Retro Building Toys
Around April 2021 I came in contact with a small group of enthousiasts, who were investigating an old Dutch made construction toy called: Mobaco (1924-1956). After reading some posts & discussions, I wanted to anticipate to this research, but from a bit different angle: Why not make this building toy available in 3D, so everyone […]
Take Apart: Custom license Plates
Many of the take apart trucks having customizable license plates. So these trucks could be personalized. This lincese plate is generated within OpenSCAD. OpenSCAD is a programming environment for generating 3D parts. Once a part is generated, this could ao. saved as STL-file. Using this customizer is very simple: Here a screenshot how the program […]
Take Apart: Gooseneck Trailer
Update 2024: this gooseneck trailer will now fit both base trucks (with normal or big wheels). Only the small adapter on the truck needs to be changed. The trailer is also 20 mm wider. So there are 2 kingpins:- Longer version: truck with standard wheels,- Shorter version: truck with big wheels. This trailer is partly […]
Take Apart: Fire Truck
The first of the two complete base trucks: the fire truck. Once printed & assembled, it's compatible with figures from both Duplo & PlayMobile. So it's a nice add-on for your current collection of toys. Updated 2024: This updated fire truck has some additional features:- Compatible with our other Battat bolts & tools.- Compatible with […]
Take Apart: Screw driver Set
Having our toddler playing around with the take apart toys, I see some frustration with the screw drill: Manual screw driver set Looking around on Thingiverse, AndrewBougie created already a nice manual screw driver set. From my point of view, it only misses some magnets, keeping the bit & handle together, so time for a […]
Take Apart: Tow Truck
One of the two base trucks: the tow truck.This truck could be used for other optional upgrades. Update 2024: this updated tow truck has some additional features:- Compatible with our other Battat bolts & tools- Compatible with Duplo minifigs- Compatible with Playmobil minifigs- Different 4x4 wheel sets available: normal & monster truck version.- Optional engine- […]
Take Apart: Locmotive
Okay, those take apart designs are actual fun to design. And since the youngest likes trains, let's create a locomotive. This locomotive is much more a puzzle then the previous 2CV, which is fun. Still looking for a something behind the train, but was not able to create a nice design yet... Available at Cults3D.
Take Apart: Dump Truck
It's time for an other toy. This time it should have a higher 'playability' level. Having the Battat crane truck already, it would be nice if the crane could drop some stuff into a dump truck. So found a nice dump truck design and started chopping it up in segments: It's again a solid model, […]
First Take Apart Toy: 2CV
I like those take apart toys and there are many different toys available. We bought 3 Battat toys, keeping the crane & airplane ourselfs. These vehicles consists of body design, screw machine and one bolt & one nut. So wanted to know if those bolts & nuts are 3D printable, since I guess we need […]
Flex Tracks for trains
Let's try something a bit different: creating flex tracks with OpenSACD, which are compatible with the Duplo train system. Since this module should be so simple, it doesn't require the 'building block generator', which makes this tool 'stand-alone'. The basic idea is having single printed walls, forming a track which is also bendable, so this […]