Flair Sticklebricks

There are all manner of kiddies building toys on the market and it feels like at one point or another my kids have had them, whether it be Lego, MegaBloks, Clemmy bricks.............one of the many varieties they've owned, and one I also played with as a child, is Stickle Bricks. Stickle Bricks are brightly coloured plastic shapes covered in lots of little spines, when 2 of the bricks are put together the spines interlock holding the bricks in place, generally they come in brightly coloured buckets complete with carry handle and lid which are great for storage and can usually hold more than the supplied contents. The individual contents itself can vary from ...

When I was in primary school I used to love playing with stickle bricks, building different things but I had not seen them for years so I thought they didn't do them anymore until I was looking through the Argos to see what I could buy the twins for their birthday and there they were, the big kid in me went out and bought them, not sure if it was more for me or the twins though!! ~~~~~ Contents ~~~~~ The stickle bricks came in a bright orange plastic box with a bright green lid and blue handle. Inside the box there are 100 pieces of the stickle bricks in various shapes, sizes and colours including 4 hands, 2 hats, 3 eyes and 4 different ...

Stickle Bricks in the UK are known as Bristle Blocks in the US, but here we call them Sabras (meaning a prickly pear - the fruit of a certain cactus which is soft and sweet on the inside, but thorny and sharp on the outside. Sabra is also the word we call a native born Israeli, because we too are thorny and sharp on the outside but soft and sweet on the inside). My three sabra children grew up with these bricks, and I'm sure that those of you with kids today are familiar with these, as well. But in case you aren't, I shall endevour to tell you more about them here. What are they like? Imagine, if you will, colourful pieces of plastic that has little nubs ...