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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.

Tabletop Ballista

Tabletop Catapult, Ballista, and Trebuchet

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Tabletop Catapult, Ballista, and Trebuchet

$20 and up

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Reviewed: November 14th, 2011

These three great starter kits for making small tabletop siege weapons pack quite a kick. They’re simple to build, and include well-documented, easy-to-follow instructions. All components are made of quality materials accurately machined and drilled. The Ballista kit (pictured) is built of laser-cut hardwood and is a real blast to assemble and fire. It’s a bit more difficult […]

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Atlatl Kits

Atlatl Kits

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Atlatl Kits

$42 and up

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Reviewed: November 8th, 2011

If you’ve ever wanted to hurl spears to bring down a woolly mammoth, then these two kits from Thunderbird Atlatl are the way to go. The Nanticoke and Kanakadea kits are both high quality and simple to build, so with a little time and effort you can make a very nice-looking atlatl suitable for serious […]

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