Bob The Builder Toys Blog

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What are Bob The Builder Toys?

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Bob The Builder is a BBC cartoon series. Bob and Wendy, his assistant, run a building business using various construction machines, such as a JCB, a steam roller, a crane and a cement mixer amongst others. Each machine can talk and is great friends with Bob and Wendy. The TV show follows their antics on building jobs where something invariably goes wrong but all gets sorted out in the end.

The TV show is hugely successful with children and as such there are a wide variety of Bob the Builder toys available to buy. Your little ones can have no end of fun acting out their favourite TV show moments as well as practising their yet to be learned DIY skills! Amazon are currently offering over 400 items so you can see the popularity and diversity of the toy range.

For what age group are they suitable?

From 3 years old.

What toys and merchandise does the range include?

The favourite toys in this huge range are undoubtedly the action figures and vehicles. There are toy replicas of Bob, Wendy and numerous other characters from the show and each piece of construction machinery has its own toy version.

To widen your collection you can then choose from die cast models, playsets, role play toys, games, puzzles, soft toys, outdoor toys, interactive toys, drawing and craft items, furniture and furnishings, tableware and school items.

Why not get a Bob The Builder workbench for your little boy and one of the many toy kitchens for your little girl and they can have some great role play fun together. He can fix something in the kitchen while she makes him a cup of tea!

How much do these toys cost?

A single plastic figure starts at around £2.50 although they seem to be quite hard to find. A set of five plastic figures sells for approx. £12 with beanie versions costing £6 each.

There are two types of larger vehicles to choose from – the Bob The Builder friction toys cost about £8 and the talking versions of these machinery characters cost around £11. Their smaller die cast counterparts (the Bob The Builder take along toys) cost from £4.

Which are the best selling toys?

By far the best selling toys are the friction powered construction machinery characters, specifically Scoop, Muck, Roley and Lofty.

Which are the worst rated toys?

As I find with many TV or movie toys, the playsets are never well received. For Bob The Builder, his Snap Trax Garage playset and Sunflower Valley Drive & Build playset and not considered good value for money. For the price of a playset you can get a nice collection of the core vehicles and figures so that your little ones can have more fun making up their own games.

What do real people think?

The following comments are taken from real reviews on Amazon.co.uk

“This toy is worth the money.”

“They have been played with a LOT and they really do last well.”

So if you have a Bob The Builder toy fan, they won’t be disappointed to receive an item from this toy range.

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Bob The Builder Games – Your Top 10 Choices

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Bob The Builder is a very popular children’s cartoon series about a building contractor, who along with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends and a gang of work-vehicles, take part in building projects. The toys accompanying the series are top sellers for boys aged 3 years and above.

Part of this boys’ toys range are Bob The Builder games and puzzles and here is a short summary of the top 10 choices available:

Jigsaw Puzzles (RRP from £5) – there are so many Bob The Builder puzzles to choose from, the choice is overwhelming. There are some in tins, some in boxes, there are some with two or more in a box, some are wooden, some are for the floor – see what I mean! They range from 12 to 42 pieces and cost upwards of £5.

8 Piece Wooden Playtray (RRP £8) –this is a simple introduction to puzzles for younger children (from aged 2). Each of the 8 wooden pieces featuring a popular character from the TV show, has to be fitted back in the right place on the playtray.

Giant 4 Game Picture Card Deck (RRP £4) – four traditional card games can be played with the 32 extra large and easy to hold cards measuring 13 x 8.3cm. The games are Matching Pairs, Snap, Old Maid and Happy Families.

Memory Game (RRP £7) – this is just a matching pairs game but nice thick cards, great artwork and easy rules, make it ideal for younger players. All of the favourite Bob The Builder characters are included on the 24 picture cards.

Shapes & Colours Game (RRP £8) – this is a game that will help encourage shape and colour recognition. Each player’s card has four shaped holes cut out of it which all must be filled correctly to win. Players throw the dice and collect pieces as shown to use to fill their board.

Brick By Brick Game (RRP £8) – a simple game where you have to help Bob build a tower, brick by brick, according to what you throw on the dice.

Character Blasters (RRP £5) – choose the Bob The Builder character you want to build, set the game’s timer and press start. You then have until the time runs out to fit the 3D puzzle pieces together. If you don’t succeed the puzzle board pops and all the pieces fly across the room.

Pressmatic (RRP £9) – this game takes me back – I didn’t know they even made these anymore. Anyway this is a normal board game where you have to take your character round the board to collect some items they have muddled up, but the dice are in a handy popping bubble in the centre of the board. They never get lost – perfect!

Uno (RRP £10) – this is the Bob The Builder version of this well known card game. The extra large cards feature all the main characters. Players have to match the colours and numbers on the cards to get rid of them and win.

Tricky Tool Box (£9) – this looks like a fun little game as you get to flick tools into Bob’s tool box as it rotates. The ‘tricky’ part is keeping them in there once you get them in as the tool box throws them out again.

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Top 5 Bob The Builder Character Toys

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Other than Bob himself, the most popular Bob The Builder characters are the work vehicles and equipment. These members of Bob’s gang are always on hand to help him with the construction projects that he gets involved with in each episode. When Bob asks them ‘Can we fix it?’ they always answer ‘Yes we can!’.

If you are looking to buy a Bob The Builder vehicle, here is a quick rundown of the top 5 characters in order of popularity:

1. Scoop

Scoop is the unofficial leader of Bob’s machine gang. He is a yellow JCB and his catchphrase is “No prob, Bob!”.

If your child has to have a Scoop toy, here are your choices:

• Friction powered vehicle
• Talking vehicle
• Take along (die cast) vehicle
• Various Lego Duplo playsets
• Inflatable chair
• Scoop carry case
• Torch
• Inflatable ball pool
• VTech story & activity book
• Interchangeable flip top watch & Bob The Builder Scoop toy set
• Paint your own Scoop pottery set

2. Muck

Muck is a red bulldozer with a catchphrase of “Muck to the rescue!”. He is often in trouble for doing things without thinking.

For all the Muck fans out there, you can choose from the following toys:

• Friction powered vehicle
• Talking vehicle
• Take along (die cast) vehicle
• Lego Duplo playset
• Mega sized Muck (measuring in at 45 cm long)
• Talk ‘n’ learn Muck (teaches numbers 1 – 10, 10 colours & 10 of Bob’s tools)
• Muck & Lofty stilts

3. Roley

Roley is a green steamroller with a catchphrase of “Rock and roll!”.