Unit Blocks vs regular blocks - Any Difference?

[tina-t]

I've been looking around at the blocks and noticed that some blocks are called unit blocks while some are not. Is there a difference between these blocks?

TIA.

[Davids-Coco]

Here is the info I found on unit blocks...

http://www.oldfashionedblocks.com/standard_unit_building_blocks.html

[kijip]

The standard unit blocks are all proportional to the same size unit. Makes building things easier and introduces the concept of fractions.

There is a great price for Melissa and Doug Unit Blocks on Amazon linked to the Bargains forum right now.

[Neatfreak]

Here is the info I found on unit blocks...

http://www.oldfashionedblocks.com/standard_unit_building_blocks.html

That's a great link. I've always wondered what exactly made a block a unit block myself ...

[DrSally]

That's really cool info. I always wondered, too, where the name comes from. I ordered the M&D ones from amazon.com. They're called "unit blocks", so I hope they are truly unit blocks.