We experimented with Arishka with openwork buildings – and we got this cross. Lately, we really liked to make non-living things from Knex. We get some nice patterns from it.
K’Nex Cross
Zoom Mushroom
You can find the round red piece in the ZOOB Traveler travel set or in the huge ZOOB 500 set. There are 4 of these round pieces and they form a building platform when inserted into the lid. The diameter of the circle is 3 inches and ithas 13 holes. It easily forms a wheel or a shield – but in this case a mushroom was built.
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 has a ball and socket connection system, mimicking the natural movement and design of 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. The options are limited only by your imagination. After you build something with a set like ZOOB Traveler, 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.
KID K’NEX Build A Bunch Set – Caterpillar
One of the Build A Bunch creatures. This set has all the basic Kid K’Nex pieces, so it makes a good starter for those who wants to try K’Nex for the first time.
EDTOY Wooden Car
Made from EDTOY Architecture wooden set. We build two models from one set of pieces: hood – trunk, trunk – hood + a pair of headlights, the wheels spin perfectly when the car is moving.
The Other Half Of The Plastic Parts From The Magnetic Castle set
The other half of the plastic panels from the magnetic Castle set.
EDTOY Wooden Caterpillar
The plastic lids are leaves. Made from EDTOY Architecture wooden set.
SmartMax Start XL Rods
SmartMax Start XL has long and short rods in it, along with metal balls, but no curved rods.
Sadness
A sad and tired Kid K’Nex critter. They are always so emotional and unique.
Clics Steamboat
And here we have a Clics steamboat and two boats.
ClicsToys is a Belgian company that was established in 2001. It makes the well-known Clics building blocks in its own factory in Kempen. Clics building sets have square pieces of identical form and shape. They easily connect at their edges, creating joints you can move.
With These plastic squares, you can create surfaces and fold them into 3D shapes. There are endless possibilities, even though Clics have very few extra pieces and accessories. Some sets have wheels and decorative panels, but this is pretty much it. On the other hand, Clics sets usually have many pieces, so you can create something truly complicated from just one set.
Since the basic pieces of Clics are squares, all the basic forms you can assemble from it are cubic or brick-like. However, thanks to the movable joints, you can assemble them at different angles, creating different shapes.
There are ways to create triangular or sloping figures if you assemble the pieces just right. The cubes, however, are the most sturdy and reliable structures this set can offer. There are also a possibility of creating a flat mosaic, combining the pieces of different colors.
KID K’NEX Build A Bunch Set
Build A Bunch is a classic Kid K’Nex set with 66 of typical building and decorative pieces. It don’t have any specific theme and focuses on all kinds of weird creature instead.
