Toy Fair 2017: K'Nex Booth

[Hapori Tohu]

K'Nex was another show-stealer at Toy Fair this year, and with good reason: the company is celebrating 25 years of making their iconic construction toys. We've got a few photos of highlights from their oversized booth, and we'll circle back to their impressive lobby display another day. Some key takeaways for LEGO fans: K'Nex no longer manufactures "clone bricks", but they're dominating the thrill-rides kit scene with motorized (and realistically operating) roller coasters, ferris wheels, and ball machines.

 

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[Toa of Pi]

Those last two pictures are of the Big Ball Factory.  I remember having that set as a kid, and it was awesome.  Brings back some nice memories.

[Lyichir]

No more bricks for K'nex? I wonder what that means for the Super Mario and Mario Kart licenses that used those bricks fairly heavily... as a huge Mario fan, the idea that Lego could potentially get that license instead is tantalizing.

[rednas3636]

seems exactly the same as 15 years ago

[CyclonatorZ]

No more bricks for K'nex? I wonder what that means for the Super Mario and Mario Kart licenses that used those bricks fairly heavily... as a huge Mario fan, the idea that Lego could potentially get that license instead is tantalizing.

 

I really want Lego to get the entire Nintendo license. There's so much potential beyond just Mario - I could easily see a theme running for at least as long as Minecraft has, especially now that Nintendo themselves are back on their feet with the massively successful Switch console.