Bigjigs Rail is one of the best-selling wooden railway systems in the UK and Europe, according to the firm. The Bigjigs Rail Carry Set – which picked up a Right Start Best Toy Award – comes with a train, two carriages and a guard’s van which chugs around the track. The roof carry handle also allows youngsters to take their rail set with them wherever they go, with all the pieces fitting inside the station. Bigjigs Rail offers over 14 different
railway sets, 50 types of trains, rolling stock and carriages and a wide variety of accessories.
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Wobbly Garden is a set of 18 hand- painted colourful garden creature pieces and wooden ‘garden’ wobbly board. Taking turns, or on their own, children place pieces onto the board without tipping over. As their skill develops, children can try stacking items on top of each other on the board. The 18 chunky pieces include butterflies,
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ladybirds, flowers and goggle-eyed frogs. The game has been designed to help improve children’s fine motor skills and increase general physical awareness of balance.
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The firm has a range of Hasbro Nostalgia games, in the form of classic titles Monopoly and Cluedo. Made using traditional materials, the Nostalgias are all presented in an eye catching wooden box to enable them to stand out on shelf. Game contents and playing pieces are also made to a high standard; the Monopoly playing pieces are made of brass, with the houses and
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Asobi has introduced ethical brand Uncle Goose to its portfolio. The traditional range for babies includes the likes of classic ABC and language blocks (including hieroglyphics), as well as blocks of the periodic table. The firm also handles Italian brand Italtrike in the UK, which features wooden toy classics as part of its range.
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Sambro has teamed up with Fisher-Price to create a licensed range of wooden puzzle and bath creative toys.
The collection of chunky wooden puzzles feature the Little People characters, and come with good volume price points with high margins. Sambro says the line offers
retailers all-year round sales. The range includes Character puzzles, large wooden puzzles, peg puzzles and a 2-in-1 play puzzles.
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Model kit maker Revell has a number of fully functioning wooden models based on Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions. The firm recently extended the line of wooden constructor kits with two new models: a 1:24 scale armoured car (£49.99) and a 1:16 scale multi-barrelled cannon (£26.99). The armoured car comprises 163 components and measures just under 21cm in diameter, while the cannon comprises of 43
components and is 24cm long. All the cannon barrels of the two different weapon systems are authentically made of metal.
In addition to the prefabricated components, the construction kits include the corresponding wood glue, information on da Vinci’s life and works, a fabric cloth bearing the famous self- portrait and a drawing of the respective da Vinci invention.
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hotels made of wood. Meanwhile, Cluedo includes detailed murder weapons and wooden playing pieces. Both the Cluedo and Monopoly games are modelled on versions of the games from the 1940s or earlier, with the wooden boxes, durable components and original artwork, making them something of a unique collection for families and collectors.
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Red Toolbox has a line of real wooden carpentry kits, with the tools specially designed to suit a child’s grip. The step by step level system is ideal for helping kids develop and gain skills, while working with and enjoying the support of their parents. The wooden carpentry kits enable children to make items such as a soccer table, billiard table, go-kart, toolbox and birdhouse.