Best-Lock 450 Blocks "Box O Blox"

by Best-Lock

Product Features

• Contains 450 blocks, suitable for children aged 5 years up
• Featuring a varied assortment of shapes, styles and sizes the blocks help to develop colour and shape recognition
• Blocks can be used as a freestyle kit or can be added to other playsets for additional value
• Helps to encourage creativity, sharing and imagination in young children whilst improving hand-eye co-ordination and general motor skills
• 100% compatible with other leading brands

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 6 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001N916R8
• Item model number: 4702
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,947 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A fantastic value construction set, containing 450 blocks which are suitable for age 5 years and up. Including a bright and varied assortment of bricks, the set helps to develop children's skills in many areas including; color and shape recognition, problem-solving, creativity, sharing and learning. As well as working with all other leading brands, the blocks can be added together with existing playsets for additional play value or used as a simple freestyle kit to build countless models - limited only by your imagination.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Value, February 2, 2010

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S. Hurd (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Best-Lock 450 Blocks "Box O Blox" (Toy)

I purchased the Box-o-Blox for a "lego" themed program I was doing at the library, hoping that they would be close enough to legos to use because I could not afford real legos. These lego-like bricks do work just like legos, and look the same as well, though the color and plastic type seem slightly different. They fit together well, but not completely consistently. The fit is good enough that I only marked it down one star, as it does not cause any real problems with building, just choose a different piece and keep going. My only real issue with this set is that it only has a few different sizes in the pieces. It is a very basic set of blocks. Useful to supplement other sets, but not really a complete set on its own.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a Lego ... but works OK, December 29, 2009

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T. Pietschmann (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Best-Lock 450 Blocks "Box O Blox" (Toy)

We have traditionally been giving LEGO products to our children. This was a good value at the time we bought it (~1/3 price of Lego loose bricks.) These blocks are useful but I would not recommend combining them with your Lego collection (about 1mm difference in size). They work good enough by themselves with minor issues of snaptogetherness (??). If you build them with overlapping structures then they work fine. Not so as singles or doubles. When combined with Lego products the color scheme is distinguishable from normal Lego. I primarily like the Best-Lock products for their unorthodox building kits (War/Police themes). If you must have additional blocks I would recommend this as a supplement to other Best-Lock kits but not Lego. There are many negative reviews of these products as the QA is sometimes questionable but I do recommend it for a kid with lots of interest in building blocks. The flaws can be overcome with building strategies.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Lock = Best Value, August 16, 2010

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Gretchen - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Best-Lock 450 Blocks "Box O Blox" (Toy)

This is a great small set for any "Lego" beginner. It doesn't have the specialty pieces that come with Lego sets (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Prince of Persia, etc.) just good old fashioned bricks. The pieces are slightly different colors then their Lego counterparts (ie. the red is not quite as dark), and are somewhat harder to push together, but my child still has great fun. The best part is, with no preset instructions to follow, your child is forced to use their imagination. My child was a bit intimidated at first when he Looked at a big pile of bricks, but once I showed him how he could build anything he wanted, he went wild!! If you have the budget, I recommend buying several sets and combining them in a large plastic bin.