Toy company GoldieBlox is on a mission to teach and inspire the next generation of female engineers with constructions sets aimed at girls.
We have previously reviewed GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine and both Lady AB and I love the creativity, find ingenuity and fun behind these toys. We were so excited to be provided with their next set, dosage GoldieBlox and the Dunk Tank, search to review.
The problem that Goldie faces this time is how to get her dog Nacho clean without having to chase him around with a bucket of water! The storybook is a concertina which doubles as a fairground-themed backdrop to the dunk tank.
The building tools are similar to GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine with a few additions – long axles, some star-shaped spacers and a small ball with a fish inside.
This set is a step up from GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine in terms of sophistication and motor skills requirements. It is aimed at 4-9 year olds but even I found some of the attachments difficult to add and remove, so it could only really be done with an adult’s help and supervision.
What I did do though was get Lady AB to count all the parts before we started and she acted my assistant, handing me the correct pieces when required.
The dunk tank itself is a pretty fragile structure but with various attempts it did what it was designed to do – dunk Nacho in a cup of water. It was a pretty satisfying achievement!
The back of the book contains two other building ideas using the same equipment. A few more would have been great. Though when I left Lady AB alone she took all pieces and made her own imaginary dog-statue-thing….
There are currently three GoldieBlox sets and you can read what I had to say about GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine here. Look out for our final GoldieBlox review and an awesome giveaway in the next few weeks!
GoldieBlox is available through Australian Geographic, Kidstuff, Myer, Target, Toys“R”Us, Toyworld, toys2go.com.au and all good toy retailers.
