplins but that is now gone.

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ChocBix · 20/10/2018 13:21

It's not so much electrical but a nice idea to convince him to get off fornite and learn in the process is microbits. You can buy a kit for him and he can code it to do cool stuff. He could, for example code and all singing remote controlled car!

www.techwillsaveus.com/bbc-microbit-range/

jakesmommy · 20/10/2018 15:09

I have a few suggestions from things I have bought my son over past few years:
John Adams Hot Wires
Littlebit R2 D2 Droid Inventor Kit
Robot arm kit
Haynes Build your own Jet Engine kit (do other kits too)
Snap Circuits kit

Ricekrispie22 · 21/10/2018 08:25

This might be useful thetoptoys.blogspot.com/2018/10/top-electrical-toys.html#more

EightToSixer · 21/10/2018 15:20

Thanks everyone, I'll look into all those Halloween Grin

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