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Travel building toys sounds like an oxymoron. But building doesn't have to mean Lego or wooden-block edifices that sprawl across a rug. The best building sets for kids today are those that simply ...

TO THE LIST of things at which Europe bests the U.S.—public transit, charming accents, life expectancy—we can now safely add toys. Across the Atlantic, boutique brands are designing low-fi, ...

Mattel on Tuesday announced that it plans to launch Mattel Brick Shop, a Lego-like competitor that will slot into the toy building sets category, according to a company press release. Mattel is ...

Including a launchable LEGO Artemis rocket, Hape’s collaboration with the Met, and a new Yoto and Toniebox competitor.

In today’s toy-scape, robotic building sets have handily made the transition from fad to staple, and for good reason—they are awesome. But in a world where Lego Mindstorms reigns king, nothing has ...

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Award winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...

When reviewing a building toy it’s impossible not to make comparisons with Lego. Not only are its bricks able to build everything from dinosaurs to X-wings, Lego also offers robotics sets that have ...