Snap CircuitsR/C Snap Rover Electronics Discovery Kit

My daughter really enjoys it.

Our six year old son has been bugging us for a while to get him a remote controlled vehicle. Having previously bought the Snap Circuit Jr. set and been thrilled with it, my wife and I decided to purchase this as his gift for Christmas. My thought was "if you want a remote controlled vehicle, you're going to build it yourself, kiddo." His aunt purchased the UC-90 upgrade kit as her Christmas gift for him, so it worked out great as far as money spent, as the Deluxe Rover close to $100. The kit is amazing. You have to read the inserts in the project manual for information regarding wiring as some of the wires are about a 1/2" too short it seems. Now, after a week of terrorizing the dog with this thing (the son, not me), the unit quit working. Batteries were good, so that left one of the over 100 parts to troubleshoot. The project manual gives you specific projects to build as a diagnostic tool to track down a faulty part. This is an important and well-thought out component of the instructions. I did the tests, and found out the Deluxe Receiver was not longer working. So, I called the company, and talked to an actual person for a brief second and was then transferred to the voice mail of Parts Department where I had to leave a message with my name, address, and the part I needed. So I left the message, thinking "eh, I'll have to explain that I tracked everything down, that my kid didn't wire it wrong, etc.". Nope. I got a call a couple days later saying that the part was on its way. A week and two days after I called, I had the part, and we're back to terrorizing the dog and learning about resistors and capacitors.The rover itself is actually pretty cool. Doesn't drive too fast. A bit loud. Easy to drive. In my opinion, a nice balance of science project and recreational vehicle.Can't say enough about my positive experience with this product and the company. Well done!

This kit is amazingly good, especially for the price. Educational, easy to assemble, a very good rover once assembled. My grandson (age 9) really liked it. We had a great afternoon visit putting it together. As an electrical engineer and computer scientist, I highly recommend these snap circuits.

The media could not be loaded. My son loves this construction set; the car has become the star of our home. My son comes up with new ideas all day long 💡The only problem is remote control, quality can be much better. Feels like $1 store part

Bought this on a deal before Christmas for my 9 yr old son. He loves Stem type projects/electronics and owns a couple of Snap Circuit sets. The instructions tell you exactly how to set it up, and within minutes he was enjoying driving it around the kitchen and living room. That being said, it does leave something to be desired. It says there are 23 Stem projects, which is true, but only a few have to do with the Rover itself, and the rest are just generic projects that are mostly covered in other Snap Circuit sets. The whole thing pretty basic and also moves very slow. Maybe the add-on set would make it cooler, but for the price I would expect it to have more. My son still likes it a lot, but I was hoping for more (we could have bought any random remote control car and he would have been at least equally happy).

We purchased this toy from Amazon for my son during Christmas. A few days after Christmas, we noticed the shaft that holds one of the wheels in place was broken. I contacted the company, Snap Circuit, to get a replacement part. A few days later, I received an e-mail from the company stating that they would send a replacement. When the package arrived, I was AMAZED!!! For starters they sent the part free of charge (we all know that's rare with most company's), and lastly, they didn't just send the broken part, they sent the whole bottom of the Rover!! They went above and beyond to prove they stand behind their product. My son was so excited. It's his favorite Christmas gift and he loves that he can build his own remote control rover. :)If you have a child who loves to learn how things work, you will love this product and the company that makes it :) My son loves how he can put it together and build the Rover with lights, and a horn, and many other features. We have the Rover and two different snap circuit jr sets and we love them!!!!!!!!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND any thing from Snap Circuit!!

This was our second Snap Circuits kit after the basic SC-100 set. Our seven-year-old asked for this one for Christmas and it was a big hit when he opened it. Shouts of "Awesome!" when he got the first car project working completely on his own. (Well, Dad helped with the battery installation -- the battery compartment doors are *very* difficult to open, and you need 6 AA and 1 9V battery, not included.) I can imagine that kids who have used other pre-built toy RC cars might be underwhelmed by the speed of the car (and this toy is definitely indoor only), but our kid had lots of fun steering it around the living room and working out how to modify it to do cool things like drive in a circle on its own. There are a number of projects in the accompanying book which are mostly variations on a few themes, but there's plenty to keep a kid interested and learning new things. Everything works with the other Snap Circuits kit parts too.