abeec Building Brick Storage Case Block Tech, Compatible With Other Leading Brands Includes 50 Bricks, Base Plates, Carry Handle & Figure, Storage Case For Boys And Girls

Exactly how it is on the picture. My kid loves it.

Block Tech are neither the best nor the worst when it comes to ‘Lego compatible’ brands- and that’s true for this storage box as well as the normal brick sets we’ve bought in discount shops in the past. In principle they work absolutely fine, and they click together and stay together fairly well. However there’s something about the shine and weight of the plastic that exposes it very quickly as “not real Lego”, and it is just a little bit more fiddly, and harder to separate, compared to the famous brand. In particular, the shine issue means that this is quite a shiny and to my eyes cheap-looking storage box.However, it’s quite a practical little design, and a handy little box to have. Telling our youngest that he can play Lego on the living room floor, but on the condition that any loose pieces go in this box until they’re attached to something else, has proven really quite successful. It’s not a huge box for long-term storage of a lot of pieces, but as a little carry case for taking a small collection of bricks to a different room, or if staying over at a grandparent’s for a night and so on, it’s got a lot of potential uses.As I mentioned, Block Tech stuff is sometimes trickier to prise apart than Lego, but with this storage box, there’s one specific advantage to that- the tray doesn’t slide out accidentally. There’s a handle on the top of this box, and the tray slides out from the side, yet you can shake this box quite aggressively using the handle, and the tray stays put inside the case, instead of sliding out and spilling its contents everywhere. It’s an essential bit of the design, to avoid making this a brick spreader rather than brick storage, but in that respect it’s been built quite well.The brick pieces included in this set don’t come with any specific instructions, they are just a bunch of random things for building anything you want. It’s not a generous collection of pieces (one of the product photos implies there’s more than there really are), but it’s a fairly decent range of standard piece shapes in a variety of colours. The oddest part is the mini-figure who, like other Block Tech figures, just looks wrong in a variety of ways, with weird legs, and an odd face shape- which logically is no weirder than the Lego mini-figure standard face shape, yet with Lego it looks iconic but here it just ends up looking slightly weird.As usual, Block Tech is cheaper but not as good as the brand it’s famously compatible with. But the current asking price of eight quid for this storage case is actually pretty good value.

This is our go to toy choice when going out, its been so handy.Big enough to take lots of lego, but not too big that its awkward to pack to take!Could improve the sliding drawer, but good enough.

This Lego style block carrying case has been really handy for travelling this summer - visits to the grandparents? Got some blocks to play with. Long drive in the car? Got some blocks to play with. Stay in a caravan? Got some blocks to play with…The box has a built plate on the surface, and there is a figure and some bricks inside to start you off as soon as the case arrives and can then be filled up with your own Lego and other bricks.The carrying handle makes it easy to transport, and makes little ones feel like they have their own important case to carry, and it’s not too big so it’s easy to travel with.The drawer which pulls out of the box has a large lip to grip when pulling it open which is great, but when pushing it closed, the top surface of the box says slightly and prevents it from being pushed all the way in. We’ve found we have to try to lift up the top surface of the box whilst pushing the drawer in so that it slides fully shut. If the kids close the drawer themselves, it looks fully closed, but when we start to walk with the case the drawer slides open and tips the bricks everywhere.The drawer has no catch, latch or fastening, so it seems like the friction between the top of the box and the front of the drawer is what secures it in place when shut. This only works, however, when the drawer is pushed right back into the case, and that’s not something my kids can manage.We’ve had a few disasters due to this.Now that we’ve worked out what the problem is with the drawer, it’s up to the adults to remember to always check it’s closed properly before we leave the house with it. It’s still a really handy thing to have, just a shame that the drawer design has caused a few tears and a fair amount of exasperation.