we bought this as a gift for our 8 yo last christmas. i knew it needed a light bulb but didn't realise that it was such an ODD sort of bulb. i had to search and search thru a few stores to locate one.thankfully my husband assisted in the creation of the bugs since the machine overheated, caught fire and basically shorted out. it was a charred mess at the end. we ended up baking the bugs in a reg low heat oven!i think next time i'd just buy the bug molds and goo and do it w/o the maker.btw, returned it to TRU store w/o any hassles!