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PLUS PLUS 240 Piece Glow in The Dark Set

This is a basic type of the Plus Plus sets – with 240 pieces in a plastic tube. There are many different colors and themes of Plus Plus Tube sets. This is Plus Plus glowing set. It has pieces that look white but glow green in the dark, and some pieces that glow red, yellow and blue.

Danish Plus Plus sets are among the most popular and well-known “waffle” building sets. Almost all pieces in these sets are exactly the same – except for the wheels and the baseplates. However, even with only the basic pieces, you can build almost anything.

All basic pieces have exactly the same shape and size – they look like two pluses joined together, hence the brand name. Each piece has two pegs on the long sides one peg on the short sides, and the matching empty spaces. The pieces are thick, so the pegs are as thick as they are long. Because of this, you can connect the pieces in any direction, they will hold well all the same. So you can build both 2D mosaics and all kinds of 3D shapes, connecting the pieces vertically, horizontally, or even with an angle. The Danish schools use Plus Plus kits as an educational tool. They help teach kids basic STEAM skills and help them develop fine motorics and creativity.

To add some difference and more variety to the crafts, the Plus Plus brand offers countless sets with different numbers and colors of the pieces. There are pieces of different colors and hues, glowing pieces, pieces with glitter, and so on. The sets also may include any number of the Plus Plus pieces. There are also both small traveling kits and big gift sets.

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Clics CUBICUS Pagoda

A Chinese pagoda from a Clics Cubicus.

ClicsToys is a Belgian company that was founded in 2001. They operate their own factory located in Kempen, where they manufacture the well-known Clics building blocks. These building sets consist of square pieces, all of which share the same form and shape. They easily connect at their edges, forming joints that can be moved.
Since the fundamental components of Clics are square, the basic forms you can build are typically cubic or brick-like. Nevertheless, thanks to the movable joints, you can connect them at various angles, resulting in diverse shapes. With careful assembly, it’s even possible to create triangular or sloping figures. However, the cubes remain the most robust and dependable structures this set can offer. Additionally, you can explore the option of crafting flat mosaics by combining pieces of different colors.
Using these plastic squares, you can construct flat surfaces and transform them into 3D shapes. Despite having relatively few extra pieces and accessories, Clics offer limitless creative possibilities. Some sets may include wheels and decorative panels, but these are the primary add-ons. On the plus side, Clics sets generally contain numerous pieces, enabling you to create complex structures with a single set.

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Zoob-Bot

A robot from ZOOB – ZOOB-BOT. It has glowing eyes (greenish part, the battery is replacable, and there is a switch). The eyes blink differently, sometimes they just glow with a reddish-orange light, sometimes they blink. The robot also has an inertia mechanism, which is uncommon for ZOOB. It runs very quickly. The set also contains wonderful purple parts.

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.

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Ginimag Car – Korean Magformers

There are 8 large wheels, large rectangles, squares, triangles, semicircles – 68 parts in total. The set also contains red plastic cylinders, white connectors for them and gears, which, in my opinion, are somewhat out of place in this magnetic constructor. Besides, they are extremely similiar to the parts from the Klikko constructor, which suggests the Chinese origin of the Ginimag constructor . We have no complaints about magnetic parts, but the wheel connections leave much to be desired – they break. And that’s it, you can throw the wheel out. Red cylinders and gears did not impress children, they are put in a separate bag and are used very rarely. We simply mixed the rest of the Ginimag parts with the original Magformers ones and use them together in buildings – for example, in the illustrations for the Crow and the Fox below.

Ginimag Car - Korean Magformers
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