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Genii Creation – Transportation

Genii Creation – Transportation. This set ran away from me for a long time, I could not found it on the Internet. Small sets did not suit us, and the large ones – Playground or Architecture – were nowhere to be found. But suddenly I came across a Transportation set in a real store. We decided to buy and test the constructor, and then, maybe, a large set will also come across somewhere. The set made a very good impression, the quality is good, wooden blocks of different shapes and sizes, strong magnets, interesting topics for creativity. Cons are usual – there are not enough parts, although there are 110 of them in the Transportation set.

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The Owlet Castle

While we had a small set of Tegu cubes and planks, there was no building and construction as such. All actions with this constructor could be called simple block manipulation. Alesya manly played with them on the way to her classes. But when the children got another large set, the construction process captivated all the children, crafts began to appear more often and became recognizable.

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Genii Creation – Transportation

Genii Creation – Transportation. When we opened the box, we saw not a bunch of parts, but 5 small colorful cardboard boxes. Inside them, we found neat wooden parts packed in transparent bags. All this reminded me of serving a Japanese dinner – several small containers, each conatining something small, but very tasty. We used the small boxes for other needs and put the pieces into a small box. And we put the huge packaging of the set in a corner for the time being – we don’t know how to use it, but we don’t want to throw it away either – it’s very colorful.

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Tiko Traffic Lights

The forest is probably the best place for these traffic lights – sadly, Tiko panels can’t change colors…

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.

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X-Ball – Manual Page

I shall say that the booklet, although black and white, is actually and thorough. There are 96 small pages. It tells in detail about what you can build from these X-shaped parts and why, about compatibility with Y-ball and Ball of Whacks, and a lot of useful (more for adults, of course) information.

X-Ball - Manual Page
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