what construction and/ or modelling toy is good for a 7 yoBOY

[KittySpencersEmerald]

has birthday coming up
is always making things out of paper and glue et
has had lego( off now)
fimo( ditto)

not sure abotu meccano -" is too hard" (?)

any ideas

[Clary]

Oh, I was going to say Lego.

errrmm meccano prob fine. But why doesn't he like Lego any more? Will he like meccano any better? K'nex has some great kits too.

[KittySpencersEmerald]

i dont knwo re meccano
they have it at school
he has SO Much lego but is off it.
ds1 had some knex but as yet no interest...

[PandaG]

meccano fine I would think - esp some of the smaller kits - they tend to be make a certain thing rather than build whatever you like these days I think

what about harder lego? plenty of the ranges seem to start at about 7 or 8, that might interest him? My DS is 10 and spends hours building power miners lego

if he likes gluing stuff maybe a very simple airfix, especially if some time with a parent/grandparent to help is thrown in?

[KittySpencersEmerald]

hmm airfix is an idea
he is really into history too.
does laods of junk modelling.

[PandaG]

something else DS likes is the make a 3D castle out of card kits - cut out the bits and stick them together - often can get them at stately homes. - again is history and glue!

[KittySpencersEmerald]

ooh you cant see a link anywhere can you?
have found airfix at JOhsn lewis
maybe need a seperate thread

[coldtits]

Magnext

[KittySpencersEmerald]

nah
none of them have liked that ever oddly

[inchhighprivateeye]

Meccano has got lots of stuff now, from toddler stage to complicated looking robots. K'Nex is pretty good too, they have a few Bamzooki-style robot things.

Not a building toy, but I think this is a pretty cool toy for a boy. Or maybe I just want one myself.

[haggisaggis]

how about this

[KittySpencersEmerald]

i liket he crime thing too but i kNOW they will lose all the bits in a second!

[KittySpencersEmerald]

castle good but a bit.. big!

[KittySpencersEmerald]

i like the knex bridges thing
www.brightminds.co.uk/top-toys/everything-else/knex-bridges.htm

[KittySpencersEmerald]

aha
brought him up to look at that and he is intersted

and also mentioned
www.amazon.co.uk/KNex-12154-Knex-Moto-Bots-Chomp/dp/B001U3ZHXG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys&qid=1266423&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21 440&sr=8-1

[haggisaggis]

I like Knex - it's much less fiddly than Meccano.

[PandaG]

make a castle book here

Knex is good fun too - can you tell my DS is really into construction?!

[Nelvana]

Magnetix?

[inchhighprivateeye]

We have that K'Nex Moto Bots thing you linked to. LOTS of huffing and puffing from DP when he was putting it together over Xmas. But it has stayed in (mostly) one piece and DS still likes playing with it. It moves across the room in a minor league menacing way.

[KittySpencersEmerald]

lol @ inor league