Last Friday, I came across a bag full of building blocks in my colleague, Rueben’s apartment. It was gifted to his son, Rehaan, by a Japanese lady who used to stay in the same building.
The blocks looked like this. There were a few wheelsets, too.
There was a worn out instruction manual that made reading the actual name of the product difficult. The company that made it, Gakken, has a website but has such a diverse set of portfolio that I couldn’t find anything regarding the product at all.
The instruction manual was preserved. The original plastic box wasn’t there.
I later discovered that this product belongs to a division called Gakken Station Full (abbreviated as Sta:Ful) and has a dedicated website.
With some bit of help from another friend, Ravish, I made an aircraft.
I was amazed at the design of the bricks. They were so well thought of in terms of their protrusions and slots.
Here is Rehaan, who is either trying to work on a foldable wingtip or increasing the dihedral.
I was able to track it on Amazon India. The box costs a whopping 12,000 INR. There is a newer version of the box called New Blocks Volume Set that costs about 290 USD but it isn’t available in India.
