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See how these blocks stack up

Red Umbrella offers a wry take on the basic wooden building block.

In a toy landscape filled with plastic parts and batteries, flashing lights and blaring sounds, Red Umbrella offers a wry take on the basic wooden building block. Each set of three handcrafted blocks has robot parts painted (and sealed with natural, nontoxic shellac) on each side, so that as you stack, a mix-and-match robot comes to life. $32, redumbrelladesign.com

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