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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grandparents want to give him a big gift (they first wanted to give him $800 cash which we were a hard no to).  They don't want to give him an experience and they would never feel like a $40 gift (no matter how much it was exactly what he wanted) was enough.

So I need to give them some big ticket item ($100+) ideas that also won't take up a lot of space.  I'm thinking about Lego Spike which he would like but I doubt we will get enough use of out it once the initial excitement wore off.  He has a new bike already, has an ipad, we aren't doing video games yet (and he hasn't asked for any), he's fairly academic / analytical and wouldn't care at all about something like a signed baseball.

Ideas?  It really just needs to be something that will meet the grandparents ego needs and be generally liked versus being something truly worth the high pricepoint.[/quote]

My youngest kid got a lego robotics kit at 8 and got a ton of use of it.

Other expensive things my kids have gotten a lot of use out of:

Driveway basketball hoop

Swimming pool membership (I know, it's an experience)

Musical instrument

Bike (but you say he has one)

Woodworking tools (You can spend as much as you want, and these are things he'll have and use for a life time)

Camping gear

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