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Now $69, down 30 percent off its usual $100 sticker price, this miniature engine kit seems to suggest otherwise. Get It! Made ...

The $29.99 all-metal desktop Stirling engine kit is one of the simplest. It can be assembled in 15 minutes and is recommended for ages 14 and up. Also for $29.99 is the Exploring Kid Steam Engine Kit.

The pint-size performance duo sticks with gas engines, but Mini earlier in October revealed an electric John Cooper Works hatch, plus a John Cooper Works version of the electric-only Aceman crossover.