Best Bruder Toy Alternatives | Better, smaller, cheaper options
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brother toys is known for its sturdy crane trucks, trucks and other construction equipment. But themes such as the farm, fire brigade and animals are also popular with this brand.
Bruder's toys are made of high-quality materials and can therefore certainly take a beating.
But there is so many fun construction toys from other brands too!
You may be looking for cheaper alternatives, smaller toys or toys that are even better than Bruder's.
In this article, we'll give you some great examples of Bruder toy alternatives.
What are perfect examples of toys that can offer a good alternative to Bruder toys?
You can find it in the table below.
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| Best Smaller Bruder Alternative: SIKU Low-loader with Shovel | 
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| Smaller Bruder alternative 2: SIKU Low Loader with Helicopter | 
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| Best Bruder Farm Alternative: Kids Globe Farming Combine | 
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| Best Bruder Accessories Alternative: KidsGlobe Farming Pallets | 
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| Best DIY Bruder alternative: Tronico metal construction box tractor | 
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| Self-built excavator: Tronico Doosan | 
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| Firmest Bruder alternative: Meccano John Deere tractor 8RT kit | 
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Best brands as a Bruder alternative
Before we start looking at specific toys, let's first see which toy brands are good alternatives to Bruder.
SIKU
SIKU produces metal toysincluding farm machinery, tractors and toy cars.
The models are available in various scales, which is also the case with Bruder.
The basis of every toy is always metal and iron with plastic parts. Toys that are made to be played with for years to come!
Besides the standard 1:32 (the more expensive models) there are also the 1:50 and the SIKU Famer 1:87 models. These are smaller, firmer but also cheaper!
A beautiful example of SIKU is the low loader with front loader, which has a very realistic appearance and is made of zinc.
More information about these toys can be found later in the text.
Is there another alternative brand? Hell yes!
Kids Globe Farming
KidsGlobe Farming also makes, among other things, farm tractors with trailers.
What makes this brand cheaper are the following points:
- The toys are unbranded
- The toy has fewer details and is therefore more robust
- The front wheels are not connected to a steering wheel
- Simple towbar at the front and rear for coupling trailers
This toy is affordable, but certainly not of lower quality! The tractors (and trailers) all have a metal frame. The tractors have a scale of 1:50.
Tronico
Children can also enjoy building and crafting with Tronico toys!
You can build your own model from the large pile of nuts, screws and bolts.
The beautiful construction sets of this brand not only bring a lot of fun, it is also educational toys (read here how they learn with toys).
All Tronico toy sets come with a clear construction drawing. Once done, you can take the model apart again and build a new one!
Or even more fun: use the parts of different sets to build a large model!
Tronico promotes and supports the development of motor skills and coordination.
Tronico offers a great opportunity to build or pursue a hobby for every age group, from young to old.
Meccano
Meccano can be recognized at a glance by its classic metal construction system.
Meccano has a lot of diversity in the different models and a wide range of products.
The goal of this brand is to inspire future engineers and build on their imaginations!
Meccano offers something for everyone: from simple building sets to technical programming with robots! Children learn in a playful way how the technology works.
Best Bruder alternatives reviewed
There are of course different options for each brand.
The examples from our top list will be appreciated anyway, and go well with other construction toys.
Do you really want to work with tractors and trucks, but rather indoors? Then read: 10 toy building materials: best play sand alternatives.
Best smaller Bruder alternative: SIKU Low-loader with Shovel
This beautiful low loader with shovel is designed with enormous precision. SIKU toys meet the highest quality and safety requirements.
A child will be able to play for a long time with SIKU toys.
Almost the entire toy line of this brand is made of zinc, which makes the toy extremely strong, realistic and safe.
The low loader with shovel is sand-colored and suitable for children between the ages of 5 and 14 years.
The toy set is also optionally available in the colors red and yellow.
Check prices and availability here
Smaller Bruder alternative 2: SIKU Low Loader with Helicopter
This low-loader with helicopter is also very carefully designed.
The toys are completely finished in a beautiful silver color. It has also received several positive reviews. So that says something!
The toy is made of metal and the suitable age is 5 to 14 years.
Check prices and availability here
Best Bruder farm alternative: Kids Globe farming Combine
This realistic metal combine is equipped with light and sound!
The vehicle is available in green, red and yellow and is suitable for children from 3 years to about 8 years.
The toys are made of metal and are a wonderful addition to your child's toy collection.
The batteries are not included, so don't forget to buy them.
Best Bruder accessory alternative: KidsGlobe Farming Pallets
With these wooden pallets you can now drive on and off your tractors and trucks much faster!
The toys are suitable for kids from 5 years old and consists of a total of six parts (pallets).
A nice addition to the toy collection of your son or daughter.
Look here for more great construction accessories: Cutest toys with building material and dolls.
Best DIY Bruder alternative: Tronico metal construction box tractor
This unique, green tractor is made of high-quality metal.
The scale of the toy is 1:16. The tractor has been developed in Germany and comes with RC remote control.
Please note that the batteries (7x AA batteries in total) are not included.
The chassis and wheels are already pre-assembled. The parts can be supplemented with the fund sets.
The tractor consists of 790 parts that are secured with nuts. The profile tires are made of soft plastic and the tractor also has a tow bar.
The set comes with stickers, tools, clear installation instructions and the remote control. With the remote control you can move the tractor forward, backward, left and right.
The recommended age for this toy is from 8 years old.
DIY excavator: Tronico Doosan
This amazing, orange excavator is completely made of metal and comes with a DIY metal kit.
You get all the tools you need!
The toy has a scale of 1:25 and is guaranteed to please a lot of children.
Check prices and availability here
Sturdiest Bruder alternative: Meccano John Deere tractor 8RT kit
This cool John Deere tractor is based on the real John Deere tractors and has a beautiful green color with yellow details.
The toy consists of 240 parts, 2 real tool tools, a sticker sheet and an instruction sheet.
The toy is designed for children between the ages of 10 and 15 and the tractor is made of metal.
Nice alternative options to Bruder toys
As you can see, there are a lot of great alternatives to Bruder toys.
We've listed three brands that produce the same type of toys as Bruder, just maybe a tad cheaper, smaller, or even more robust!
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Joost Nusselder, the founder of Speelkeuze.nl is a content marketer, father and loves trying out new toys. As a child he came into contact with everything related to games when his mother started the Tinnen Soldaat in Ede. Now he and his team create helpful blog articles to help loyal readers with fun play ideas.