A very good-natured dinosaur made from a small ZOOB construction set. In front of the dinosaur lies a standard size red ZOOB bone. Zoob made these interesting sets before, maybe they will restore them…
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 from a big or small ZOOB construction 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.
What a cute monster! It’s a pity they don’t make so many interesting sets anymore.
ZZToys have a Chinese Zoob with wheels, eyes and other pieces.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND buying a ZOOB clone from ZZtoys. At first glance, it is absolutely similar and compatible with the original, but… The quality of the plastic is bad, more fragile than the original. The wheels are of poor quality, completely plastic, without rubber tires. The wheel holders have different lengths and do not spin as smoothly as real ones. The parts hard to connect, they are more rigid. The cross connection practically does not work – the parts just don’t hold. You can play with this construction set, but it’s better to buy a real one.
Wow, and we just planned to order one. Thank you for the information.
There are also some 4 inches-long pieces. And they are even covered in rubber.
Yes, they look very good and are pleasant to touch – ZOOB Jr. They also have a set with the wheels. And the crafts are just gigantic 🙂
And can we use them with common Zoob?
No, they are just big – for toodlers – the balls are an inch in diameter. There is no way you can connect them to usual Zoob.
Thank you!