Kids Toys Suck (2011)

Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by hluska on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:01AM (#35551624)

Vtech is fucking evil.

When my kid was around 20 months old, she got really into Brio. This kit gave us hundreds of hours of entertainment- she’s seven now and still plays with it:

https://www.brio.us/products/all-products/railway/classic-ra...

It’s a well made wooden train set. It was great for helping with her fine motor skills, taught us a lot about working together and was genuinely a lot of fun…even for her old dad.

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Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by isoprophlex on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:28AM (#35551808)

If you also have duplo, search for duplo-brio connectors. Quadratic fun combining both toy sets!

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Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by PennRobotics on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:59AM (#35552017)

Alternatively, 3d print your own. The online selection is incredible: bridge adapters, track switch levers, and connectors between non-Brio tracks as well.

(I realized how widespread these parts are online after my toddlers got a Duplo-Brio gift that was purchased from an online shop but was obviously printed.)

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Re:Kids Toys Suck (2011) by e-master on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:23AM (#35551780)

[+] for Brio, though it’s so expensive that i often joke I have half of my savings in these brio train sets.

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