Pica Toys Wooden Solar and Wireless Remote Control Car Robotics Creative Engineering Circuit Science Stem Building Kit - Hybird Power For Electric Motor - DIY Experiment For Kids, Teens and Adults

I love to get STEM gifts for children instead of junk they'll only like for a few minutes. This kit is one I got for my son's friend. His mom said this gift was his favorite present. It makes a wonderful project to do with your child. My son's friend sat down with his dad to make it and they said the instructions were easy to follow. I LOVE that it's solar powered and has a place for batteries so the fun doesn't have to end so soon. The child's dad even enjoys this so I know he won't grow out of it any time soon. 😂

My nephew keeps talking about it !! It was a gift for him

I got this kit for my kids to put together (ages 8 & 10). They were able to assemble it all and it came together quite quickly in one afternoon. As others have mentioned, the quality of the chassis could be better at this price point, but as a project it made it easy to work with and still had some allowance for mistakes.I think this is strictly a STEM learning project. I had hoped that when the kids were done with the project, we could work on converting it into a more durable toy, but it has some severe limitations. I'd read that the solar panel can charge the batteries, but seeing how small it is, I highly doubt that it can generate enough current to charge a couple of AA batteries in any kind of timely fashion. Solar panel of this size produce about 0.5W under the best of circumstances, so that would translate into 100mA @ 5 volts. Thus, it would take about 44 hours in direct sunlight to charge a couple of 2200mAh AA batteries.I bring up the charging fact because it's important to know that if the solar panel is providing current to the batteries, then you should only use rechargeable batteries in the car. But alas, I didn't see that mentioned anywhere. As it is, we weren't able to get it to move significantly without the batteries... It wasn't super sunny day, but it wasn't cloudy either.The biggest downer for me was that it doesn't turn. I didn't pay attention to the contents (because they're not listed) but I should have noticed that it didn't have any kind of turning mechanism and only one motor (which would not drive the wheels independently). But I guess that would have made the whole project a little more complicated for the kids.It's hard to put a price on your kids education, but I think this is a little overpriced given the above mentioned drawbacks. Anyway, we're gonna use some old R/C batteries, a buck-converter, and maybe a bigger motor, and we'll see it we can't super-charge this project into some kind of lunar-rover! :)

This car is assembled using chewing gum. Literally. They provide this gooey, 1mm thick by 4mm wide adhesive tape that's supposed to hold tiny wood pieces together. This goo doesn't dry or cure, but stays jello-like. Especially, it's supposed to keep a motor tightly pressed against the axel gear.So that was extremely frustrating for a kid new to being given instructions that can't be followed. The result was zero structural integrity. I took the chewing gum off and we glued it together instead -- at least the wood pieces are easy enough to glue together solid.They didn't even bother to include a screw holding the receiver to the car. It seems that as they ripped off this design from another maker, they just didn't do a good job of ripping it off exactly, and weren't smart enough to fill the gaps.After assembly, turned out the electronics just didn't work. I'll test another time with an emf meter to see if the remote actually does anything. There's no built-in way to test the motor -- no ON switch on the car, so not sure where the problem is.Finally, they outrageously claim this helps learn science. There's absolutely no learning here. All circuitry is pre-built. Wire connectors are notched so there's no thinking or trial-and-error there either.Overall, this is just an exercise in frustration with poor materials and cheap-o non-working electric components.

Didn’t like at all for a science project, but smaller than 1/2 my palm