Toy gift ideas?
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- monNom0
Tools in a tool box. No sharp stuff, just hammer, saw, tape-measure. etc.
- Greedo0
These castle building blocks are pretty great, but a bit on the expensive side:
http://www.thevillageblocksmith.…Also, there's various marble run/ball track block sets that are pretty fun:
http://www.amazon.com/Haba-Ball-…
my 5 year old has that and plays with it often. useful because there's an immediate problem you have to solve. also a bit expensive, though.
you can find cheaper sets if you just look for 'marble run', haba is high quality solid wood german shit.
- lnu0
- sine0
- animatedgif0
LEGO FFS!
- animatedgif0
and not that harry potter or starwars lego imagination killing shit, get a set they can be creative with
- +1 to the last partmonospaced
- Actually, the whole thing here.monospaced
- Actually every other word.fredddddd
- Morning_star0
Lego City stuff is great. Not themed, so plenty of options to build different models.
- sine0
any of you ever had Meccano?
http://www.meccano.com/i loved this even more than i loved Lego...
i started with my dad's original set (!!), then we bought supplemental kits so i could build more stuff.the branded stuff they have now is lame though. back then you bought components and screws and tools and get basic guides to help you start out with models.
- uan0
"Anker Steine"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anc…"Famous People like Albert Einstein or Walter Gropius developed their creativity by playing with Anchor stones"
- sheeeit, I want that as a grown manmonospaced
- Whoa.fredddddd
- Quite the masonic gameGeorgesIV
- prophetone0
- Awesome.eoin
- I thought my mom was gonna get this for me for Christmas two years ago. I love (and studied) architecture, but I'm 35.mg33
- divorce hergoldieboy
- i'm 38. i have this.prophetone
- scarabin0
i honestly don't remember any of my toys from when i was that age. i'm pretty sure i would have played with the box, i didn't care
- mg330
- wooden tops are not necessarily dreidelsmonospaced
- Racist.fredddddd
- prophetone0
released in'68. still dope.