The Ultimate Kit Guide

Kit Complexity: 2

(1=Easy, 5=Difficult) Is the kit easy, moderate, or challenging to build for its most likely target audience? Kits clearly aimed at children would, for example, be rated differently from microcontroller kits.

The Dice Kit

The Dice Kit

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The Dice Kit

$20

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Reviewed: November 13th, 2011

This is a fantastic introductory electronics kit that comes with your choice of large red or green LEDs and everything else needed (aside from a soldering iron, solder, and flush cutters) to make one electronic 6-sided die. (The manufacturer says: “The name Dice Kit sounds a great deal better than ‘Die Kit’, so we bent […]

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Mayan Magic Chocolate Making Kit

Mayan Magic Chocolate Making Kit

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Mayan Magic Chocolate Making Kit

$25

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Reviewed: November 12th, 2011

Chocoholics, take note! This kit allows you to make your flavor fantasies come true. It’s got everything you need to make basic, agave-sweetened chocolate, but I used honey instead and added lemon zest to create something out of this world. Ruffled paper cups are included, so the presentation is worthy of your sweetheart. After a […]

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Hario Cold Water Coffee Dripper

Hario Cold Water Coffee Dripper

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Hario Cold Water Coffee Dripper

$251

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Reviewed: November 11th, 2011

Iced coffee is refreshing and delicious, but I’ve never been able to make it as well as I’d like. As it turns out, I was doing it wrong. Rather than prepare it with a traditional hot brew method, I should have been cold brewing it. This reduces acidity and produces a concentrated flavor that stands […]

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LEGO Syringe Kit

LEGO Syringe Kit

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LEGO Syringe Kit

$20

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Reviewed: November 2nd, 2011

MAKE blogger Sean Ragan created this provocative kit enabling you to make a medical replica out of nothing but Lego, with the exception of one slightly modified piece. Build the syringe by following the easy “order-of-operations,” using red for blood, or maybe a blue medicine from the future, or create yourself a sickly yellow-green poison. Complete […]

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