We have to confess: This is one of those toys that we were hesitant to let the kids try out - because we wanted to keep it ourselves. It's one of those wooden products that you take in your hand, feel the velvety surface, and as you touch it here and poke it there, slip into a meditative contemplation that is so calming, playfully allowing the flow of thought to flow and leading into creative reflection and musing. It is probably due to the persistence of his swinging back, with which the stand-up man, turned from solid beech wood, evokes this almost hypnotic pull. Children succumb to this fascination no less, they can persistently occupy themselves with such a toy.

Kept pleasantly reduced in its design, nothing distracts from the up and down on this stand-up man. The hand-flattering smoothly sanded and oiled beech wood contributes its own to want to spend the rest of his life with him. And thanks to its handy size, you (or your child) never have to part with him on the road.