Yes, the most innovative way to launch a gummy bear acrooss the room has arrived, and recently won the “2016 Toy of the Year” award by Creative Child Magazine. Check out the Nov. 5th Gearbot News – if this is not the most interesting catapult since the invention of the electric slipper then we’ll be the uncle of a primate!
Read MoreJust in time for the holidays, we have a brand new kit available, YouTopia! Our engineering team at Pathfinders has been hard at work designing an innovative kit that combines science and art, so that you can use your imagination and practice your hands on skills in this fun, moving diorama. Take a look at the possibilities in the video below!
Read MoreComing November 15th to add to our hydraulic line is the much anticipated Gearbot! You asked for unusual, quirky machinery that throws things, well, here it is (you did ask for that, right?)! The Gearbot mixes hydraulic power and lever action to create a projectile launching, gear driving, lever moving, propeller turning building kit to engage your brain and use all your fingers! Like all of Pathfinder’s kits, this contraption uses untreated wood from renewable sources. Finally, a catapult that will give you the gears! Check out the video whipped up by one of Pathfinders engineer/rocket surgeons and prepare to…
Read MoreThe Arizona Science Museum has all of our Leonardo kits while the show is on. Cool!
Read MoreWe’ve been hard at work to bring a new layout, which we hope is simpler to navigate, faster to load, and easier for us to add new kits to the lineup. If you have any suggestions, complaints, notes of exceptional levels of service, ransom notes, envelopes full of cash, (we prefer small, unmarked bills… just sayin’) or any other request for some form of communication, you can do so by dropping us a line. A contact form is available from the “Contact” link above, along with addresses, phone numbers, GPS co-ordinates, pictograms, and various other ways to reach us.
Read MoreLive in New York City? (I bet some of you do!) The Metropolitan Museum of Art now sells the Leonardo da Vinci Ornithopter, Helicopter and Catapult. Don’t move there just to get one, but if you are in the neighbourhood… Back in the West, The Museum of Flight outside of Seattle, Washington now has the Ornithopter in stock.
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