June 2014 New Specialty Toys — Aircraft

Powerful rubberband launcher. Plane whistles during flight. Adjustable wing flaps. Made of rip-stop material. Flies up to 35 feet. Set includes launcher and plane.

Product Description: Ready to learn about how airplanes work by building awesome flying gliders? With this kit, you can build five different glider models and test them to learn how they fly. You can try all sorts of wing positions and angles. You can even design your own gliders! You’ll learn how wings generate lift and how the wing’s shape and the configuration of the wings affect the plane’s flying performance. (16-page manual, 44 building pieces). Ages 8 and up.
— In a May 2014 survey Mary Porter Green, owner of Curiosity Zone in Broadlands, Va., told TDmonthly that Thames & Kosmos makes her store's best-selling activity kits. They sell dozens of toys from the brand each month.

We’ve developed an exciting new type of rocket to stir up the exuberance of young rocketeers. They’re look exactly like drinking straws because they are with a soft tip added to soften landings. The sleek aerodynamic shape and feather weight help them speed through air with amazing velocity, and up to 50 feet away! Powered by a hand-activated air pump, our STRAW FLYERZ™ comes with 10 different connectors that attach to the launching base. Each connector allows kids to choose how many rockets launch at a time (one, two, or three), and in what direction they fly (between horizontal and vertical). Comes with 4 STRAW FLYERZ™ (rockets), 10 connectors, 8 flexible straw, hand pump and 4 soft tips. All in all, it adds up to hours and hours of absorbing fun as kids duel to see who can send their rockets the farthest, and hit designated targets.