ZOOB Building System

The 5th Toy of Christmas is ZAC, The Zoob Alien Creature.

ZAC is part of a building system that is made up of ball & socket type connectors. Those connectors allow you to move the pieces once they are snapped in place. The pieces are all the same length but come in a variety of colors. The ZAC kit comes with some special pieces that not all the kits include.

My 9 year old son played with this kit and built the space station.

When we first took a look at it, we thought it would be a cross between Legos and K'Nect. It really is totally different, however. The fact that the pieces can move independently once they are connected is really great. You can have a moving hand or foot, or even individual toes and fingers, like ZAC does. The pieces are a good size & shape for building larger structures and adding stability to structures. The connections are very tight, so once you put something together it is not going to break apart, which can be both good & bad. The age range for the toy is 6 & up. A 6 year old would definitely be able to imagine a fantastic creature to build with the pieces, but he might have a difficult time snapping them together or taking them apart to rebuild. Our set is new, however, and we thought that over time the connections may become easier as they loosen.

This set also comes with a couple of light up balls. You can see in the picture that they are attached to long wires and they bob up and down. Those were a big hit!

Visual instructions were included which show how to make several different designs with this set. I think after the initial build, most kids would love to build something unique with them. Z.A.C, The Zoob Alien Creature is a great set for kids who build with legos, tinkertoys, etc. It has unique pieces that would spark their curiosity and get them building something new and different.

This was a good choice for the 5th toy of Christmas! You can check out all the 12 toys of Christmas as they are revealed by clicking here.