Zome Tool - Bucky Ball Kit
Retail Price: $19.95
Our Price: $17.95
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Item: ZT006
Quantity on Hand: 6
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Discover a molecule so exciting, it's the state molecule of Texas.
Named after R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, "BuckyBall" is the nickname for a Carbon 60 molecule. Like the faces of a soccer ball, it has 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. A great science project, complete with fun facts to know and tell.
Includes:
150 total parts
60 black nodes
90 short blue struts
AGES 6 to ADULT. Swallowing danger. Not for children under 3 years of age.
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UPC
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709743100748
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Manufacturer SKU
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Z74
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Manufactured In
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 United States
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Fat Brain Toys Sales Ranking
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#1605
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Recommended Age
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10+
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Zome Tool - Bucky Ball Kit has been reviewed 7 times with an average rating of 4.57.
My rating of Zome Tool - Bucky Ball Kit
Posted 3/24/2008 by Margaret M
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This is a fun project. My son loved putting the bucky ball together. The directions are very hard to read and follow, but once you get working on it, you don't really need them. My big complaint, though, is that Zome made all the bonds the same, and in reality, each carbon atom within the bucky all should have one double bond and two single bonds. To fix this glaring error on their part, we ended up cutting masking tape to wrap around the bonds that were supposed to be single bonds.
Zome Tool- Bucky Ball Kit
Posted 7/17/2007 by Vijay Joshi
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Since in the past I had made the Bucky Ball by using the Construction Paper, I knew the basics. I had no problems in making the Bucky Ball using this kit. The Zome Tool Company has designed this product extremely well.
My rating of Zome Tool - Bucky Ball Kit
Posted 9/13/2006 by Joe G McDowell
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I have tried the Bucky Ball on two of my students, with intriguing results. Both boys loved the set, but their behavior with the set was the reverse of what I expected. The thirteen year old just started making a construction utilizing square and triangular shapes, while the seven year old tackled the dome. What amazed me about the seven year olds problem solving is that he used only front photo and trial and error to assemble the first two hexagons. His only questions were about the finished size of the dome, to which he responded "cool". Once figuring out (roughly) the angle of the facets he proceeded steadily self-correcting as he went. He became more and more efficient as he progressed.
Buckyball
Posted 5/15/2006 by Sergio De Agostini
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Buckyball is an excellent toy. Material is almost perfect. Some of the connection balls (nodes) have some defective holes with some plastic deformities. Other than that, excellent.
Information about Zome Tool - Bucky Ball Kit
Posted 11/16/2005 by Millie N Craig
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The Bucky Ball was bought as a gift for my grandson (10 yr). Since he hasn't gotten it yet, I can't say how he likes it. However, I fully intend to play with it myself after he opens it. Not many toys strike me as "wonderful", but this did. Your service was great & very prompt.
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