This farm building set is loaded with chunky pieces ideal for small hands. The fact that there aren’t tiny pieces to either fumble with or lose was a big plus for parents. The farm scene is filled with all the usual suspects: a farmer, a tractor, crops and animals. Given the size of the set […]
A new, fascinating and exciting new take on building blocks, SmartMax Stunt is a set of highly magnetized shapes that connect together to form and build a variety of geometric patterns, buildings and even a car and road. Parents were truly impressed with the great quality of all the pieces in the set, noting that
This innovative wooden puzzle provided testers with hours of entertainment while tapping into logic and problem solving skills. The set includes 71 pieces of rubber wood (a sustainable wood) that come in a variety of shapes and colors. There are 48 cards with figures that children can recreate. In this set the theme is obviously
Parents were quite taken with what several testers called “one of the most unique and creative car tracks” they had ever seen. The bright multi-colored tracks connect in a manner which is easy to assemble and disassemble, meaning there is no end to the creative exploration and construction. There are endless variations of track layout
This multilevel construction toy was described by testers, who watched their children eagerly and excitedly assemble and play with it, as ingenious, fantastic and loaded with unbelievable detail. The directions are clear and in most cases took under two hours to build. The building experience was loads of fun and filled with plenty of cooperative
Many of our mom testers have told us that they are avid scrap bookers and saw My Sweet Scrapbook as a great opportunity for their child to create their own book with their own style and content right alongside them. The packaging is bright and colorful, clearly showing what is included. When opened testers found
What a treat for our young testers to discover this wonderful assortment of wooden blocks with bold colorful artwork, graphic patterns and sparkles. ALEX has crammed over 30 blocks with faces, arms and feet into this early building set so that there is virtually no end to the imagination and manipulative play. The shapes are
Who would expect parents to be so enthusiastic about a toy with the name Destruction in it? Certainly not our staff when we saw the title, but life is full of surprises. The fact is that parents, together with their kids were blown away by the ingenuity and design of this building and construction toy.
Somewhere Rube Goldberg is smiling. This great new toy demands that kids put on their thinking caps because there is a lot of strategizing and puzzle solving required to fully experience the Contraption Lab. If you have a kid at home who is constantly tinkering with things trying to figure out how they work this
OgoBild Nexus is one of the most extraordinary examples of creativity you will find in a building toy. There are no rules, no instructions to follow, which is what makes this so special. It is also very easy to maneuver and manipulate. We can safely say that odds are pretty good that you have never
