French toys strike back!

At a time of flexible supplies, rising transport costs, and more responsible consumption, creating and / or manufacturing in the region appears to be an asset. Has the hour of revenge come? Here is a small selection from our regions!

Merlin enclosure: a cooperation between Radio France and Bayard Jeunesse

A speaker designed for children from 3 to 10 years old! Small and light, it can be taken everywhere and accompanies children at all times of life. Its size is ideal: 13cm x 13cm, and only 250 grams. And inside, there is a selection of 200 titles, cut out for little ears, from Bayard’s reference magazines (Pomme d’Api, J’aime Lire, Les Belles Histoires, Histoires pour les Petits …) and Radio France channels. And in addition, it is assembled in theYonne. It offers a listening environment without waves, and intuitive and illustrated navigation. Sale price: € 79.90

DOUG’s Carapaces

Doug was born in 2013, under the impetus of a passionate about role-playing games and video games. His idea? Offer a real complement to digital games. With SHELLS, a system of clip-on triangles, it becomes possible to create unique and personalized sculptures. Some models are achievable on the basis of an explanatory note provided, but very quickly, it is the imagination which takes over and, as for Lego, the only limit becomes the imagination. And if it is possible to make many models with a box, the interest quickly becomes to multiply the possibilities with the help of several boxes. Count € 39.90 per box.

Jeujura: a Family History….

The story begins in 1911, when Henri Liégeon created his first manufacturing workshop in Champagnole in the Swear. The “JEUJURA” brand was registered in 1948. In 2012, recognized for its excellent know-how, Jeujura received the prestigious “Vivan Heritage Companyt ”. JEUJURA still continues to develop every year wooden games and toys, playful, educational and authentic so that the pleasure of playing and dreaming of children continues, such as the “First Chalet in the Mountain”: large wooden pieces of beech, and the child can make his chalet by simply fitting the wooden pieces together, and can have fun in this universe that came out of his imagination with the character, and all the animals, also made of wood. Recommended retail price: € 34.90

Meccano: a story in Hauts-de-France

Even though the story of Meccano came to life in Liverpool in 1901, it was Calais that the French subsidiary of the brand is located. The first Meccano factory in France opened in Paris Belleville in 1921. It was in 1959 that it was replaced by the current Calais factory, where the majority of Meccano boxes are produced. For this Christmas 2021, and in the junior range, Meccano offers a replica of a famous American “Monster Truck”: the Grave Digger, literally “grave digger”.

127 parts, 2 essential construction tools, some stickers to decorate the vehicle with gigantic wheels. Once assembled (count an hour for an adult, two for a young child), the all-terrain has a retro-friction motor, and rolls by itself once reassembled. Count € 39.99 in specialized stores.