We’re giving away amazing kits from our new Make: Ultimate Kit Guide EVERY DAY — thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, including MakerBots!
To celebrate the release of our latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), we’re giving away at least one of the cool kits reviewed in the issue each day during the holiday season.
Today’s giveaway is for a Gakken Mechamo Inchworm Kit (a $69.99 value.) Here is what Tyler Bennett of Cary, N.C. had to say about it in the issue:
“This kit was a lot of fun for me as well as my 11- and 12-year-old grandkids. The kids put the kit together (with me looking over their shoulders) in around two hours and then we all enjoyed running it around on the floor.”
To be eligible for today’s giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment below in this post. The entry period for today’s prize will be until 11:59pm PST tonight. We’ll choose one person at random, you’ll be notified by email, and you’ll have 48 hours to respond. The Winners List is kept on the Giveaway landing page. That’s it! No purchase necessary or anything else to do. Please leave only one comment per post. You can enter as many giveaways as you like until you win. This giveaway is for US residents only. You also must be 18 years old to enter (Kids: Ask your parents to enter). See the Kit-A-Day Giveaway landing page for full sweepstakes details and Official Rules.
Important Note: If you enter this drawing, when it’s over, please check the place where you registered to comment (eg. Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter). Some people are winning these kits and then not responding when we send them a message using the available means of contacting them. We want to make sure you get your giveaway!
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Love these Gakken kits!
First?
nope, darn.
Good effort though!! ;-)
fun
Give me?
entry!!!!!!!
Let me just check to make sure I haven’t already won
…
Nope.
I’m due.
ooohh….my kids would love this!! You guys are awesome!
only fww days left and no wins yet….
Worming in a comment in the hope of winning. :)
What would I do with this?
Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigold
You and your arithmatic
You’ll probably go far
Inch worm, Inch worm.
Yes, please!
wink
Is it terrible that I want to win this for my cat?
If it creeps, I want it.
I’d like to try making this…
Will I ever win?
I love swimin’ with bow legged women
this will drive my dog nuts. must have!
Pick me! Pick me!
Hey, what a great idea for a giveaway. Gakken
I’d have a great time shamelessly promoting Make Magazine.
Oh, wait. I already do that for no remuneration at all. argh.
Okay, pick me anyway!
Happy Holidays.
Me please!
I’d love to win this. Just to be non-standard (a bit) I have a niece who would love building this with me.
The itsy bitsy spider come crawlin’ towards me…
I’m in.
Sweet Robot.
whoa
I’m number 31, so . . . pick me!
creepy….i like it.
Sweet! I want one!
cool
Cool Stuff, Batman.
run forest run!
make magazine make me become a maker that make something to persuade people to make up they make skill :D :D :D
Pick me!
That thing just screams ‘industrial sexiness’
Id love to win one
Looks interesting.
OMG!
Sweet, I can imagine this crawling out from under the tree.
ZOMG!
I promise to use this to recover our downed drone.
To cool
Sweet!
creepy
inchworms are cool.
Running out of time….
this looks cool!
cool, thats missing under my xmas tree
Commented :)
yay robot
Reminds of of Erector sets
make make make. make magazine make me to be a makerman that make something that help people to make up their make skill. :D :D :D
ihope i get this one
I could build it and my roommate could read the instructions!
Go Go gadget, um, INCHWORM!
If
I
win
this
I
will
not
be
able
to
win
the
next
Makerbot.
I
would
rather
win
this
then
nothing
at
all.
gakken is so cool.
Sweet!
I couldn’t find dimensions, but this looks more like a 6-inch spider than a 1 inchworm.
i want
will it make my coffee in the morning?
Ah, if I win this I can begin my robot army to take over the world! Muahahahaha… err, I mean “wow this would be cool to win, and I’d never do anything evil or megalomaniacal with it at all!”
entered
oh yeah.
Yes please!
Awesome
Yes please
It’s so cute!
This thing just looks cool!
Very mechanical. I like it!
I could scare the crap out of my pets with this. Make it so.
looks neat
It’s me yet-again
Fun!
cool!
Keep on trying. My cats would love an inchworm.
cool
Inchworm kit? That’s new to me…lol.
Thanks for the chances for these great items.
neat
Looks like a fun project!
Id like to give that a try….
Weird looking.
Very nice, the Gakken stuff is great fun to build.
cool!
Robotic fun! Nice kit.
This would be awesome to build with my daughter!
inchworm?
Have to win this one for the kid.
Nice.
sweet!
cool
Oh boy more robots
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Gakken kits are awesome.
Kit-A-Day Giveaway: Gakken Mechamo Inchworm
Thanks
Looks like a fun kit!
I’m running out of chances but not hope!
The thing is, the monkeys know what we’re doing. They act stupid, but they KNOW!
looks fun
cool
if they don’t answer you, you should send it to me. =)
Looks fun.
Wiggle wiggle wiggle dance
looks like fun
This looks more like a 12-inchworm. :)
science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My kids just saw this and flipped. Keep us in mind.
Just what I need to corral the tarantulas!
I’d love an inchworm!
This will creep out my kids. Gotta get one!
Could be fun!
cool!
For the kids! For JaxHax!
The kids would love it
My 5 year old will love this… and he can put it together!
Moving erector set.
Inching my way towards 2012.
Inching my way towards 2012.
Looks like a fun kit!
Let today be my day!
One step forward, two steps back.
Please, please I want the Gakken Mechamo Inchworm Kit!!!
In!
Hoping for this one as well.
this is aesthetically pleasing
Very Nice
Yes, please!
Go inchworm go!
Awesome. Hard to find decent kits these days
once again I try.
My daughter would so dig this.
Another way cool father-and-son project!
Inch worm, Inch worm, inch
all along the dappled branch,
I hope I win this
me
My son would love building this one
post
Bugs
inchworm! –> ⦦⦧⦦⦧⦦⦧
Would a lame Haiku
Increase my odds of winning
A Mechano worm?
Will this freak my cat out? I hope so…
Pick me!
This would be fun to build
awesome kit!
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again, again
now to make that worm into a cylon worm!
want
Give them an inch worm and they’ll take a Mechamo
sure why not
I wonder what my cats would think of this.
What a fun kit…well, my dog may disagree, but I would like it.
I love walkers
Yay!
Just got my kids a pair of these made of plastic. I’d love to have a larger one!
This thing would look sweet on my desk!
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a….. I have no idea… But it looks fun!
Will this become aware?
I have no idea what it is, but I want one.
Cool.
Pick me!
Pick me!
Pick me!
The robot overlords demand that we all be given one of these.
Yes, I’d like one please
The early bird catches the (inch)worm?
It’s no MakerBot, but still… pretty cool.
As my kids and I have outgrown the Erector Set, this looks like the right next step!
22 times entered with zero wins. :(
My 6 year old would love this..
is there a metric version?
save the robots
I’ll hold out for the centimeter worm.
must remain hopeful…
looks fun
Dr. Worm, Play the drums!
thumbholding
Gakken is Rokken
This looks like great fun. I might even let my kids help… :)
I always find it interesting how many comments each item is getting
looks like fun.
Looks like fun!
Looks like fun!
I want one!
me!
this is interesting
looks like fun
Fun for the kids, a learning experience for all!!!
cool
Metal inch worm ftw
I’m game! Pick me! Pick me!
Merry Christmas!
me me me
Wow, this looks so cool.
Enter Me Please
Cool!
looks cool
Comment. FTW!!
I would love this!!
cool
neat!
Yes, please.
cool
What on earth would I do with that contraption????
Oh little worm, please inch your way into my heart (or my workshop, whichever is more convenient).
comment!
neat
A mechanical inchworm. It doesn’t really look like nchworm moving, but heck… if I win it I’ll be sure to have some fun with it!
Thanks kinda cool. Hope I win
Not sure exactly *why* I need this, but I’m pretty sure I do.
Please and thanks!
Mechogodzilla here I come
entry
Nice!
Woot!
Woot! Sign me up!
ping
Looks more like a 6 inch spider than a 1 inch worm?
Hmmm…
Please.
Inchworm cool
This sure is a nice kit !
Thanks
OK. Love Gakken kits!
mech and elec all in one
hmmmm
my little boy (12 yo) would have a blast building this and then playing with it.
Nice! I’ll take one!
cool!
Looks like a fun kit!
…measuring the marigolds…
What a great gift!!
I’d love to hack this baby!
I would love to build this kit with my nephew.
Looks super fun!
another cool gift
This looks like fun
Interesting.
Gak.
Cool.
post
If this becomes mine, I shall work on making it as creepy as possible.
With this and a CO2 laser I will have something better than sharks with freakin’ lasers! (sharks are limited to water)
cool!
Creepy crawly.
inch by inch!!!
sweeet
I, for one, welcome our new Mechamo Inchworm overlords!
Entry
Pick me, please!
In the future, we’ll ride these things to work – on the days that our personal zeppelins are in the shop of course!
In like flin
Thanks Make!
Please
Nice! Pick me!!
Creepy bugger. Still looks like fun though
Oh yes, robotic cat taunting!
cool!
I love these
It’s japanese… i think it has got to be cool.:)
Please pick me!
Give me an inch and I’ll take a mile.
This looks like fun
Looks like a great kit.
Love it! Want one!
At last!!! The final component to my doomsday device!!!
MUAH HA HA HA HA!!! MUAH HA HA HA HA!!!
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I’m hoping I win this one for my son.
I like it… I love it… I want it… plz!
My son & I would love doing this together!
Entry
Awesome!
I really hope they weren’t talking about me winning and not responding :(
kits are cool
This is a good one.
cool kit!
ping
Good looking kit.
looks awesome!
word
Wonderful I can use this kit to start my robot army!
sure. this would be nice.
I wonder if this would be strong enough to be able to mount some sort of ultra-tiny wireless camera on it…
I promise to keep this inchworm away from my angry birds.
looks awesome
yes please.
Cool kit!
OOO! OOO! Pick me!!!
looks fun!
Ready to win!
Sign me up.
This looks interesting.
I’m not above begging if it helps.
And this would be my third choice
Domo arigato Mr roboto
=O please pick meee
I’m gonna call him Inchy and we’ll have magical adventures together.
Looks great
Totally would put this on my desk at work.
cool, though it looks bigger than an inch.
Awesome, would be fun to make with the Kids
hi everybody!
Fun
Looks good. I’ll take one.
ooooo shiney
cool, robots.
Japanese robots! What could be better for Christmas?
Looks like it’d be fun to cover in felt after you’ve constructed it.
A bot that walks.
Inch by inch, step by step
Looks cool. I’ll take one.
LOVE the Gakken kits — they’re tricky and detailed and complicated, and once built they’re durable and really cool to look at.
Entry Please
Walk this way….
ooh! creepy crawlie robots!
interesting
pick me
me please
Erector Set meets Microcontroller – what’s not to like?
gimme gimme
Pick me!!!!
raises hand!
interesting toy
Yes!
neat
looks neat
fun!
If it were mine, I think I would consider adding weaponry. I wonder how quiet it is…
time is just inching by…
niftyness. That is all.
Very cool.
Thanks.
It’s alive!!!!!!!
This can crawl into my gift basket.
My nephew would love this.
Slow and steady.
Are your there futility, it’s me, Margaret.
mmmmmmm
Inch worm inchworm how I want an inch worm
It’s much bigger than an Inchworm!
Comment?
me please!
It looks pretty interesting.
Want! Must build!
looks fun.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope.
Looks like fun!
Give me one
For my son;
It’s so fun
I hope I’ve won!
awesome!
This looks pretty cool for a family project.
Looks pretty slick…
Interesting kit. Kids should love it.
crawl! crawl!
For your consideration
winner winner
Danny Kaye on the Muppets show back in the 70s sang “inchworm”
Looks like a fun project!
Looks fun
Beat me too it, CBNathanael
please?..
Nice!
Inchworm, great! To heck with those metric people. :-)
I hate my self for not being here for the past 2 weeks
I wonder if I can supercharge it and make it a footworm?
Projects like this one really “BUG” me! :)
Yippee! My package from MakerShed showed up yesterday!! :D The clear Arduino case is NICE! Mmmm…Arduino Uno 3.0 goodness…
I could have fun with this.
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add me
wonder if this would terrorize the dog?
hey, this is the same design as the hexbot inchworm
yo quiero taco bell
This is a great kit. At least I think it is. But I can’t say for sure until I get it.
Entry Please
i like machines
Gimme!
Maybe I can inch my way up to a win this time :D
Goodie Goodie Gakken
xo
I’ve been dreaming about this one for a long time
I will keep trying maybe this time
that is an inch worm i can handle
Inch on!
Inchieinchieinchie…
Me!
yes please!
Sign me up!
Just an inch?! Why not a foot? or a yard? Send it to me I will stretch it out..:D
Entry
Yes, please!
neat.
Inchworm where are you going.
hmm… how to make it recognize the dog and follow her around all day…
very cool
try, try again
A comment
Feeling lucky!!
Another Great kit I would love to have the Gakken Mechamo Inchworm kit
hi
I AM feeling lucky, and I counted, you definitely fired all six.
It’ll be like having an erector set that LIVES!!!!
enter me please
crossing fingers now
I would love to have this kit and hack it!
I’ll take it
I would like.
I’m not sure I get the worm bit but I’m sure if I win it and look it over I will understand in time.
I think this would drive my cats insane. Not that I would notice.
looks like a nice project to build!
i want one
cool robot kit, enter me
cool kits-enter me please
I want this!
This looks awesome
Count me in!
super cool!
Wow! That’s neat!
Nifty!
Cool!
I think I am inching my way to winning
entry
what a fun kit!
a legged worm… i’ll take one!
My daughter would LOVE this. She wants to be a Paleontologist. :)
Inchworm
I’ll take one.
This looks awesome!
I demand an inchworm!
You will not succeed.
I want one!
25.4 mm worm, 25.4 mm worm. measuring the marigolds….
Gotta have one
Interesting
This would be a perfect project for my son and I to build while he’s on winter break. Thanks in advance.
Do want!
Very interesting!!
Hi!
ohhhhh, fun, fun, fun! I want some.
Looks like a fun project
this looks sweet
the worm artist of soil by passage of himself constructing castles of metephor
fun
Looks like fun!
Yes please!
Gakken makes some of the most amazing kinetic items. Nice last minute present hmm? :)
My kitties would love to play with this.
this would be an awesome project for my kids and I
I’m in !
Yup, still trying to win!
ooooh, very nice!
That’s the leggiest inchworm I’ve seen, but what the heck–count me in.
Cool!
OK…can’t top CBNathanael’s post, but still want to be entered into the drawing…
Entered
nice
One please.
Does it come with lasers?
cool
Very cool
Inching along.
I need a new robotic overlord.
im gonna try it again.
Merry Christmas to me?
cool – love it
Enter me
Looks like fun. I’d like one.
A perfect little project.
My son would love to make and then mod this bot
I happen to know an extremely excitable kitty who would love to play with one of these.
I need to start my mechanical army somehow.
Come here, little inchworm!
Awesome
I would like to enter this contest please
pick me… pick me….
Size doesn’t matter, little inchworm. Come live with me.
:)
I hereby enter!
Inchworm Kit? Yes Please :)
this would be an awesome project to do with my little guys
Mine!
Please?
Ok – so I’m getting tired of waiting for you to call my name!!! hahah
Pick me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that looks like fun.
Neato!
Sign me up!
Another nice prize!
I’ve got a hexbot version. Bet this one is cooler…
_/_/_/_/_
May the electrons in the circuitry of your pseudo-random engine align in a way that will pick my comment.
Me me and me!
Like +++
Looks like fun.
and the winner is…..
Entering.
Cool
Walking 1.578 x 10^-5 miles every step.
This looks like fun! Wonder how it does in the snow…
Sweet
My grandson and I would so enjoy this
Release the Gakken!
Everything
Sign me up. I want to make stuff.
yes please
I don’t know what it is but I want one!
darn was really hoping for the centimeter worm
Count me in!
cools
Love Gakken kits.
neat
Guess I’ll go eat worms.
Long thin slimy ones, itsy bitsy fuzzy-wuzzy worms.
Dude!!
neat!
Mechamo ME!
Nifty little thing.
What does it taste like?
To: Winner
Subject: Inchworm
Msg: BE ME! BE ME!!! plz?
Slowly I turned…step by step…inch by inch…
spidery-worm, indeed.
Send it my way!
Yes.
fun
I think Inch Worm would complete my mechamo set!
Simply Awesome!
Looks better than my LEGO inch worm did
I want this! Thanks
My kids would love to help me make this!
This is exactly what I need! An inchworm I can bring out in front of our friends and my wife won’t get mad at me.
different definitely different
These Gakken kits are soo cool.
Crawlin in for a chance to win.
Another comment.
Time for worm power!
Awesome.
Gakken Mechamo Inchworm — pretty pretty please, Santa! I’ve been such a nice boy this year!
I need 2 of these to take me to work.
Nice
Fascinating!
I think I need that thing…
Need that to chase the kids around the house.
If you write the comment with google, does it send an email to your gmail account?
I am 13 and I definitely want to build this!
In for some more
Creepy!
Looks awesome
I think my nine year old would have a blast with this.
Very cool
sign me up!
I bet it will make a great cat toy.
Imma gaffle yo Gakken Mechamo Inchworm and make it mo mine with my words!
awesome!
i want
i want
count me in.
Cool.
Cool!
Cool.
Ok,Lets try this again.
Still cool.
very cool
Cool robotic critter!
Entry comment
Wow, I would love to have one of these……thanking you in advance :)
Nice!
Would be a great project to put together when my nephews!
That would be fun
This is really neat………would be cool.
Forget the kids…I want to play with this…
This would be a cool prize to win.
want
Sounds good
Cool.
My son would like this one.
Would enjoy building this with my nephew
Count me in
pick me pick me
I wonder if I could make this chase my dog around.
Fascinating. . . this kit and this “contest”.
It’s pretty and shiny!
Count me in. See what I did there :)
Go ahead and MAKE my day!
way cool!
Good luck again to everyone!
It needs lasers but it will do
This could be it!
Count me in!
winning is my new favorite!!
this would be lots of fun!
Looks cool. Might buy two and have them battle.
Very cool, I want one!!!
THIS I could make!
entered
Very cool
Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigold
Seems to me you’d stop and see
How beautiful they are
Even the inchworms in Texas can’t compete with this metal mega.
Stepping stone to my giant steam powered spider that will rule the west, huh? That’s already been done?
i have no haiku
to make you pick me to win
please pick me tonight!
fun fun fun
very cool
It looks cool.
nice kit.
I like the inchworm.
Pick Me
Sure look like fun!
One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.
Cool looking kit
very interesting, i’m in for one
Hmmm, I shouldn’t get my hopes up. Another kit I will not win. :(
Count me in
Now this kit looks great!
Looks like lots of fun for me and the grandsons
wow, what a creature, cool.
Shiny
Awesome!
looks like fun!
comment
Meka-Inchworm!
me please
I would love to cover this in fur.
Maybe?
I could race an inchworm, and win!
Give a bot an inch and he’ll worm somewhere…
Different from the little green ones on the trees in New Jersey. Better, I think.
pretty please?
ding!
Sign me up
wiggly worm
Pick me!
I want it!
ME ME ME.
It’s all about ME.
mucho bueno
Over here.
robot world overtake starts… now! :)
Enter me and MAKE me a winner!
I comment.
Oh Please me me me. Thanks
This is cool! I would buy it
Count me in. This will be a perfect way to introduce my son sons to the electronics hobbyist world
Building this would be so much fun! =)
Count me in. I’ll be glad to have one of this for my 11 year-old son
My entry
Amazing how this stuff works,
yo ho ho ho
please
I would like to enter the giveaway
A good kit to do with my nieces :)
I was hoping I’d win something on my 50th birthday, yesterday.
Oooh, looks like a complicated build… Let me at it!
I’d like one
woim
looks like a jansen art creature
Pick me!
ooh, a gakken kit
Woot woot!!!
comment comment comment
No joy for me this year :(
Is Gakken the Japanese company with no English directions? Why don’t they hire someone to translate?
I would like to win.
Enter enter…
Please pick me!! Me, Me, Me. :-)
@CBNathanael:disqus You stole my comment!
Well if an 11 yr old can do it, maybe I can (maybe).
I want one for Xmas :)
Interested
I’ll try again :)
Amazing mechanics! Wish it!
I know a kid or two who would like this.
This is great.