Customer Reviews

ZOOB 250-Piece Set

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

If you're reading this review, you're probably either shopping for a birthday gift or Christmas gifts. I'll cut to the chase first: these are GREAT! Pull the trigger on this purchase, kids (will) love these things.

More details:
Pros:
Develops coordination for building
Develops ability to follow simple directions
Unlimited imaginative possibilities
Colorful
Fairly durable

Cons:
More plastic pieces to clean up?(!)

All in all, great fun.

My 5 year old got this for Christmas. It is really cool although some of the designs are pretty difficult. My 7 year old has enjoyed making some of the designs as well. I like the fact that it comes with 6 or 7 different books that give instructions on different designs. Each book is of different difficulty.

Santa brought these for our 4 year old and 2 year old. They love them. They really spark their imaginations and creative sides. My husband and I even like playing with them with the kids... My 2 year old can't quite click the main pieces together without help but he tries and still enjoys them. My four year old builds houses, crowns, necklaces...

My son (6) loves building toys - Legos, K'Nex, Magnatiles, Lincoln Logs, Zoobs, etc. These don't get played with as much as the K'Nex, Legos or Magnatiles which are his favourites, but he does pull them out regularly and enjoys building with them.

Each piece fits into others in different ways. It's totally open-ended which I love, so one day my son can build a dinosaur and another day a snake and another day a cage for a dinosaur or snake :)

The pieces are plastic but quite durable - no broken pieces yet and my son has had these for a year.

This set (250 pcs.) is a good amount - not overwhelming but plenty to make a lot of different things to play with. Grandma is giving him a Zoob wheel set this weekend when we get together for Christmas so I'm sure that will add some good play value to the set as well.

My granddaughter is turning 12 this week. My daughter says get more Zoobs, you bought some a long time ago. She says they are used a lot. There is also a 7 year old in the family. I remember playing with these last summer at their house. We were squabbling over pieces because there weren't enough! So I will get more!

After seeing Zoobs in a classroom, I was determined to buy them for my grandson. Of course, I forgot until the week before Christmas. Was real glad to still be able to get them in time via Amazon - and my grandson loves them. They're more versatile than legos, and just different enought to be fascinating.

We got this toy for my daughter's 4th birthday. This said, it might be slightly advanced for a 4 year old (but the age recommendation is 6 and above). She still managed to play with it and had lots of fun doing so. (though I think I had more fun LOL)

One thing that made me lower its durability rating is that it is made of all these parts that can be lost, but again it is not for the young children.

It is a wonderful toy though, because the possibilities are unlimited. One can make figures, animals, balls, etc. Wherever your imagination and creativity takes you. It is also cool that one can bring supplementary accessories.

I bought this for my grandson for his birthday. He loved it and enjoyed making creatures with it. He is only five but was still able to follow the simple directions to make the animals. It is great because you can buy more sets to add on and make your set even bigger if you want. The pieces are the right size for a 5 or 6 year old to handle.

My 9 year old received this for Christmas. My 2 year old couldn't keep his hands off them. This is a great toy! Both, now 12 & 5, still play with them regularly. We need to get more as they seem to fight over them. I would rank this toy in the same category as lego without all the marketing--of course you build a little differently with them. I'd say it demands a little more use of imagination as the pieces are not square. If your child loves building toys, they will love this toy. I gave it a rating of 4 for durability as I have found a few pieces with broken tips. This said, the boys are still playing strong.

This is a pretty cool toy since the colorful pieces snap together and one can create really neat masterpieces. However, both adults and kids should beware that the pieces do pinch when snapped together. It may also be challenging for the younger kids to have the proper muscle strength to push the pieces into a snapping fit. I know my 6-yr old daughter had trouble and wound up pinching herself a few times. It seems that the pieces were a bit stiff at first being brand new, so after playing with it, they would snap more easily into place. Nevertheless, the 250-piece set is a great starter set, plus it comes with a booklet on how to build the various types of combinations (e.g. bike, dino, bug, etc...). All in all, an educational toy IMO, but better suited for the older kids.