A royal cerriage in the woods. The carriage and bushes are made from magnetic tiles.
A Ride In The Woods
Tegu Jungle – Cubes and Planks in the Colors of the Jungle
Tegu kits are made in Honduras – a poor country that American brothers Will and Chris Haughey are trying to help. They even gave the toy a Honduran name. Tegu is short for Tegucigalpa, the country’s capital. Since 2006, when the first blocks of Tegu saw the light of day, part of the money earned has been used to restore the forests of Honduras. Apparently, things are going well, the blocks disperse around the world, forests and jungles are growing. Back at the end of 2010, Tegu released sets in optimistic shades of green, brown and natural colors – the colors of the jungle. Some sets also contain yellow pieces – pieces of Honduras gold.
Modern Building And Skyscraper
Waffle blocks are very popular type of plastic building blocks. In these sets, each piece have pegs and square holes, and you can connect pieces in multiple ways to build both 2D and 3D crafts. The bricks connect to each other seamlessly, almost like in a jigsaw puzzle, so you can make endless combinations in any order you want. There are many brands of waffle building blocks, Gakken and Plus Plus are the most popular and well-known ones. This, however, is rarer vintage waffle blocks set.
Blocks by different manufacturers may look different. In Plus Plus sets, for example, all blocks are exactly the same, the only difference is color. This vintage waffle blocks set, however, has pieces of differnet shapes, and some extras, like figurines or wheels. There are also a number of long, bar-like pieces that help connect waffle blocks together. You can stack many waffles on one bar, which helps to create thick and solid crafts.
The waffle blocks themselves are small, each side of a block has only one or two pegs. Some blocks has H-shape and no pegs at all on some sides. This is a downside, because you can’t connect anything on these sides. Sometimes, however, these pieces are very handy, because you can stuck them in small openings to support the craft around it. It all other regards, it is a typical waffle block building kit with small pieces.
Korean Helicopter Building – EDTOY Aircraft Building Toy
EDTOY Smart Block. Pieces of the Aircraft kit for building helicopters, planes and other flying objects.
Tiko Star
We made this star with identical Tiko pieces – long and thing triangles. The only pity is that it’s hard to hang somewhere, you have to just let it lay around.
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.
Japanese Penguin
A penguin made from Japanese magnetic set.
GEOMAG MagiCube Shapes World Sets
There are MagiCube Shapes World sets of different sizes. The biggest one has 32 pieces.
Kid K’Nex Cat
A Kid K’Nex cat, walking in the forest by himself.
EDTOY Wood Smart Block Sets
If you mix several Smart Block sets with dark and light wood details, you can get unexpected architectural-car-flying solutions.
An Oriental Fairytale
A magic castle built from magnetic tiles.
