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Ask HN: What is the best engineered toy for children?
The best way to learn the principles of design is to see them in action.
- ryan-duve 5y agoI can only speak from a parent's perspective, not an engineering perspective. * Melissa & Doug toys are robust. In particular, the cars and trucks take the same beating as the other toys and have never broken. They're relatively inexpensive and can be found in department stores like Kohl's. * Mega Bloks, basically giant Legos, are also robust. They get stepped on, sat on, dropped, kicked and thrown, and they all still fit together. I don't think they're as tough as actual Legos, but they don't hurt nearly as much when stepped on.
- severine 5y agoNot to be flippant, but a football is still my favorite toy decades after childhood.
- muzani 5y agoYeah, I buy a lot of toys for my kids, but they're more interested in used boxes or plastic bowls than actual toys. A baby is much more likely to use a pair of keys as a teether than actual teethers. But a ball is universal. You can throw it, kick it, roll it, chase it, hit it with a stick. The kids will fight over the ball. You put it in a parking lot or an empty field and they'll find something to do with it. You can put a can on the ground and throw/kick the ball and see who hits it. It needs a surprising amount of skill. And when that gets too easy, you can have someone whose role is to block the ball from hitting the can.
- codingclaws 5y agoLegos have excellent UX.