| Tinkertoy Classic Jumbo Set | 
| Brand: Hasbro
Category: Toy
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $22.32
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Seller: goHastings
Rating:  55 reviews
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 7 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 6 x 6 x 13
MPN: 54809
Model: 54809
UPC: 076930548097
EAN: 0076930548097
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Creative and educational building set comes with 102 pieces so you can build the included designs, or create new designs of your own | | • | Includes 48 rods, 20 spools, 8 connector clips, 2 flags, 10 end caps, 6 couplings, 2 tubes | | • | All pieces, except green flags, are made of 100% real wood | | • | Also includes 1 length of string, face plate, 2 robot arms, 2 rail holders and design guide |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Editorial Review
Tinker Toys have entertained kids for decades--ever since their 1913 invention by Charles Pajeau, who was inspired by children playing with pencils and empty spools of thread. This set features 102 versatile wooden spools, connectors, and brightly colored dowels packed in an easy-to-store keepsake canister. Simply add a child's imagination for hours of creative fun. --Jane Snyder
Product Description
Over the years, millions of children have created fanciful windmills, giant Ferris wheels, amazing animals and whimsical vehicles. The Tinkertoy Classic Jumbo builder set features easy fitting, durable, real wood pieces and comes with string to build cranes that hoist and elevators that rise. Easily build and play with many different large-scale structures using the enclosed instructions. Or use your imagination to create lots of new structures. Over 100 pieces. Combine this set with other Tinkertoy sets to create even larger structures!
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 55
 Where is the classic toy I love? December 26, 2001
43 out of 45 found this review helpful
I had tinkertoys when I was a kid in the 70's. I wish I knew what happened to that set. In over 15 years of play, I only had two parts break from being stepped on. Now I have a son of my own who requested Tinkertoys for Christmas. I was disappointed right away that everything was much bigger than the 'classic' ones. Of course, doesn't bigger mean better and more durable? Five minutes out of the can, the first rod broke in my 6 year old's hand. I thought he was just being too rough so I tried a few connection tests. Within minutes, I had several more rods cracked and a wooden connector and an end cap split. My son loves building with the ones that haven't broken yet and doesn't want me to take them back, but I don't want to wait for them to split too. I want the good old 'classic' perfect size, durbable toys. Bring them back! I'm going to take this set back and take my chances with the plastic version. If that fails, maybe I'll make my own. I miss the 'real' Tinkertoys.
a 4 year old soon to be an engineer November 9, 2000
Robert (St. Point, WI)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
My little brother just turned four. For the last year he has been creating gravity defying structures using his wooden blocks. His new Tinkertoys set allows him to expand on his creations as his imagination blossoms. The reason I offered a rating of 4 for durability is: the dog chewed up one of the rods! Nonetheless I am planning on getting another box to supplement our (I mean his) Tinkertoy set.
Classic is right! August 8, 2000
Vikki L. (Louisville, KY)
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
I've searched lots of toy stores, yard sales and so many more places to find the classic Tinker Toys for my almost 4-yr-old. He loves to create simple designs with them, and is getting more creative every time he plays with them. His favorite creature to make is the elephant (at least, that's what HE says it is!). Definitely a real find. Thanks for making the Classic Tinker Toys available!
classic toy for builders January 3, 2001
Patrick Tufts (San Francisco, CA USA)
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
Total hit for the 3 and up set. And I do mean "and up," adults like to play with this toy too. Just wait -- you buy this for a kid, the kid builds something and brings it to you. And then you start adding parts, moving things around, before you know it, you've made something new.The pieces are well made and feel good in the hand. They all go together in satisfying ways, and the things you can build somehow all feel well constructed. Classic wonderful toy for people who like to build. Some pieces are choking hazards, so 3 is the minimum age, and then only for kids who don't put things in their mouths.
A Great Educational Toy Returns! November 29, 2000
E. Jenez (Kingston, Jamaica)
63 out of 74 found this review helpful
I can't tell just how glad I am to see this great toy return to the market. Some years ago I tried a web search, unsuccessfully, to find TinkerToys. However my probe did turn up lots of pages of comments by engineers, scientists and other professionals who fondly remembered hours of fun and learning with TinkerToys in their early years.I remember such fun times as well and I agree that the toy is a great primer to a technology oriented profession (I am an engineer also). My daughters are still under age 3 but I am taking no chances and I am ordering a set now to save for next Christmas when one will be old enough. (Excited? Yes. My wife can't believe my excitement either, especially at 4:00 AM doing the Christmas 2000 e-shopping. But she never had the good fortune to have grown up with the toy. It's like finding a long lost friend.) Thanks a million for bringing TinkerToys back. I look forward to hours of fun with my kids while playing with it.
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