Arishka plays with the set we bought for her younger sister. I also know some boys who absolutely love magnetic cars.
Playing With Cars
Author: TatianaZh
X-Ball
30 X-pieces and a booklet – hidden in a small box (right). 30 X form an icosidodecahedron – Leonardo Da Vinci’s favorite polyhedron, which has 30 vertices and consists of 12 pentagons and 20 triangles. Designer and inventor – Roger von Oech – is a well-known specialist in the field of creative thinking 🙂
Happy Apple
Photo probably was taken not too far away from the happy apple tree.
Japanese Bunny
Good, high-quality magnetic construction set for kids. Balls have diameter of 5 cm, rods – 8 cm. It contains urved pieces, short and long rods, each of them has its own texture pattern like pimples, convex lines, dents. The colors are pleasant, there are balls and hemispheres that don’t have a magnetic surface at their base.
I bought this constructor so that the children could see something magnetical and luminous
Those who held this constructor in their hands will understand my bewilderment, at the first meeting with him – is that SUCH money for that ?! Firstly, not enough, and secondly, the parts made of transparent plastic looked somehow … unimpressive. All skepticism disappeared when we started connecting, recharging in the light, and then looking at the structures in the dark!
Road Train
Using all the parts, you can create a long road train like this one.
The Piano
In large Tegu sets, in addition to cubes and thin planks, there are also bricks with 6 magnets in them. At the end of a brick there is also a magnet. The bricks were placed between the cubes like the keys in a piano. If you press them, the bricks spring back, almost like in a real piano, only there is no sound, but children voiced it themselves. It turned out a funny piano with one incomplete octave. Invented by Anny (7 years old).
Tiko Boat
Arisha made this boat from Tiko all by herself, the idea and construction are all hers.
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.
Zoob Knight
A Zoob knight with a smaller square. Sadly, Zoob brand doesn’t make these small pieces anymore.
Back in 1997, inventor Michael Grey introduced Zoob brand, 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.
Tiko Hammer And Sicle
Some other Tiko toys we made – with a sudden political turn 🙂 Like all big Tiko toy items, these sicle and hammer are as big as the real ones and you can actually hold them.
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.
