Tag: Unika Building Kits

In the evening, already getting ready for sleep and making their way from cartoons to bed, my daughters, 6 and 8 years old, came across a box with gear set from Unika on the way. As a result, they made a dozen different scenes and objects. I posted the most interesting ones (in their opinion) here.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.

A pumpkin made from Unika gears. A one-evening impromptu by my daughters, 6 and 8 years old.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart. however, you will probably need many sets to build anything really impressive.

The orange sun rises over the sea, a palm tree bathes in its golden rays on a small island with a sandy beach. A scene made from Unika gears.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The Unika gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.

A carousel building set with gears by Bauer. It’s very similar to Quercetti sets with gears. In this set, however, the baseplates are not similar to puzzle pieces, they look and work like Lego bricks.

Overall, this set looks similar to Lego Duplo and other building sets of this type. There are big, colorful bricks you can stack at each other. The set also has figurines, toy vehicles, trees and other extra pieces. You can build big and cute crafts even without using the gears.

The gears in this set are also big and colorful, they come in different sizes and allow you to make brick platform move and rotate. This set offers to build a carousel that you will be able to rotate using the gears. The set has 177 pieces, but not so many bricks or gears. Many building pieces are parts of the vehicles or decorations, so possibilities of building complex gear strutures are limited with just one set.

This set is a rare one – there are not so many sets that have gears and Lego-like bricks at the same time. Most building sets with gears have big puzzle-like pieces for building purposes, or the gears themselves are the building blocks.

We really liked the gear construction set from Unika called Unlimited Fantasy. The gears are large, bright, made of elastic plastic, and fasten well to each other. The quality is very good. Our first crafts were snakes that wiggled when they moved and many multi-colored towers. Crafts like this rocket also were very easy to make. You will need two sets or more even for one child; one would not be enough. Children make simple crafts and enjoy manipulating bright details. This set, in my opinion, will be interesting for children aged 3-7 years.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.

Alesya made these beads from the Unika gear set, and they hold up very well. She changed the yellow parts to orange and red ones from time to time.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.

A fortress made from Ukrainian Unika gear set. A tree that looks more like a cactus grows in the courtyard of the fortress. And Alesya installed a traffic light on the big blue fortress.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.

I studied in an ordinary Soviet school, but nevertheless, we often brought our own construction sets to the lessons. Mostly metal construction sets with screws or Polet, sometimes we had the rare Soviet Lego. We made crafts and organized exhibitions right in the classroom. Of course, the boys were more interested in the sets, but the girls weren’t far behind. There were children who did not have construction sets. The photo shows a lesson in an elementary school (Soviet school in Geneva) in the late 80s of the last century. Children create models using Quercetti gear sets. It’s a pity that the experience of lessons like that remained in the 80s…

This vintage building set is similar to the Quercetti Gears sets. It also includes baseplates, poles, and, of course, the gears. The baseplates connect like the pieces of a puzzle, they are heavy and sturdy enough to hold the whole construction in place. There are also many small colorful pins to decorate the pieces.

While there are no poles like in Quercetti sets, you can connect and interlock the baseplates in 3D, making some of them stand upright. They can also hold together at the angle, so you can build all kinds of shapes from them. Overall, these plates themselves form a good building set.

After making something from the baseplates, you can attach the gears to the finished crafts and make the gears spin. All gears are the same size, they are almost as big as the baseplates, and you can also use them just to decorate the crafts. All pieces come in many different colors. Sadly, there are few pieces overall.

This set has an educational purpose – some schools used it to teach children about the gear transmissions. The description says that the set is for children aged 4-8 years.

Building set “Unlimited Fantasy” (Unika-Ukraine) – diameter 1.7 inch. I really liked the quality, I didn’t even expect it. Easy to attach, easy to detach, holds well. The children really liked the gears because the parts can roll while interlocked over each other (as gears should be). Here you can connect several of them in a row, take them by one end, shake them, and at the other end the gear rolls. For now they are just having fun. Even dad, who is generally difficult to please, liked the set, and he built a carousel. I inserted a pencil into the central hole and turned it and had fun for a long time :)))

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.

This gears building set set by the Ukrainian Unika brand comes in a plastic jar for later storage. This is an interesting and fun building set with many unusual possibilities.

These gears are a version of a popular type of building set. The gears in this one are not rotating on top of some structure – they are the basic building blocks of the set. The gears connect if you interlock the pins, or if you stack them. With these simple connections, you can build different shapes, sculptures and mosaics.

All the gears have the same shape and size, the only difference is the color. However, there are still many possibilities to build, especially if you have many pieces. The gears can also interlock if you connect them at an angle. Sadly, the possibilities to build a moving toy are very limited, because the gears can’t really move once they connect. There are also no extra pieces or decorations, so the gears are the only things you have to work with.

The gears themselves are rather big, they are safe for the small children to play with. They also can hold together even in a very big craft without falling apart.