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Product Details
- Made of German beech wood finished with 3 coats of non-toxic lacquer wheel rims, roof, connectors, and people figures made of polycarbonate
- Comes complete with a stylish wooden body, kids add wheels, windows, and unique customizing details
- Fully interchangeable with other Automoblox models
- Patented connector system
Specifications
| Ages: | | 3 and up | | Model: | | 985002 | | Release date: | | 2009-02-15 | | Brand: | | Manhattan Toy |
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Product Overview
Take off on an adventure of learning, building and playing with this modular marvel of engineering. Unique building system lets kids design their own cars. Combines heirloom quality and old-world values with contemporary design. Part design, part construction toy. Made of German beechwood and indestructible polycarbonate plastic. Modular design. Pieces mix and match with other Automoblox sets. Teaches creative problem solving, gross and fine motor skills, and visio-spatial processing. Removable plastic connectors teach shape recognition and color matching. Low profile, 5-spoke wheels and bright red tires. Comes with two "people" Delight and inspire your child with a toy that fosters imagination and creativity.
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Average customer review 
(based on 19 reviews)
 Our 2 year old son loves his AUTOMOBLOX car!
Written by Kristina Diy from
Jan 09, 2007
Grandpa got this for our 2 yr old son for Christmas and he absolutely adores it. He is a car fanatic, and gets giddy at the sight of any vehicle! It must be in the genes! ;-)
The car is made up of 3 separate pieces that are easily taken apart and put back together and all 4 wheels/tires are removable as well, but he has not figured that out yet!
When he drives the car around, my husband and I have noticed the occasional squeak, but that is from the plastic wheel rubbing against the wood. Our son doesn't mind it at all, though!
I also feel I should mention that this car is rated for ages 3+, and I was very concerned about this being hazardous for his age (2). However, the only choking hazard are the 2 plastic people that fit inside of the car. So we just took them out and are saving them for when he is a bit older. The rest of the car is harmless and all of the pieces are too big to be a danger.
We plan to get him another automoblox or 2, so he can switch the pieces around and build different cars!
(13 of 13 people found this review helpful)
Pure Joy for a Two Year Old Boy!
Written by Deborah Conner from Plano, TX USA
Feb 15, 2007
We gave this to our two year old son for Valentine's Day. He absolutely loves it! The size of the car is perfect for small hands and even thought it's recommended for 3 and up, he seems fine with it. It rolls nicely on hard surfaces and even on our longer carpet. This toy combines a puzzle concept with shape sorter with blocks. Our son enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together and this car allows him to do so. You can almost feel your child thinking and processing his/her options when putting the pieces back together. The car is of superior construction and seems extremely sturdy. We can't wait to purchase a second vehicle so that he can interchange the parts and construct new and interesting vehicles.
(6 of 6 people found this review helpful)
Great Toy
Written by D. Trumbauer from Iowa United States
Jul 12, 2007
We now have three of the automoblox cars. They are a great toy and happen to be the only toy my 4 year old son hasn't lost a part of. They are easy to pull apart and put together and are sturdy. They are a tab pricy, but the fact that they have lasted as long as they have makes up for that. He enjoys having 3 of them now so that he can mix and match the parts. My babysitter is going to get more of them for all of the kids to play with.
(4 of 4 people found this review helpful)
Great toy
Written by Pic100 from Atlanta, GA USA
Jan 09, 2007
Simply put this is probably one of the most original toy I have seen these past couple of years. Fit a one year old and will probably last an eternity.
Nicely made and crafted. Recommended.
(4 of 4 people found this review helpful)
 Too expensive, not versatile enough
Written by K. Dyer from
Nov 17, 2009
We bought two automoblox for our daughter, 5, the full sized blue sedan and green pickup truck.
We found them much less versatile than advertised -- with $65 worth of cars you can build one version of a stretch sedan. Not very interesting. Also they are much harder to "rebuild" than it appears -- a circle/square/star/triangle locking system means that a) you can't reverse the pieces, and b) you have to remove the connector from one, maybe two ends, before you can connect them. You can put the pieces together upside down -- but then the car doesn't roll (wouldn't it be cool if you could convert them from "high riders" to "low riders"?). The connectors have a squeeze piece that 5 year old hands can't manipulate so she can't do it herself. We didn't find that this provided (as the instructions said) "a welcome level of complexity". Also the people in the car each fit into exactly one location -- their bottoms are round/square/star/triangle.
I'm afraid this is one of those toys that appeals to adults but doesn't work out for kids. We've gotten a lot more use out of two 1:18 scale love bug cars that were about $10.
-- Kristy
(2 of 2 people found this review helpful)
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