There are only 87 parts in the small castle set, but you still can assembly lots of different buildings.
Geomag My Castle – Small Set – 87 Pieces
Author: TatianaZh
Geomag My Castle – Cardboard Elements From A Small Set
In a small set there are a small number of cardboard inserts – just right for the first experience in building a medieval castle.
The Propeller
The propeller in the Magformers Transform kit is expandable, and you can adapt it for both small and large aircrafts.
Geomag Baby – Geomag for Toddlers
There are several Geomag sets available for toddlers, and we’ve had a set with the sea animals (Geomag Baby Sea) in our bathroom for about 3 years now. The kids enjoy playing with it, magnetically attaching the pieces to the edge of the bathtub. We recently added a set with a sorting lid to our collection. It includes a total of 7 pieces, including the lid. Initially, we let our younger son play with it on dry land, but the box turned out to be very fragile, made of cardboard, and was immediately crumpled. As a result, the plastic lid with the 6 pieces found its way into the bathtroom and joined the sea animals. This way, we have more pieces, making the playtime more diverse, and the sorting aspect is also enjoyable.
Skyscrapers
We used both magnet cubes and balls for this building.
Inside The Pentagonal Tower
Inside the pentagonal castle tower. Made from Geomag castle sets.
Pythagoras Mouse House
A house we made for the favourite plush mice from openwork Pythagoras pieces. There is a door on the other side, but the brown mouse tries to crawl through the wall.
Pythagoras, Tiko, and Tako are vintage building sets. They have big panels of different colors and shapes, that connect by the edges. Each piece has sockets and balls that can snap together, connecting the pieces. You can also connect the pieces of different shapes, as long as their sides match. This connection is strong enough to hold even the biggest structures together.
Because of the sockets’ form, Pythagoras and Tiko panels can form both flat surfaces and 3D shapes. The flexible joint connection means that you can connect the pieces at different angles. The bigger panels are huge – they are a few inches long, so kids can create toy hats or items to hold, and not just toys. They are sturdy enough to wear and to play with. There also are smaller pieces that can help connect the bigger pannels together or make smaller crafts. The pieces of this set have all kinds of shapes – there are different triangles, rectangles, squares, pentagons, and so on, all in different colors.
Sadly, Amazon seemingly has no sets exactly like Tiko and Pythagoras, but some very similar concepts also are interesting enough.
Geomag My Castle – Small Set – 87 Pieces
There are only 87 parts in the small castle set. The picture shows some options of simple buildings.
Geomag My Castle – Large Set – 163 Pieces
2 sides of the box. With one set, you can build a corner of the fortress yard, a watchtower, an outpost, a modest castle of a poor vassal, or the ruins of a medieval fortress. 2 sets give you more options for building and let you feel like an advanced medieval architect, embodying the most daring architectural solutions.
Zoob 500-Piece Set
Zoob 500-piece set is a classic Zoob set in all possible ways. It has those typical Zoob pieces with balls and sockets, but no extra pieces. This is a great set if you are interested in Zoob building. It’s more than enough for big and complex crafts.
Back in 1997, inventor Michael Grey introduced Zoob, a toy inspired by the science of motion and organism development. Zoob represents an acronym for Zoology, Ontology, Ontogeny, and Botany. Each set has rod-like pieces with joint balls and sockets on their ends. Each of these balls has small bumps on its surface, so the joints can both move and stay in a certain position if you need them to.
This innovative toy features a ball and socket connection system, mimicking the natural movement and design found in people, animals, and machines. With just five basic shapes, Zoob offers 20 different ways to connect them together.
Zoob building sets have won awards because they’re different from regular building blocks. They use plastic pieces that snap together, like gears and joints, to build all kinds of objects, limited only by your imagination. After you build something with Zoob, you can actually play with it – the pieces were designed to move after being assembled, so you can have fun with the toys you create.
Zoobs are great for helping children improve their fine motor skills. The pieces are small enough to easily manipulate and put them together. But they’re not too tiny like some other toys, so it’s easier for kids who find small objects tricky.
