Struts Educational Toy. Struts is a plastic construction toy that was aimed at the educational market and given the Australian Design Award of Australian Toy of the Year 1978, 1981 and 1982. Images here sourced from Ebay, TradeMe and also provided by Cosmichobo
I’ve written a comprehensive article on Struts Educational Toy (more commonly known just as Struts), you can read the full article on Struts here.
A small Struts set
Struts blocks
Struts connectors
Small Struts blocks
Struts wheels
Struts rigid and flexible connectors
Struts right angle connectors
Struts booklet
Struts end connectors
Struts packaging side view
Struts Box 2
Struts packaging Toy of the Year
Struts Box back view`
A big box of Struts
Australian Toy of teh Year 1978, 1981, 1982
Struts Box Contents
Rare Struts blocks
Struts cube blocks detail view
Stuts smooth wheels detail
Struts block detail
Struts wheel detail
Struts wheel side view
Struts large blocks detail
Struts wheel with Axle
Struts large block detail
Struts large block top view
Struts flat blocks
Struts rigid strut
Struts rigid strut
Struts right angle connectors
Struts rigid connectors
Struts flexible connectors
Struts flexible connectors details
Struts product booklet
Struts product booklet
Struts - Spare Parts
Struts - Beginners Pack
Struts - Bucket Pack 3
Struts - Pack 1
Struts - Pack 3
Struts - Bucket Pack 2
Hi!
We have LOTS of Struts in an orange bucket and I play with them regularly with my three year old son. The cover of the original box is taped to the bucket so wondering if this is the photo you’re in? Happy to email it to you.
Kindest Regards
Heather
I’d love to see a photo of that. I’ve sent you an email.
We still have our orange bucket of Struts, my mother bought for our children in the 70’s. When our grandchildren come to stay they love building moveable objects with the Struts. We no longer have the book, but they soon workout how to use them (with help from their parents). I would never give them away, nor sell them.
We have a green bucket of Struts which is giving our nearly 4yo grandson a lot of pleasure. Part of the label is still on the bucket showing a boy wearing t shirt with 24 on it.
That’s awesome. Amazing toy that is still going strong in our family too!
We just purchased a bag of struts from an op shop! Had never heard of it before, the toy is older than me. But it looked like a lot of fun, and entertained my family including 18 month old son and niece for an hour! Although, those wheel struts are a bit of a choking hazard for youngins
I have a happy huge bag of them if anyone is interested Got them for my grand kids but they prefer LEGO
Hi Anne
was wondering if you still have them as I would love to be able to add them to the set I got my daughter when she was little…my grandson doesn’t really like lego but he likes struts
A good idea is to set up a permanent search alert on ebay, try a searach for: “struts educational toy” they come up every couple of months
Nice to meet you from Japan.
I have found your page by Googled “Struts, Australia, educational toy”, because I have happened to find the orange colored bucket filled with many kinds of blocks with sticker “Australian Toy Award” at my home during cleaning our old rooms. Neither my mother nor me know why we have these beautiful toys.
I would like to appreciate for your efforts for detailed information of this products! These items are so good qualities.
We are not sure how to deal with this bucket, but I am wondering whether we can donate it to somewhere.
Thank you for your information about Struts!!
I purchased an orange bucket full of Struts at an op shop today for my grandchildren. I vaguely recall seeing the toy in my children’s classroom. I was delighted to come across your website when I started to research some instructions. The plastic is obviously very sturdy as there are no chips or damaged pieces. I am really looking forward to my grandchildren playing with my “new” toy .
We have just been given an orange tub of Struts for my 4yo. My friend’s 3 sons definitely got a lot of use out of it (there’s some chew marks and a few bent pieces), but it’s still so strong and amazingly good quality. She’s had it in storage for 30 years hoping the grandkids would get some use out of it!! Thanks so much for creating this site, I came looking for instructions and ideas of what to build (even though Mr 4 is instinctively just building!) and found all this amazing history. Must be one of the few locally made toys still in use.
Hi We bought the orange bucket for our daughter when she was about 5yrs she is about to turn 43yrs old and our 5 grandchildren have all played with them. Today I got them out for her 4yr old he was excited to see what we could make.I have only just looked on line to see if they are still around. I will sell mine if I can. I’m trying to deClutter.
Hi there, I just picked up a box of Struts but there is no booklet. Would anyone have some scanned copies or photos of the instructions?
Thankyou, Kymberly