Just had a look at the tinker kit now, personally I think if you are aiming this at a high school, teen, or even child the tinker kit might be worth it since it looks quite simplified. For an adult if you're looking for an easy way to build a few things it would probably be up your alley as well, but it just seems a bit out of place otherwise. Half of the reason in buying an arduino is being able to learn and build anything you want, and while I think the tinker kit may help supplement that, it just sort of feels like a very highly supported and expensive way to get a few extra components and a shield.
If you understand some basic electronics though I would probably only suggest it if you had physical problems with using an actual breadboard. Otherwise for me, not worth it.
bigred1212:
Thank you for including all the pertinant information with your initial post.
hahaha that made me chuckle a bit.