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Thames & Kosmos Candy Claw Engineering STEM Experiment Maker Lab | Build Your Own Claw Machine | Learn Hydraulics & Engineering | Includes Lollipops | Toy of The Year Finalist | Difficulty: Advanced

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Style: Candy Claw Machine


Features

  • Build & engineer your own arcade-style claw machine!.Ideal for ages:6 years and up
  • Experiment with three different types of claws (pincher, scoop, and three-pronged) to pick up lollipops and decoy candy boxes (both included!).
  • A fun yet challenging, gamified approach to engineering lessons, youll learn about hydraulics, levers, gears, belts, linkages, end effectors, and more.
  • No batteries or electricity required; it uses only the power of your hand and the mechanical advantage of the machines built into the device.
  • Refill your machine with your own treats and prizes for long-lasting fun.
  • For ages 8+ with help; 12+ "I got this!"
  • IMPORTANT: This cute candy claw is a challenging build! Parents/adults will need to be active participants in the assembly and engineering of this product.
  • IMPORTANT: Download and read the instruction before use. We recommend using the step-by-step assembly and troubleshooting videos available online.
  • Build Time: Approximately 2-3 Hours
  • The Toy Association's 2022 STEAM Toy of the Year finalist!

Description

Step right up and try your luck! Do you have what it takes to grab a claw-full of candy with the Candy Claw Machine? Experiment to develop your motor skills and engineering chops to conquer this awesome STEM challenge. Build a working model of the classic claw machine — that enticing, sometimes frustrating, and always fun arcade game in which you try to grab prizes from inside the machine with a remote-controlled claw in a limited amount of time. Cranks, gears, and belts move the claw arm left and right, and forward and back. Hydraulic levers move the arm up and down, and open and close the claw. A spring-loaded trap door shoots the collected candy out at you if you manage to succeed. Time yourself or your friends and see if you can retrieve a specific object in a given amount of time. No batteries or electricity are required — it uses only the power of your hand and the mechanical advantage of the machines built into the device. Choose from three different claw shapes (cool nerdy roboticists call these “end effectors”) and find the one that works best to pick up a particular candy or prize. Learn how the gears, levers, belt, screws, hydraulics, linkages, cranks, and claws all work together to pick up, move, and drop prizes. Experiment with different gear ratios to speed up or power up your claw. Packed with 6 lollipops and decoys (fake candy boxes), you can also fill it with whatever small candies, toys, or other small objects you like. The game itself is great for honing dexterity skills and hand-eye coordination. An innovative take on a robotic arm with something really worth grabbing!

Product Dimensions: 13 x 3.5 x 11.5 inches


Item Weight: 2.3 pounds


Item model number: 550103


Manufacturer recommended age: 6 - 14 years


Release date: September 22, 2021


Manufacturer: Thames & Kosmos


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    • Horrible for Children!
Style: Candy Claw Machine
This product would be great for high schoolers or college students who are studying engineering and how to improve on children's toy designs. This is not easy to assemble. The age listed is 6-14, but really 6-10 year olds will need a LOT of help to put this together. More important, this really doesn't work. I would not consider this product as a functioning candy claw machine. It is instead a hydraulics building lesson, where the main point is how a poor design won't end up working. The hydraulics leak, to the point where you have to refill them after each use. And even when full they still don't work. The weight of the liquid (which is part of the claw assembly) makes it difficult for the claw to be raised high enough to drop the candy in the chute. I'm sure the design could be changed to function better, but as is you will likely be unable to get this to function at all, much less consistently, and much less well enough to where a child in the age range can use this and have fun. This review is not even considering the myriad other issues such as the wonky controls used to move the claw around before it drops. Ultimately this isn't a good present for anyone unless you really don't like the children or the parents. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2023 by Matthew Howell
    • This company REALLY believes in customer support!!
Style: Candy Claw Machine
Got the Thanes and Kosmos Candy Claw Machine for my grandchildren, and they were so excited about it that they opened it and started to put it together without any help. Well, it is pretty complicated and they really needed an adult, so they just skipped steps they didn't understand and scattered parts all over the place. Ultimately, I got involved and discovered a couple of key parts were nowhere to be found. The Customer Service department at Thames and Kosmos cheerfully sent replacements, and insisted on paying for the parts and the shipping (in spite of my offer to pay). I'm a customer for life for any company that actually believes in customer service and has good products to sell! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2021 by Cathy
    • Fun to build but doesn't work
Style: Candy Claw Machine
This was a fun toy to build with my kids. It took about 4 hours but we went slow in order to learn about the science and mechanics of the toy. The ribbon was the most difficult part to install. It was a challenging build but the instructions were clear and there was a QR code to a video for the trickier parts. We were very excited but when it came time to use it, it was a big let down. The claw simply will not close, and once it has been opened there's no way to close it to grab the candy. The lollipops provided were too big to fit through the door and got stuck or jammed the door. The ribbon kept unspooling and would not hold tension. Overall we enjoyed building it but it is not a functional toy. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022 by Michelle K
    • Not for a Child to Build and Does Not Work
Style: Candy Claw Machine
UPDATE AS OF 8-23-23 - Despite the issues noted below, I wanted to share the fact that this company is excellent to deal with. As noted below, they were responsive in providing replacement parts in the hopes that the original toy would finally work as advertised. However, when this was not the case, they immediately replied to my follow-up email message about the situation with an offer to replace the toy with a different STEM project. The new toy arrived yesterday and, we hope, will be one that can be enjoyed by our granddaughter. In a time when many companies are hard to reach out to and, then, even harder to get service from, Thames & Kosmos is a stand-out in excellent customer service. I purchased this as a gift for our 9-year old granddaughter who is in love with claw machines at the arcade. Needless to say, she was very excited to see the gift - the image was great and the idea of a candy machine inviting - and, as well, for the opportunity to build it with me. Soon thereafter we got together to build the toy. Although the instructions indicate that it would have been age-appropriate for her, and that it would take 2-3 hours, it took longer and was much more complicated than presented. That, however, was the good part. After assembling the machine, we tried to prime the hydraulics with water. One of the two filled nearly completely - the second one barely so. Despite this, the hydraulics seemed to work - that is until one of the cylinders inside the unit started to drain the water. So, being a good sport, my granddaughter agreed that I should contact the company to get help and/or replacement parts. The company was very helpful: promptly replying to my email and subsequently sending replacement parts for the hydraulic sections of the toy. So, a week or so later we met again to make a second attempt to get the toy working. This time I was meticulously careful in executing the instructions. And, after charging the system with water, proceeded to have her run a test. First issue - the hydraulics did not have enough force on the claws to pick up any of the candy items. The second problem - after the 2nd or 3rd attempt at using the toy, the cylinder that opens/closes the claw began to leak. Slower this time than after our first attempt, but still was not watertight. Bottom line: It is a very attractive and well-designed STEM toy. However, since we could not get it to come even close to the stated operation after two attempts, it surely is not a toy for an 8-9 year-old and, as I was involved, not even for a handy adult. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023 by rr miami fl
    • We wanted to love it...
Style: Candy Claw Machine
This was a Christmas gift for my 7 (soon to be 8) year old. He was excited to get it but disappointed on how complicated it was. His dad was the main assembler for the toy. The pieces aren't the best quality and it has some steps which are tricky to assemble. It took approximately 6 hours to complete (spread out in days to take breaks from it) and when it was FINALLY assembled it broke. We were very disappointed. We were only able to get 1 play from it before it broke and the claw didn't do a good job at grabbing. If production ups the quality of the parts this could be a great toy. Overall, we do not recommend... unless you want to teach about patience and disappointment. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023 by Angie

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