Posted on 07/06/2005 9:17:36 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
Inventors dance and spar with ingenuity and nowhere more so perhaps than in the world of toys. The fertile and inquisitive mind of a child provides a playing field for those who, while not children, can still see that which inspires and intrigues and piques the interest of the young. It is indeed an art form and sometimes there comes along a new idea that potentially joins the gallery with Lego, Barbie, Meccano, Play-Doh and the hula-hoop.
An ingenious toy that I believe will be in that line-up one day is YAMS, a creative building system, comprising colourful pieces of foam which interconnect to build forts, costumes, and just about anything imaginable. It has a free-form capability, allowing the hole-filled, flat foam pieces to be joined together with tubes of the same material — Plastazote, soft and safe, non-toxic and washable, nonflammable and recyclable. After play all the pieces in the kit fold together to form a carrying case which then makes for easy storage.
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Popeye's favorite toy. "I yams what I yam."
Using YAMS you can build ... uh ... you can build ... mis-shapen fungi?
Ha! Yep blocks are hard to beat and they last. My set of wooden blocks cut by a Nashville carpenter are 50 years old and children still love to play with them.
I used to be a big Lego fan personally. Wooden blocks ran a close second though. Then came the train set and the little cheap green plastic soldiers you can pick up anywhere, used in conjunction...Good times. ;)
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