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Since 1947, Tokyo-based Gakken has created some of the most sought-after science, music, and engineering kits for kids and adults. MAKE is pleased to be the only retailer in North America selling these educational and collectible kits.

Our team personally selected the kits while visiting Gakken headquarters in Japan. The attention to detail in these products is so incredible you won't believe it. From vacuum tube amp kits to mechanized metal centipedes to Stirling engines, the Maker Shed store has the best of the best from Gakken.
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Mechamo Centipede Kit
Our Price: $89.99

Make a remote controlled "Meka-Centipede" with 32 legs that move like waves, with this awesome, no-soldering-required kit. Part of Gakken's Mechanical Animals Series.
Mechamo Crab Kit
Our Price: $69.99

Give life to a remote controlled "Meka-Crab" of your very own. It sidles sideways, legs in parallel, and raises only the tips of its legs to go over obstacles -- just like a real crab!
Mechamo Inchworm Kit
Our Price: $69.99

Make a mind-blowing remote controlled "Meka-Inchworm" robot with this fun, no-soldering-required kit. You've got to love a machine that moves like a bug!
New Edison-Style Cup Phonograph Kit
Our Price: $36.99

This replica phonograph kit uses the same technology Thomas Edison used, replacing Edison's waxed pipe and stylus with a plastic cup and a needle, but the end results are the same! You record your own voice on a plastic cup -- and play it back. Amazing.
Stirling Engine Kit
Our Price: $119.99

This great-looking Stirling engine is as majestic as a piece of art, and it'll help you understand the basics of thermodynamics. You can try 3 different experiments: the generator, the fan, and the car.
Karakuri Tea Serving Robot Kit
Our Price: $74.99

Karakuri dolls are one of the original forms of modern robots! This authentic tea-serving automaton is the most typical type, and is produced according to the Japanese Karakuri-Zui mechanical doll manual of 1796.
Vacuum Tube Radio Kit V2.0
Our Price: $145.95

NEW Version 2! This high-quality kit allows you to put together a real, functional, vacuum-tube radio! And it looks so sharp, once you've built it you're going to want to show it off.
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SX-150 Analog Synthesizer Kit
Our Price: $54.99

This cool little synth kit is easy to put together, requires no soldering, and is easy to hack!
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Aurorarium
Our Price: $29.99

Create your own aurora-like effects with this awesome LED light device. Easy to build and beautiful to look at.
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Mini-Theremin
Our Price: $29.99

It's the musical instrument you play without touching it! The proximity of the player's hands to the metal antennas causes radio frequency interference that's transformed into musical tones, for that creepy 50s B-movie vibe. Easy to build and play!
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Super 8mm Mini-Projector
Our Price: $89.99

This mini Super 8 kit will project Super 8, Single-8, and Regular 8mm film and runs on three AA batteries. It's hand cranked with a white LED light source. Very retro and fun!
Galileo's Telescope Kit
Our Price: $29.99

Build your own working replica of Galileo's famed telescope. The refracting telescope is over 24 inches long and about 1-1/4 inches in diameter when assembled.
Newton's Reflecting Telescope Kit
Our Price: $29.99

A real working replica of Newton's reflecting telescope, with 10x magnification. Looks great and includes its own base.
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Co-Robot Kit
Our Price: $29.99

This little robot is tough! Run by a single motor, he walks with a decidedly "angry" pace. If he falls over, he picks himself up again! An awesome design with an amazing gear mechanism, he will not quit!
Stereo Pinhole Camera Kit
Our Price: $52.99

Create your own retro pix in 3D "stereo" with this cool 35mm pinhole camera. It's got 3 pinholes so you can shoot pictures in 3  formats: regular 35mm, 3D stereo photography, or true panoramic images.
Gravity Clock Kit
Our Price: $49.99

Build your own beautiful gravity clock, and customize it using your own counterweight! Needs no electricity -- just a weight tugged by gravity.
EX-150 Electronic Experimental Kit
Our Price: $199.99
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Great for learning electronics and circuit design! This reissue of the classic 1970s electronics kit, when "denshi blocks" are placed side-by-side, their metal strips touch allowing electricity to flow between them. The top of each block is labeled with a schematic representation of the component it contains. 150 experiments in all!
4-Bit Microcomputer Kit
Our Price: $39.99

Features a 20-key keypad, single 7-segment LED, 7 individual LEDs, and 7 bits of software built in: an organ (basic tone generator), sound hit game, whack-a-mole, tennis, timer, music player, and Morse code generator.
Cross Copter EX Kit
Our Price: $37.99

This Hand Dynamo Cross Rotor Helicopter has two contra-rotating rotors, driven by one small electric motor that's connected via a cord to the hand-powered generator. Crank it up!
Poulsen's Wire Recorder Kit
Our Price: $39.99

Use a wire and the power of magnetism to record your own voice! Record and play back sound on almost any metal that can be magnetized -- a wire, scissors, a knife, an escalator? Try it! A Maker Shed exclusive kit, from Gakken.
Gennai Hiraga's Spark Generator
Our Price: $39.99

Hiraga Gennai (1729–79) was an Edo period Japanese pharmacologist, physician, author, painter, and inventor who is well known for his Erekiteru (electrostatic generator). This cool little box replicates his early work in creating static charges.
   
 
Since 1947, Tokyo-based Gakken has created some of the most sought-after science, music, and engineering kits for kids and adults. MAKE is pleased to be the only retailer in North America selling these educational and collectible kits.