These Tegu sets are the smallest of them all. They have only 6 or 8 pieces each, so you can carry them in your pocket while, say, travelling with your child. Despite the small size, you can still build many different shapes from each of these sets.
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.
I tried to photograph Tegu pieces to show you the shades of green and natural. Note that natural pieces are also slightly greenish in this set. The green cubes and planks are painted, but the structure of the wood is clearly visible, so not a single piece is the same. The impression of this tree-green variety is pleasant. Probably, the details were first painted over and then glued. Both the planks and the cubes consist of 2 halves, and on some cubes the gluing borders are visible.
Another character you can build from the same Tegu Sticky Monsters Set.
Sticky Monsters are a series of sets which allow you to build funny characters. They have small number of pieces, but you can still crate all kids of shapes from them. And you always can mix them with any other Tegu sets for more pieces and more complicated characters.
Made from the Tegu Jungle set. The children decided that such a small tree-green owlet must live somewhere in the tropics between North and South America, basically, where Honduras is located – the birthplace of Tegu cubes. In fact, in Central America there really are owls – so-called neotropical owls. Some of them live in abandoned termite mounds.
Alesya’s friend and pupil. The spots on the back are made from Neocube balls.
Back in August 2010, Tegu painted its blocks in delicate pink, light green, turquoise, orange and yellow colors. All sets of gentle-colored Tegu:
Since Classroom sets are so big that they can entertain the whole bunch of kinds and make them play together, They may be a bit pricy to buy individually, but they fit just right in a classroom.
Made from Tegu blocks and decorated with Neocube balls.
