Moms who buy open-ended toys: what about Quadro construction system?

[Elena]

I am very intrigued by this life-sized construction toy, but I couldn't find any mention of it on this board. You can get one of the Quadro kits for $250-350 and build a kitchen, playstand, little house, climbing structure, puppet theater, fort, furniture, or indoor playground. So many possibilities. Plus, you can get a set with wheels and build different vehicles.

I am considering getting a good-size Quadro kit and a set of playsilks to decorate it with instead of spending my money on a numerous furniture pieces with one function only, like a kitchen and a puppet theater and a playstand and so on. I know it's plastic, and I don't want to encroach on the sacred territory of the wooden kitchen/playstand lovers, but I've seen Quadro in real life, and can't stop thinking about all the open-ended ways one can play with it.

Here is the page with the photographs of the different kits:

http://www.quadroworld.com/american/home/home.php?kontent=gbk

Quadro is made in Germany and is distributed in the US by Construction Toys:

http://www.constructiontoys.com/store/quadro.php

and Phunzone:

http://www.phunzone.com/quadro/index.htm

Also, Phunzone sells one kit on Ebay now at a discount.

What do you think? Here are a few photos:

http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/31568.jpg


http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/31569.jpg




http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/31726.jpg

[lizamann]

That looks really cool! Go for it!

[nitaghei]

That is seriously cool!!! In my book, open ended play and lots of alternate uses trumps concerns about plastic any day.

Nita (who has tons of Legos for her child)
mom to Neel, January 2003
dog mom to a PWD and a cocker (at the Rainbow Bridge)

"Moderation is best in all things." Hesiod