SECTOR GUIDE: WOODEN TOYS MARBEL
Marbel’s range of wooden toys features high quality products from the likes of Brio and Hape.
Putting emphasis on the strength and feel
wooden toys have compared to their plastic counterparts, the company hopes that children will take to the Old Steam Engine (£7.99) and Hape Walk Along Puppy (£16.99).
Brio has 200 years experience of making
wooden toys, and the firm’s Railway Collection has remained a popular item in the sector. Elements range from the Steam Train Railway Set (SRP £34.99) to the Deluxe Railway Set in Tub (SRP £119.99). Elsewhere in Marbel’s selection is Hape’s Bamboo range.
The company maintains its own bamboo
forest, as well as sponsoring bamboo workshops for international designers to support the range. Hape products include the Mini Racer (£4.99), made partially from bamboo, to the best selling Discovery Space Centre (£99.99). 0845 6000 286
BIGJIGS TOYS
Having maintained a presence in the wooden toy sector since 1986, Bigjigs Toys now has more than 1,700 products in its portfolio brimming with the likes of Bigjigs Rail, Bigjigs Baby, Cooking and Role-play and Heritage Play-sets. The Bigjigs Rail range is a series of train sets, heritage items and accessories that allow children to put together creations with up to 200 items. These products have also been made with a
focus on improving hand-eye coordination and dexterity skills. Elsewhere, Bigjigs has a series of award- winning play-sets as part of its Heritage collection. The selection of 12 doll houses includes building such as castles, palaces and farms. Each set comes with figurines, animals and appropriate vehicles. Meanwhile, for the budding chef,
Bigjigs’ Cooking and Role-play collection gives children food, tea, baking equipment, kitchen appliances and shops to both play with and aid their learning about healthy eating.
In addition to these products, Bigjigs Toys has more than 14 other ranges including wooden rail, road systems, puzzles, educational games and room accessories for children – and their parents – to embrace. 01303 250400
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