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Zoob Junior Giant

A small fraction of the Zoob army – just to show the difference between normal Zoob and Zoob Junior set.

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 normal Zoob or a Zoob Junior set, 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.

Zoob Junior Giant
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Melissa & Doug Matching Picture Game

This is less a mosaic and more a game with pictures. It has magnetic board, few scenery cards you can choose from, and magnetic pieces with pictures on them. The mosaic pieces are parts of animals, vehicles and other objects, and have accordings shapes and picture on them.

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Magnetic Stick N Stack – Magna-Tiles Version

So I’ve ordered the smallest set of Magnetic Stick N Stack – 50 parts. Simply of interest – to see what kind of clone it is and what quality it has. I also liked the cute grids. Made in China – this is not surprising, but one part is missing a magnet, however, this is not fatal. There are round holes in the corners of the parts – you are supposed to insert the axle/rod to which the wheel is attached. There are no complaints about the quality, the magnetic properties and size are the same as those of Magna-Tiles. The children really liked the grids and L-shaped parts, it’s a pity that there are not very many of them in the set – 4 pieces of each type.

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Zoob Jeep

The big jeep is Zoob Junior, and the small one is from normal Zoob.

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 or Zoob Junior, 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.

Zoob Jeep