ST Dott : Hape Building Block

Hape is a toy manufacturer, origin from Germany, but they have moved their factory to China. So, Hape toys are now made in China.

In the previous blog, I recommended Heros wooden block. What if you feel bored of the plain color wooden block, here you come with Hape wooden block.

The wooden block is packed in a square & thick cardboard box. The wooden blocks are wrapped with paper, into two sets - color wooden block set and unpainted wooden block set.

Once open the package, you will see two set of wooden block wrapped with paper.

One is colorful blocks (21 pieces);

And; the other one is plain wooden blocks (17 pieces).

More interesting to own this set of wooden block because the wooden block are printed with animal heads, tiger stripe, zebra stripe. Not only making a building, this wooden block can use to make some animal.

How about the quality of this toy?

i) Hape toy has dyed with sharp color and as well as mixed with plain wood color.

ii) Unlike Hero toys, Hape blocks are less kids concern-able. Why says so?? From the picture below, Hape (block with bigger size) blocks are dyed with thicker layer of paint. The paint will be easily wiped off after the rough handling by toddlers.

iii) This wooden block has no odor. SAFE!!

iv) Hape toys are made of FSC certified woods and safe paint. SAFE!!

v) No sharp angle is designed for all wooden blocks. It is safe for toddlers and kids to play with.

vi) From the box, it said that this toys is suitable to baby more than 10 months.

Let's check....

Ya, compared to Heros wooden block, Hape block is much bigger.

vii) In overall, Hape wooden block can be considered as good quality toys. But, just to mention that Heros wooden toys has better quality instead. :)

Illustrated Building: