The self-proclaimed "German brand" Hape was founded by German Peter Hansdam, registered a trademark in Germany, and is headquartered in Switzerland, but its origin and main market are located in China, and it has only slowly expanded its business in Germany, the United States and other markets after 2013.
Hape toys involve a wide range, including building block series, bath toys, maze series, educational toys and so on. Among them, most of the building blocks piled up on the basis of Hape are made of beech wood, with thick wood, uniform lacquer surface, smooth surface without burrs, and soft corners, but there are not many changes on the surface of the building blocks, and the degree of innovation is not as good as that of the wood playhouse.
It is worth mentioning that Quadriella, who has won the SPIEL GUT Award, has also been used as a teaching aid in foreign kindergartens, cleverly combining blocks and tracks of different levels to build a ball world, fully open-ended play, can accompany children for a longer time, and the whole series is suitable for children over 4 years old to play. All the sets of Quadriella can be matched with each other to build a large ball space, the basic set is priced at about 500 yuan, and the luxury set is more than 1000 yuan. It's just that compared with HABA's ball fairway series, Hape is more complex and lacks HABA's step-by-step experience.
Hape is more like a low-profile version of HABA, but the price is not affordable, except for the Quadrila series, the rest of the toys are not recommended to buy at Hape.