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Photo-A-Day, Review, Television, Toys

Rusty Rivets Toys – Rivet Lab and Jet Pack Playsets from SpinMaster

Rusty Rivets
Photo-A-Day #4611

We were lucky enough to receive the Rusty Rivets Rivet Lab playset and the Jet Pack set for free from SpinMaster to play with and review. Opinions of these toys are 100% our own. I am also including some Affiliate Links to amazon.com so that you can pick up your own Rusty Rivets toys.

I like the Rusty Rivets television show. The show is about creative young boy named Rusty and his friend Ruby who is also creative. They make things by recycling other things that they have around. So, they are constantly creating and recreating things to help them solve their problems. Rusty has created vehicles, a giant dinosaur and so much more. I was excited when Andrew became interested in the show and even more excited hearing about the toys that were being released. Here is our unboxing review video of the two sets that were sent to us.

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Disney, Toys

Create the Droid You’re Looking For with #littleBits Droid Inventor Kit #inventorswanted

droid inventor kit built

On October 9 – 11 I attended a Disney Press Event for THOR: RAGNAROK. My hotel and airfare and meals were taken care of while I was in L.A. Opinions and observations as well as recaps and such are all my own. This post will also contain some affiliate links to Amazon.com.

One of the things that we did during this trip was a luncheon with littleBits. While at this lunch we were able to try out the Droid Inventor Kit. While I played with it as R2-D2 I then decided that I wanted to see what else I could create using the littleBits that were available to me.

I made my own Droid with littleBits

With the kit you can create R2-D2 and make him do a whole bunch of things. You can drive him, make him color using a marker, use the force to move him and even use R2-D2 as a proximity sensor. Your creativity does not have to stop at simply using the kit. You can design your own droid using other materials like a milk carton. I had a bunch of fun ideas on how to make our own droids. That is a good idea because there is a major contest happening which I will tell you about later in the post.

littleBits Droid Inventor Kit bits

After having spent some time with the littleBits Droid Inventor Kit I can say that it is a great toy for the holidays. This is a toy that kids will be able to experiment with and use their imaginations to create fun Droids. This is a great STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Toy. The bits are so easy to snap together because they connect with magnets and only connect in specific ways that work. This cuts down on frustration with the kids. Kids can learn and explore with the kit and the app. They will have hours of fun learning and exploring. Continue reading Create the Droid You’re Looking For with #littleBits Droid Inventor Kit #inventorswanted →