Scientific Explorer Ultimate Gum Kit

by Scientific Explorer

Product Features

• The ultimate gum kit contains everything you need to make huge amounts of homade gum
• Create your own crazy concotions as you mix fifteen different flavors
• This really is an ultimate kit, with more gum and flavors than any other product on the market
• Scientific Explorer science kits Fun for Boys and Girls endless creation possibilities in each kit
• Scientific Explorer science kits Incorporate learning and exploration into play

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 3 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ESWF9W
• Item model number: A229
• Manufacturer recommended age: 3 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,236 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #38 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Science > Chemistry
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The ultimate gum kit contains everything you need to make huge amounts of homade gum. Create your own crazy concotions as you mix fifteen different flavors. Scare up some graveyard gum, or whip up creamy blue raspberry. This really is an ultimate kit, with more gum and flavors than any other product on the market. Mix at least 15 flavors total.

Product Description

The Ultimate Gum Kit contains everything you need to make huge amounts of yummy homemade gum. Create your own crazy concoctions as you mix up to 15 different flavors. Scare up some graveyard gum, or whip up creamy blue raspberry! This really is an ultimate kit, with more gum and flavors than any other product available.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected with a few minor extras, December 27, 2007

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Jolene Pirrone - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Scientific Explorer Ultimate Gum Kit (Toy)

My 8 year old son and I were able to make a truck-load (a quadruple batch in a pint sized plastic take-out container) of half-way decent gum with this kit. It was time consuming and the directions are not completely accurate. For example, it took much longer to melt the gum base in the beginning than they stated. We kept nuking it at 20-second intervals until it was workable. We also had to keep reheating it (15 seconds at a time) during the kneading process. When it's warm, it's easier to knead. When it cools and starts getting stiff, reheat it. Other than all the reheating, this kit was a good thing.

Note: The corn syrup was crystallized and we ended up using our own. They mentioned this in the instructions and indicated that it could be melted down, but we didn't want to bother with that since we had our own.

I was a little nervous about getting this product based on the 1 star review I read here, but my son had already written to Santa. The key to making this work is you have to keep re-heating and see it through to the end. Once you get through the kneading process, and you get all the sugar worked into it, it will turn out as expected. Experience with bread making helped a lot.

BTW: A quadruple batch is A LOT OF GUM.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Gum Kit instruction incomplete, January 15, 2008

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Tracy A. Hansen "Dece" - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Scientific Explorer Ultimate Gum Kit (Toy)

Once we figured out that you needed to add a teaspoon of water to the gumbase before you microwave it it was a lot of fun. The instruction say to pour off excess water but neglect to tell you to add water in the first place. My son and his freids had a blast making their own custom gums. I had to help with the kneeding process but over all I think it's a great product for kids who like their gum. You can substitute splenda for the powdered sugar if you want to make sugar fee gum too.

47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!, January 9, 2007

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Hilary W. Coughlin "~hilary" (Longmeadow, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scientific Explorer Ultimate Gum Kit (Toy)

This looked so cool, I thought my kids would love it. But the gum base is impossible to stir - you need to nuke it for way longer than it says to and then it hardens up and is impossible to work with. It becomes hard and brittle rather than smooth and workable. Save your money and don't bother with this! My kids were totally disappointed!