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Brix Blox by Sears Little Learners, construction kit (1970s).

Tente (1972-1993) was a line of construction toys created by EXIN-LINES BROS S.A., a plastics and toy company based in Barcelona, Spain. Pictures by RMJ68.

Stickle Bricks are a construction toy primarily intended for toddlers invented by Denys Fisher in 1969.

Crafted LEGO Bird Series by Thomas Poulsom (2012).

ShapeMaker Wooden Toy by Miller Goodman (2009)

A DDR game called “Kubus VEB Plastspielwaren Waltershausen” from the company Plaspi, ca. 1970’s. A block/cube set to plug-and-match to create patterns and mosaics.

Lite Brite – a toy from 1967 to make glowing pictures by differently coloured pegs. Very similar to pixel graphics obviously, but the pegs don’t line up perfectly so there’s still that texty feeling!

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Nanoblocks (a mico-sized building block system) based on the Olympics by the cross stitch designer Makoto Oozu (2012).

Froebel’s Seventh Gift – Triangular and Quadrangular tablets of coloured paper.
Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852) was an instructor and educational philosopher, inventor of the Kindergarten system.

Tangram, an ancient Chinese moving piece puzzle, consisting of 7 pieces made using 3 basic geometric shapes. There are two large, one medium and two small triangles, one square and one parallelogram.