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Clics Glitter Bucket

Clics Glitter is a type of Clics with colorful plastic with glitter. This particular set, Clics Glitter Bucket, has 133 pieces and extra decorations, like stickers.

ClicsToys, a Belgian company established in 2001, operates its very own factory located in Kempen, where they craft the popular Clics building blocks. These building sets mostly have square pieces, all sharing identical form and shape. What sets Clics apart is their ability to connect smoothly at the edges, allowing flexible joint movements.

Using these plastic squares, the creative possibilities are endless, even though Clics sets tend to offer relatively few extra pieces and accessories. Some sets may include wheels and decorative panels, but few extra items. The true strength of Clics lies in the generous number of pieces in their sets, enabling you to make even biggest creations with ease.

The fundamental building blocks in Clics are square, which naturally leads to the formation of cubic or brick-like structures. However, the great advantage of these blocks is the ability to connect them at various angles, making diverse shapes. Careful assembly can even give you triangular or sloping figures. Nevertheless, the most robust and tough structures in Clics are cube-shaped. Additionally, you can create flat mosaics by combining pieces of different colors.

Clics Glitter Bucket
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MindWare Imagination Patterns Deluxe

This magnetic modaic set by MindWare is an unusual one – it has bright, colorful patterns on the pieces themselves. So anything you build comes out even more flashy than with other similar kits. This set has a magnetic board to assemble the patterns on, 60 idea cards and 60 mosaic pieces.

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K’NEX Education – STEM Explorations: Swing Ride – Wheel

Another motorised carnival ride by K’Nex. This one is from the Knex Swing Ride kit .

Many K’Nex Education sets offer moving models, and can have gears and motors. This one also have one motor to power the movement of your crafts.

This set has relatively small pieces and an electric motor, so it will not be a good choice for the small children. Sometimes connecting pieces may also be though, so the best age for this Knex Swing Ride kit is 8-10 years old. Even if this set has no mini K’Nex pieces, you should be very careful about giving it to any child under the age of 7. You should also be careful around the moving gears – they are not metal, but having hair stuck in it is still very unpleasant.

Moving crafts can be a great add-on to any K’Nex collection. However, this set has a relatively small number of gears for so many regular pieces, so you have to be precise while using them. The set also offers a very limited number of the possible models. This, however, is not a big problem, since K’Nex crafts are easy to invent, and this set is more than enough to create many different things.

K'NEX Education - STEM Explorations: Swing Ride - Wheel