Are add-ons available for this set, or to get to the next level must you just buy the 300 set, which does have add-ons? Thanks for your help. My 8 year old grandsons love the 100 set which I gave them for Christmas.
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Add-ons are available for the Snap JR 100 set. Go to the manufacturer website.
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I believe that Hasbro did make these, but I think they discontinued them. I'm not 100% sure so don't quote me on it.
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You can increase them the complexity is up to you, and there are other sets of the same brand with different pieces but I haven't see them on amazon you may combine them with others but I'm not sure if with any others my children love them they're great.
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I also went ahead and ordered the set for my son yesterday! I ordered: Gears Gears Gears Superset, Gears Light N Action, and Gizmos and Gears for our 7 1/2 year old son. These will be Christmas gifts from 2 sets of grandparents. I decided I could not wait and miss the delivery date for Christmas!! I hope your son and my son will be happy!! I think they will. I did not want to risk the potential "frustration level" of the M-gears for 8 years and up. Our son, as yours must be, is very mechanical/engineer/construction minded and he could probably be able to do the M-gears, HOWEVER, I want him to also be able to play individually, alone with the set as well as playing with his 10 year old sister, mom and dad!! Being able to construct on his own is very important - builds self-esteem. I would hate to have him frustrated all of the time and having to constantly ask for help!! I wish the company would develop "connectors" so that the Gears set would work with the M-gears, where a connector had a large connection for the Gears set, and a much smaller connection for the M-gears. Hmmmmm - good idea for the company!! Maybe next Christmas, we can both buy these "new" connectors so that we don't have to pack away the Gears set when they turn 10 in a few years!!!
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The upgrade kit is # UC-30. It adds 30 new parts and 200 more projects to your SC-100 set. Well worth it. I have also purchased the Snap Circuits Lights Physics Kit. Another great addition to the set
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My 7 year old grandson got the Sc-100 last year for Christmas. This year we purchased the upgrade UC -30, which has 30 more parts, and adds 200 more projects. He loves snap circuits and the adults in the room are often drawn into his play...a nice bonus!
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my Grandson got his first set at age 8; now ten still loves getting them. Doesn't understand the electronics but likens it to putting LEGOs together. I'm sure he will be using the kits for many years probably more as he gets older and starts to experiment with elcetricity and electonics. As one critique stated; really not as many unique things to make as advertised.
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It depends on the child. Although the set is adorable, it is limited in terms of figures. It only comes with Mike and his horse. If your child is good at combining different toys in imaginative play (adding in other characters from other sets), he will probably still enjoy this set. My 5-yr-old still likes it but he uses knights from a different set in order to create stories.
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On the back of my game it says you can get a box of additional cards anywhere toys and games are sold. Not sure how easy that will be though because I had trouble finding the game. Toys R Us and Barnes and Noble didn't have the game when I was looking for it but found it at Amazon. Haven't looked for the additional cards yet as the game has lots of cards and 7 questions on each card.
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I purchased my first 4 sets from QVC on TV. I just got this set plus one with 16 extra pieces for the current birthday boy who requested them. He'll get his on Saturday. Just make sure you have a variety of pieces in whatever set you buy. Any hands-on manipulative toys that inspire imagination and creativity are good!
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I believe the other set is more complex, perhaps for older children. I chose this set for my 2 year old very inquisitive grandson.
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We did the same thing. We started collecting about 6 years ago for our oldest son and now our youngest is enjoying the trains. We collected pretty much all of the diecast trains. We LOVE them...however, there seems to be more tracks and set ups for the wooden ones. We have a small amount of plastic track that works with the diecast but there isn't much else. We are considering collecting the wooden ones now!
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It appears to me that the seller (not Amazon) jacked up the price for those to over 8.00 each. Nice of them to take advantage of the season. If you can't find them on Amazon.com for 2.99each I would purchase from lego directly. Unfortunately you still have to pay shipping so that option is depending on how many you want to buy and if the seller on Amazon is doing free shipping. Not worth getting it from anyone else unless Amazon has it for 3.00 and with prime shipping. Hope this helps some. I purchased a lot of lego and you have to be careful of who you buy from on Amazon as they can grossly overcharge you.
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I had the exact same question. It's surprising not many have noticed the huge difference in the List Price between these 2 sets. Does anyone have an answer to this question??
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Not only does it not come with add-ons, but I don't believe it is capable of being added to. You need a different model. The Powerblock website is pretty clear on which models can be expanded. If there is no add-on mentioned, there is no add-on. Note: just having add-on capability makes a set coat about 50% more.
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So far I was looking for the same thing. Other sets do have them, but I wasn't able to find anything for this one. It's a pity.
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My nieces enjoy rebuilding their set in different ways (not following the plan on the box). They have been building and rebuilding for months. They don't have this set, they have the tree house set which has only about 400 pcs. This set has many more pieces.