Everybody loves dolphins--and now you can love them even more after you learn what's inside them! This educational model, fully prepainted, shows the exterior of this sleek and graceful denizen of the sea on one side--and the other side is clear, ...more
This very realistically sculpted Brachiosaurus is one of a series of magnificent metal models of dinosaurs designed by Kazunari Araki. Prepainted and ready to display! Base with name stamped on bottom is included. This hefty fella is 11cm long and ...more
Here's a fantastically detailed prepainted "4D Vision Vehicle Cut Model" of NASA's Space Shuttle, rendered in 143 sharply molded pieces that you can install and remove. The model also features clear panels, so you can see all the high-tech inner ...more
Called "Quintuple Somersault" in the Karakuri Zui (the only known manual for Karakuri dolls, written in the Edo period), when completed this terrific little doll will actually perform backward flips down the included set of stairs -- and no ...more
Here's an educational and fun model of a two-legged ostrich robot that's powered by a hand-cranked power generator! Electricity is generated by cranking the handle, which operates a gear-increasing generator system. Turn the handle clockwise to go ...more
Everybody has one, and nobody could live long without it--it's the humble stomach! The chief human digestive organ gets its glorious due in this detailed model kit, along with its good friend and partner, the pancreas. Billed as a "new type of ...more
Guglielmo Marconi, Nobel prize-winning scientist, first sent wireless radio signals in 1895, on his father's estate; from there he went on to patent wireless telegraphy. In 1900, he sent the first successful telegraph message over the Atlantic Ocean,...more
This karakuri doll was designed during the Edo period (1603-1867) -- the mechanics that make it function are wonderfully precise and complex! Karakuri refers to the mechanisms that make a machine function. This doll approaches with a full ...more
