Pinball Machine
Build a colorful custom pinball machine — designed by you! Create an eye-catching sign using geometric pixel art techniques, build an adjustable launching mechanism, and arrange the obstacles however you like. Then rearrange the board to experiment with angles and add to the challenge. Score!
Why it’s awesome
Pixel-inspired art
Design and doodle geometric art to customize your machine.
Make it and play it
Move around obstacles and flags to change up your game.
High-energy science
Bonus experiments and activities to explore how things move.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Mechanics + building
Motion + forces
Geometric art
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“Marbles and angles are always fun to explore, especially when you get to build a launcher and a customizable game board!”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
7
Gameboards prototyped
12
Marbles lost during testing
20
Rubber bands launched while setting up gameboards
Reviews
4.8
51 reviews
Colleen
05/14/2025
So much fun!
Mary
03/01/2025
Very creative.
Brittany
01/23/2025
Loved this! Encouraged my child to think about how the marbles traveled through a pinball machine and how she could switch up the pieces to achieve the movement she wanted.
Brooke
11/11/2024
I 1,000% recommend this. I helped my son build it and he loved it.
Cs
01/24/2023
Granddaughter loved putting it together and then playing it
Andrea
01/19/2023
My grandson and I had a lot of fun putting this kit together and playing with it afterwards. It's so easy to change the parts around to explore how to make different paths for the marbles. He said it reminded him of playing miniature golf and trying to get the ball to bounce off a wall or an obstacle, which led to an excellent discussion regarding math and physics.
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