Sorting Blocks includes three plush shapes that children can fit into the wooden blocks with corresponding shapes, helping develop motor skills.

Players try to manipulate a silver ball through a maze by turning circular handles on the sides of the wooden box that supports the maze.
— These sell well mostly at Christmas, because they run about $50.00 per unit, according to Tom Levin, owner of Tom’s Toys Inc. in Great Barrington, Mass. He said that although knockoffs sell for a lot less, this original version is of superior quality.
— This version is “the granddaddy of them all,” according to Jane Naisbitt, vice president and buyer at Thinker Things in Del Mar, Calif.
— This product has stood the test of time, with BRIO still manufacturing the same model it pumped out more than 50 years ago.

This 241-piece includes all the parts, tools and instructions needed to build a working power shovel, tipping dumper, tractor and trailer and two off-road vehicles.

This new line of assorted building blocks features red, green, pink, black and white blocks for creative play. The small-scale blocks are perfect for young hands.

This set includes three separate wagons and an engine to awaken children’s fascination with trains. Children ages 2 and up can play with the wagons that are sized for little fingers and compatible with the classic wooden railway.
― Bill of Tutoring Toy told TDmonthly in spring 2007 that Brio “has very good deals for the specialty market.”
― Annette Garcia, owner of The Wee Loft in Dana Point, Calif., told TDmonthly that her store sells “10 to 20 units” of Brio trains every month.
― Over 14 percent of retailers who spoke with TDmonthly in early 2008 stated that wooden trains are very popular items in their stores.