Building Sets Reviews

There are a lot of small pieces (mostly 1knob piece) in this set and not enough of the big ones (3 or more knobs on top), so it is sort of hard to actually build things with them, unless it is a tower. My son played with this for the first week and no longer. Now it just sits in its pouch in the corner of the playroom. It is nice to have the bag, but watch your child to make sure they don't stick their head in it, like my son tries to do. It will fit over his head down to his shoulders, and he has a big head in the 97th percentile. There are only a few interesting parts...the two eye pieces and the part of a train piece on wheels...How much use is it to use it as a train with one train piece? And most of the blocks can't be used on the train piece, so it is just a piece of plastic on wheels. The house piece that looks liek a roof is pretty useless. These are easier for a 1 year old to put together, but they don't stay together as good as the Lego's quattro blocks.

I would use the money to Legos...they have much more chunkier pieces that can actually be used to be creative and build things other than astraight tower, and they lock together a lot better...meaning the pieces not falling off.

My 18 month daughter loves these blocks. She carries the bag around the house saying blocks over and over again until I unzip the bag for her to play. She loves building the tower and just making a mass of blocks. We both, my daughter and I, would recommend this set.

These are great blocks for a small infant-to-toddler child to use to discover how to stack and build with Lego-style blocks. I agree that this set has a few odd pieces -- the train and the two "eyeball" end pieces are kind of just distractions -- but overall this is a great set of toy blocks. I was looking online to get a second set.

I actually think that the ease with which they come apart (noted in another review) is a big plus: a small child doesn't want necessarily something permanent and indestructible, instead they may want something that they can tear down and play with over and over... the easier the better. It's not like the things you build with these blocks just falls apart... it's just that they can be dismantled easily, which is good for little people with small, weak hands. Remember how tightly those Legos you played with as a kid stuck together? How's a one- or a two-year old supposed to do anything with those? I'd say get the Legos when they are older... these are great for now!

I had this exact capsela set about 20 years ago. I can't begin to describe how many things you can do with it. You create the ideas in the book they provide or make your own creations. Promotes conceptualism and problem solving. This was one of my all-time favorite toys.

This is one toy I remember from my childhood (I was nine). I was so intruiged by this toy, and proud of my ability to create something so sophisticated! The toy consists of wheels, rubber tires, wires to connect (color coded, if I remember correctly), and other interesting components. The only reason I noted four stars for durability is that you do need to be careful with the wires and connections. Highly recommended.