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I used these to build my own custom circuit board using ferric chloric acid. i used tin snips to cut them. They work. I'm not to impressed with my pcb skills though and next time I think I will probably just send the boards off to be made somewhere else, but these were great for learning how to do them myself.

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We received this item as a gift for our 4 yr old son's birthday. The concept is great in that the child can relate activities in their day to certain times on the toy. Our son can now understand half hours, 45 minutes, etc!

The only complaint is that the magnetic hold on the magnets is pretty weak...so they don't stick real well and fall off easily if you brush up against the board. The pen also doesn't stick well to the surface and the magnet has already fallen off of it.

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This item is a bit pricey for what you get, but it is really a helpful tool in teaching children to read time. I ordered it two months ago, and by the time Christmas rolled around, my daughter wasn't having trouble with time so much. Still, it is very interactive with her daily life, including magnets for kids to practice time in conjunction with their daily activities. I highly recommend this item, especially if your children are just starting to learn to tell time.

Review of Bulk Fossils - Crinoid Stems - 1 lb - 100+ pieces from Dinosaurs

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Just as promised 1 pound of fossils equals about 100 fossils. The fossils are very good quality and are very detailed. I bought them for a donation to a grade school's science fair and the school really liked them. Good buy.

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I believe that I must have received a box that previously returned, as the resistors are in terrible shape. The leads are all bent and twisted, like someone just balled them up in their hand. Based upon the reviews of all other products sold by Joe Knows Electronics, I do not believe that they had anything to do with this mess.

This has been resolved to my satisfaction, and I will continue to purchase from Joe Knows Electronics in the future.

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I'm an Electrical Engineer and I've been looking around for a kit of larger 1% resistors for my experiments and stock. I ordered these kits and I am very impressed.

This is a great value, and it saves me from having to select each value to build my own kit, which I was thinking of doing, but didn't have two hours to select through the values and quantities, and all the electronic order nonsense.

Great buy for the standard decade values, labeled, clean, organized.

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I've been an electronic hobbyist for over 40 years, less so in recent years. Along the way, I have amassed quite a collection of parts, including resistors. The problem is that when you need something, it takes too much time to find it. And then, the silver leads are often tarnished requiring cleaning before they can be soldered to. In the end, you may have to go to Radio Shack anyway.

Recently, I've gotten more interested in pursuing my hobby again. When I found this resistor assortment, I decided that it was a good value and would save me a lot of time. The resistors are all sorted by value into separate envelopes and are "1%" er's. In the "old" days, I mostly used "10%" resistors because they were readily available and cheaper. The extra accuracy could be more important for analog applications. Since almost everything I do is digital, I could probably get by with just a few values and less accuracy.

However, there is nothing more frustrating than when I have to stop working on something, no matter what that is, and go hunt for something or go to the store or order. This it at least solves the resistor search problem.

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These resistors are great. You get most of the popular sizes and they are packaged in little zip lock bags. I tested a few at random and the tolerance was less than 1%. The problem I have is the color of resistor, which is blue. For me, it's easier to distinguish the color bands on beige resistors. I hope someday all manufacturers print the actual resistance like Vishay.

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Joe Knows is providing us a great service with their resistor kits. I've got all three. While I wouldn't use these resistors in a final product, they're great for learning, testing, and protoboarding. Joe Knows is quick to respond to customer complaints and strives to keep a high level of customer satisfaction. For more information how how Joe Knows helped me out, take a look at my review of their 1/4 W resistor kit.

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We bought this for our daughter's 2nd birthday. I am new to Amazon and love the fast shipping that's free with the Mom account so I figured I'd go with Amazon over BRU for the item. I'm glad we did since we had to send back the first bike. The frame was damaged on the inside which we noticed after it was all put together. The return was very easy which was great, we had a new one two days later.

Installation is very easy and takes about 30 minutes, it comes with everything in the package. With both bikes, the front 'light' was dinged with the paint and even though we wanted a perfect one it wasn't worth sending it back when both had the same ding.

The actual scooter is adorable although the seat is kind of a cheaper material, but still nice. The pink color is very cute.

We also purchased a bell and the Bell Fraction helmet from Amazon in pink to go with her new scooter. We hope our daughter will love this!

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We got this for our daughter's 2nd birthday when she began showing interest in bikes, unfortunately just weeks before I had snagged a tricycle from a friend for her as well. She enjoyed the ease of being pushed on the trike better than having to push herself on this. She really loved it when we pushed her around on it, but most attempts do it herself resulted in her crying for us to push her (to be fair, she's not too big on the whole "do it yourself" thing if she thinks she could get hurt).

She tells me she likes the bike (as she spotted me typing the review), but her actions don't show it well. I think she'll start liking it more this year when the novelty wears off the trike (she can now pedal and steer herself on it so she will be wanting 2 wheels soon... I hope.)

Even if the original recipient never digs it, we have another little girl now that might end up enjoying it in a few years, so the investment will hopefully not be lost.

For reference, our daughter was 36" at the time of purchase, she's about 2-3" taller now. She was able to ride it on mostly tip toes at first (more width than height), now it fits her better (meaning she looks more comfortable while attempting it), and it's still on the lowest setting.

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This bike is now my daughters favorite thing to do as soon as she gets outside. It did take a little while to move from the tricycle to this. So it may take a few days but if you persist it will quickly become a favorite and now she just glides along. It is a little heaver than a simple frame balance bike but not to much and I've had to carry it up hills a few times. But the quality is superb, the tires are solid and the wood frame seems very durable. I do keep it inside though so I'm not sure how it would hold up to weather, but surviving a 3 year old is a solid test in my book!

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I purchased the boys version for my son a while back and he loves it! I had to get this for my 3 year old daughter after she tried a bike with training wheels and did not like it. She took a couple of weeks to really get good on it, but now she can really go. It's so neat to see my 3 and 2 year olds showing great balance and loving riding these balance bikes. I would never suggest training wheels to anyone after seeing how natural these bikes work to teach balance and bike handling. Seems to be well made. It even survived a scuffle with my trucks front tire. Stronger than you might think. I do make an effort to keep them inside and not to let them get wet!

Update 7/2013 My daughter is now 5-1/2 and has graduated to a new pedal bike with 16" wheels. It was really easy to transition too from this balance bike. All it took was a few laps around the cup-de-sac with me holding the back of her shirt while she learned to pedal. There seems to be a little bit of new balance required to learn when going slow on a bike that the steering can turn fully. This balance bike only allows a limited perhaps 30 degree Left and 30 degree Right turning. Your kids will need to learn to pedal and balance but it shouldn't be that hard for them to accomplish because they will have learned the fundamentals of balance very well with these.

The seat is attached and adjusted in height via two pins that hold the seat posts in place. This seat post in more like a saddle shape than a single central post. One side of my daughters seat post broke and I had to repair it. The seat posts are made from a single piece of perhaps 3/8" thick plywood that is bent into an upside down U shape. One side had bent and broken in half. I used wood glue and pieces of shipping packing paper that sometimes comes with my Amazon shipments. I reinforced the broken area with a paper machete type of patch. It worked great. The seat is still fine today after over a year of riding on the patch.

We are really attached to these bikes and I guess I will have to make sure they go to a special new home. I hope the new owners get as much fun and enjoyment out of them as we did!

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One of the best scooters on the market. It is both attractive and a lot of fun for the children. Why weren't these available when I was young?

Buy Learning Resources Jumbo Zoo Animals

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Just like the other reviews, our little boy LOVE LOVE LOVES these animals! The only problem is, as others have said, the zebra doesn't stand up! He will for a minute, maybe, but we can't figure out why they don't fix this flaw (hence the ridiculous drawback). We actually had to deal with a bit of crying over this, so it's not just an annoyance. He was really upset by the "fall down!" zebra. Other than the zebra, though, he really digs the penguin, monkey, polar bear and hippo. They're great to take along for the ride or on playdates.

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My 2-year-old granddaughter loves these large zoo animals; she even takes them with her when she visits our local zoo! Their size is perfect for toddlers to hold and play with.

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We also have the farm animals set from the same company, and my kids (4 and 2 years old) LOVE playing with them. The animals in this set are fairly large, but they are not to the same scale as each other. For example, the penguin is taller than the hippo and polar bear. My kids, obviously, don't notice or care, but I wish they were more accurately sized.

Also, my other complaint is that the zebra is the only animal that will not stand up on its own. The way the front legs are constructed and positioned, it always falls over to its side. My husband tried to fix it by semi-gently prying the legs farther apart, but unfortunately its leg broke. LOL, guess he's off to the glue factory, huh?

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Bought these to use for my son's birthday party. We used them as part of a scavenger hunt and then let the kids take them home as party favors. Fun!

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These are excellent animals and my grandson loves them. I was a little disappointed though. I had purchased the Jumbo Jungle Animals and Jumbo Dinosaurs by this same company and expected these to be of the same type and quality. They are made of different material and in my opinion are not as high in quality as the others that I purchased in April. The Jungle animals and dinosaurs were a hard plastic and were solid. The Zoo animals are a soft plastic and hollow. While my grandson loves them all, I feel the Jungle Animals were more durable and realistic looking. It won't stop me from buying other sets by Learning Resources as these are the best animal sets around for the price. The animals are larger than I have found in other sets and they are very realistic in appearance. People just need to be aware that these are not the same "museum" quality as the other sets.

As far as play value goes, according to my son, there is not a day goes by that my two-year-old grandson does not play with his animals. He even lines them all up when he watches TV so they can watch with him.

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These prepared slides are of very good quality and good enough that my first grader kid was able to handle the slides by herself. Each slide is nicely labeled and is color coded. You do need to treat slides with care as these slides are made of glass. My kid was very pleased with the details she could see at high magnification. Very satisfied with the purchase overall.

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good quality slides. We have 2 sets of these. They're well mounted and clearly labeled.

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Love the variety the two sets provide with our microscope, also from Amazon. These are quality specimens in glass bordered by coated cardboard. Well labelled.

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I expected something a tad more exotic to look at, but virtually everything on the slides is fairly common--fibers and plants and scales and so forth--so while it's convenient to have even such humdrum subjects available in prepared form, there's not a huge value to looking at them. Not that every slide needed to include unicorn horn velvet and mermaid slime, but a few things that an average person would have a little trouble rounding up would have immeasurably improved the value.

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I bought these for my six year to go along with a microscope he got for Christmas. After reading others reviews, I was happy to find they were about what I expected. They are perfect for a beginner. I like the variety of objects to look at and the fact that they come in a nice box to store them. He was so excited to play these and they have spurred a lot of educational discussions. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase.

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Having had this scope for a few months now I have to report that it's really a great scope. I'm a 3D artist and I use it to examine dental brackets that orthodontists use when you get braces. The individual brackets that are bonded to each tooth are really tiny and to be able to model them in 3D I need to be able to examine the small details. I'll use the video camera to have a magnified view on one of my monitors and I'll use that for reference as I model the 3D model I'm building of it. It works really well and saves me a lot of time.

It's sharp and the adjustable ring light is really nice. I've made a paper cone that I place over my stage that is about 3" tall. It extends up towards the ring light and gives me some side lighting as the top ring light bounces off of it. It's a photo studio trick that even works on a miniature scale. The camera is handy but just OK. The resolution is fine for documenting but it's not sharp enough to really analyze fine details. You are better off examining those fine important details by eye on the eyepieces.

My only complaint is that there is a knob on the back that allows you to raise the entire scope and focusing system up and down on the vertical chrome rod. It's just a set screw. If you don't support the entire unit, and it's heavy, it will crash down. And, there's not really good place to grab and hold the whole rig because you don't want to be grabbing the light or the lower lenses. It would be nice if that rear lock and adjustment mechanism was geared. It would make it much easier to operate. If find that most of what I view is the same size so I'm not having to make that adjustment often but when I do I realize how it could be made so much easier if it had gears and not just friction and gravity.

Overall, from a non-scientific industry use, it's a fantastic scope and for the price I doubt you could beat it for even twice the cost. Not saying that it would not be good for the scientific, medical or biological industries as it might be perfect. I'm just not qualified to make that judgement as there may be parameters necessary in those industries that I'm not aware of.

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The skull is impressive and very detailed. Each tooth is different, with all details reproduced. High quality material. The surface of the skull is rough and shows tons of small cavities and irregularities of an actual crocodile's skull.

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I just wanted to note that if you are going to purchase these, note that you do NOT have to go and purchase well OBVIOUSLY all three separately as this is the SET; but moreover, the "Key Education Publishing More Emotions Learning Cards," by Key Education Publishing More Emotions Learning Cards are already included in the 'emotion' deck. Mind you, they are the size of the cards, generally vs. if you buy the emotion cards themselves... (24-55x88")... well you can see they are much BIGGER than the Language Builder Emotion Card set of a little bigger than 5x4 inches. But really? Do you need pictures that big?

And to be honest, while yeah, they work for their purposes for like ABA.. but they can be somewhat confusing images. Even I am like, what is that kid doing? thinking? FEELING? How am I supposed to know that means sick versus tired?! That's one problem I've always had with ABA [though don't knock it til you try it GOD HELP ME IT HELPED MY SON MUCH], but one needs to know not just the label of something, but the meaning behind it. Understanding emotions is difficult, just know that this too will come with time :)

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I bought this for my 3 year old child with Special Needs. He loves music and cars. It's really difficult to move all the pieces on such a compact space. Even I have difficult pulling and pushing the 'light' knob. The music is great but mostly he just pushes the horn and that gets really old.

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This is a cute toy, but none of my kids were into it. I have 1 year old boy/girl twins and neither of them pay much attnetion to it. It's collecting dust in the toy bin!

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Bought it as a gift for my nephew. He is only 5 months old and loves it. He will grow into it also. My sis-in-law can put it on his high chair tray and occupy him for awhile :)

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This is my 7 month old's favorite toy and has been for the past month and a half. At first it was a bit awkward for him to play with until we figured out that it was the perfect size to put on his highchair tray. Now while I'm getting his meals ready he sits in his chair and waits patiently, honking the horn and making screetching sounds. When the food is gone I just wipe the tray and put this toy back on there for him to play with and he will play the whole time I'm cleaning things up right up until I take him out of the chair for his nap!!! Also I love that it teaches him a little bit of Spanish while he's playing and the fact that it is so interactive. For us it was definately worth the price!

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Although she can tip this toy over, my baby girl loves it. She sits and plays with it for minutes on end and loves to lay on the horn and turn the wheel. I find the Spanish a bit annoying, but it isn't an issue when I turn it to the sounds only mode. I think it's funny that she is six months old and already likes to burn rubber!

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I have spent many hundreds of dollars on these blocks and think they are great. First saw them at a local children's museum and have since purchased several of the 48, 96, and one 192 block sets. The only difference between the sets (other than the number of blocks) is that the larger sets come with more, and larger, plastic windows.

My son (turned two recently) has been walking along, climbing up, and crawling through my creations since he could move. He can now usually pull the blocks apart himself but can't always push them all the way together.

These are durable enough to hold the weight of a 160lb adult and I've even made bridges I could stand on by sliding several sections of PVC pipe through the holes.

I highly recommend the blocks but be warned no matter how many you have you'll likely think of even more amazing structures you could build if you had just a few more blocks!

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We have had these blocks for several weeks.now. My 3 year old plays with them every day. She has been building castles, robots, sand castles, etc. The blocks are very durable. They are light weight (hollow inside), made just like a lego or duplo block, just larger. I definitely recommend them. If you're on the fence about making the purchase, do it, you won't be disappointed. Oh, they also came with several different sized 'windows', and some of the blocks have grooves along the side for their placement.

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These are great blocks durable and sturdy. My only regret is buying only the 96 pc set. The true fun of building with these is that you can build really big structures and to do so and keep the structure sturdy you need a LOT of blocks. We found that the 96 pc set is probably the minimum that I would recommend. With it we can build walls, small pieces of furniture, free-standing animals, and half-forts. Doubling the set to around 200 pc would be ideal and would allow us to build forts and more complex shapes.

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We bought these for my 4 boys, and they love them. We've spent hours building different structures. They're very sturdy too. I know that I've stepped on a couple by accident, and no cracks whatsoever. Recommend to anybody whose kiddos love to build. Awesome toy.

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Arrived quickly, and was exactly as we expected. Only downside is the price for the number of blocks you get... Our son likes these very much, but you can never have too many to build with....

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We bought these for our 9 month old daughter. They are a little beyond her for building, of course, but she likes the colors, shapes, textures, and unique features like the bell and prism. The whole family thought they were the neatest blockes they had ever seen. I hope to add another set when she gets old enough to build with them. They are perfect for her two favorite games, "chew on things" and "take things out of the basket." They seem to be excellent quality and hold up well to her chewing. Even the transparent plastic that contains the pearls seems to be sturdy. While I don't believe that any of the pieces as a whole are small enough to choke on, some of them would not pass the "toilet paper roll" test so I would recommend using these with supervision for a smaller child.

Update it has now been 2 years since my prior review and we still play with these blocks. My daughter likes to build with them now, and I like that they have some odd angles that kind of challenge her. She does not play with them daily but they do see regular use and still look great no paint chipping or pieces coming off.

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i bought a ton of these haba block sets because they are seriously the most beautiful blocks i have ever seen in my entire life. the paint is extremely durable. no chipping. bright and vibrant we love these blocks

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My older niece loves the blocks, but they were intended for her little sister, who had a lot of fun pushing around the box they came in. Oh, well. *I* liked them and thought they were really cool. So did a couple other adults. They're actually beautiful; the colors, shapes and designs are original, and the blocks are very well made. I'm sure my nieces don't give a hoot about the quality, but the blocks definitely create possibilities for their little imaginations.

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These blocks are really colorful and fun. The different shapes make creating towers super interesting. My son got them for his first birthday and all he did was chew on them, but now he's almost two and loves stacking them. We keep these in a bowl on our kitchen table and adults even like to play with them when we're just hanging out. Love these and plan to order more Haba blocks!!

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We have both these & the Sevilla set. We love both & intend to buy more sets to add to our collection. You don't get many blocks for your money but they are very interesting, if not a little out there, & great quality. They've been thrown, dropped & chewed on and are keeping pace with the kids.

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my 6 year old son loves these. They are a great price and made wonderful birthday gifts for him and we plan to buy even more

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Bought for grand children ages five thru ten years old. The children loved it and played it over and over