They've been making a gradual comeback for quite a while in Europe and Japan: Real Wood Toys. Yup, pre-plastic, painted wooden play things. They are fairly light, super durable, and really, who throws wood toys away? Sure, it's more expensive than mo... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Nice and shiny . Looks like the future Rodder is locked in a padded room. Just grab a 2x4 and get to whittlin that's the Rodder way. Thanks for sharing.
Everything seems to come full circle in life, this is another great example. Simpler times. What scale are these toys? They look great.
yeah, there is a little toy store in Tacoma that sells them, I'm at a toss-up as to buy some for my grand daughter who is too young for them, or for myself who is too old for them
I totally agree with the "real toys", I made a car hauler for my nephew 2 years ago for his first Christmas, he seems to really like them. For his 2nd Christmas i made 2 more trailers for the truck, a box and a flat bed. They are out of Hickory, so they should be tough enough to last a long time. I even turned some steel spacers for the axles to ride on.
Here's the one most of you have been asking about: The Bruno Racing Car by Playforever Toys Playforever Toys and packaging materials are manufactured in the U.K. and feature designer Julian Meagher. Playforever has engineered their toys to last; toys are made from the best materials available in the U.K. and tested to meet specific performance requirements including endurance and finish. These toys are virtually indestructible and, yes, it is expected that they can be played with forever. The Bruno Racing Car is available in color options blue, black, and orange, and the Bruno Roadster is available in a metallic blue. Material: Wood. Dimensions: 10.7" L x 5" H Retail is about $60... You can google the name and find them for sale...
not the same but I saw a real neat racer in the new toy section at the local barnes & noble. It was made from bamboo
I bought some Automoblox for my 2 yr old son (well at least thats what I told my wife) he will get to play with them sometime. They are really cool!
My dad built us many wooden cars/trucks, and trains when we were little. He kept many of them for grandchildren and are still in great shape today. When I have a kid one day I'll do the same.
I made my son a roadster for his first christmas, and a dual-cockpit runabout for his second. Next will be a trailor, so he can pull the boat with his car!
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I really like the new Automoblox HR3! The Playforever cars and bikes are awesome too! McGyver and rustydusty... so bitchin.
I bought these for my kids,I purchased the three pack of the hot rod series and the part change out....they thing they are builders now and keeps them busy while Im working on the real ones.....brian http://www.automoblox.com/automoblox-originals.html P.S Jay Leno hade these on his site to.....enjoy
I surfed the PlayForever website. Their designer toys are made from ABS plastic with rubber tires. $60 for a plastic designer toy!
These look really sweet! My only concern with anything overseas is are they Chinese with the lead paint. If they are made in Japan or Europe they should be fine.
We, at our woodworkers guild, make about a thousand wooden toys for underpriveleged kids for distribution at Christmas. http://www.greenvillewoodworkers.com/
The roadster and the boat are great.I'm going to dig up a wooden zeppelin that I was working on a couple of years ago and get back to it.
Cool! It reminds me of working in my grandfather's little home shop downstairs when I was about 6 or so. The first big tool I learned to use was the band saw to cut sections of my Great Grandfather's old cane to make wheels for a toy truck we were building. Who knew that I would be using these same skills everyday 40 years later? For that matter, who in this overly safety consious world today would tell a 6 year old kid that it's O.K. to use a full sized band saw?! I miss my Grandpa....