- This construction system stimulates children's creativity, while it teaches simple mechanics:Includes a variety of pieces - square plates interlock easily to form flat or 3-D structures
- Meshing gears creates exciting movement in a spectacular chain reaction
- Each gear is decorated with a different design
- Kaleidogears has no small parts
- It is made of soft, washable plastic, totally safe and unbreakable
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Product Specifications
| Model Number: | QA2341 |
| Assembly Required: | Yes |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
This is an ingenious construction system that stimulates children's creativity while it teaches simple mechanics. Children will have fun exploring ways to combine the colorful variety of pieces - square plates interlock easily to form flat or 3-D structures. Meshing gears creates exciting movement in a spectacular chain reaction. Each gear is decorated with a different design that simulates color perception and recognition. KALEIDOGEARS has no small parts and is made of soft, washable plastic, totally safe and unbreakable.
Product Description
Quercetti Georello Kaleido Gears With 60 years of experience creating educational toys, Quercetti has contributed to generations of children engaging in beneficial play that encourages creativity and stimulates intuitive reasoning. The Georello Kaleido Gears is a perfect beginning gear set. This 55 piece set has interlocking plates and decorated meshing gears. The gears come in 3 sizes. The plastic is not brittle, and is easy to handle. The board is not a set pattern, and can be build in various shapes. See how many ways you can make the gears spin. Also includes handle for making the gears turn. Made in Italy. Quercetti Toy introduces Georello Kaleidogears which is a 55 piece building set with interlocking soft plastic plates and meshing gears. Kaleido Gears provides hours of open-ended, colorful, creative play. This educational toy can also be a hobby for kids that stimulates reasoning, creativity, and mobility skills using gears as toys. Because the gears are unbreakable & safe they are able to be used by children as young as three! This is another great discovery toy from Quercetti Toy! Ages 3+
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this for my son when he was 3, and he loved it, now three years later he still gets as much enjoyment out of it. Cogs and wheels are a marvel and I'm sure from an educational point of view it's brilliant, but he loves putting toys on top of the gears and spinning them round til they fall off, and making various patterns and shapes with the cogs. My only negative comment is that there is no handle to turn them once you've set them all up in a great long line across the carpet - you have to turn one of the cogs. So a small thing, but it would have been very welcome.
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134 of 135 people found the following review helpful
Almost perfect...
6 Jan 2004
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My son received this toy for Christmas, and we gave one to our niece. The verdict is that it is almost, but not quite, perfect.
The toy is a set of interlocking squares of various colors that are perforated to hold a four-pronged hub that can support one of four sizes of gears. Everything is made of a durable plastic that has some flex to it. You can create systems of gears that spin around and even construct things like gearboxes. (The cover of the box--shown above--will give you a simple idea of what can be done.) There is a manual aimed at parents that helps them teach their child how gears work, too--a nice touch.
The quality of the toy is high: the colorful stickers for the gears are plastic coated, the injection-molded pieces are free from excess plastic, and the pieces fit together solidly. It's everything you would want from a European-made toy. (Quercetti, the manufacturer, is based in Italy and the toy is actually made there.)
It's a mesmerizing little toy and its variability is virtually endless. There are other kits in the Gear line that include such things as universal joints and 3-D parts, so it is highly expandable, even as your child ages.
My quibble? Our three year old niece adores the toy, but our three year old son only plays with it in fits. Truth be told, I play with it more than my son does. So as with anything, your mileage may vary.
It's nice that toys like this one are still being made. There's a lot of learning that can occur with it, too. Factor in the expandability and how can you go wrong?
Now if only I could get my son to join me more while I'm playing with it!
53 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Great fun for young kids and parents
3 May 2001
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This is a great toy for both kids and parents. My 4 year old daughter loves it and we've enjoyed watching her get more skilled and creative at assembling the gears. I wouldn't recommend this for kids much under 3 1/2, although our 18 month old loves watching it spin and playing with some of the individual pieces (we took out the few really small ones). It's really durable and fun for parents too.
78 of 83 people found the following review helpful
Kaleido Gears Review
9 Oct 2001
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Originally purchased for our 5 year-old granddaughter, this toy is a little above her developmental stage, and apparently above her grandparents as well! She and we became frustrated in trying to fit the white gear connectors to the gear pieces, and then attaching the coupled piece onto the frame. Our 8 and 11 year-old granddaughters, however, love it and fight over playing with it!
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