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Nüdel
Nüdel Rover
The Rover Mobile Loose Parts Play Cart is your go-to solution for portable, open-ended play. Designed to bring the magic of creativity and discovery to any location, the Rover Cart comes packed with a wide variety of loose parts that inspire children to build, experiment, and explore in limitless ways. Its compact, mobile design makes it perfect for schools, playgrounds, and community spaces, giving children the tools they need for hands-on learning, wherever they are.
Built for educators and caregivers who want to foster curiosity and teamwork, the Rover Cart promotes critical thinking, problem-solving, and social interaction through self-directed play. With a focus on versatility, it adapts to any environment, indoors or outdoors, and encourages children to reimagine their surroundings through creative exploration.
Why Rover Mobile Loose Parts Play Cart?
• Highly Portable: Easy to move and set up in any environment, from classrooms to outdoor play areas.
• Loose Parts Play: Includes a variety of components that inspire imagination and innovative play.
• Durable & Sustainable: Made from high-quality materials to withstand frequent use and promote eco-friendly practices.
• Fosters STEAM Learning: Encourages science, technology, engineering, art, and math exploration in a playful, hands-on way.
Bring the freedom of unstructured, imaginative play to any setting with the Rover Mobile Loose Parts Play Cart. Empower children to create, collaborate, and learn through play, wherever inspiration strikes.
Kickstarter Success
$309,513 Pledged
Our goal was to raise $50,000AUD which we did in under 90 minutes on launch day, 27th February, 2024. The total pledged was $309,513AUD and the project was 619% Funded with 806 Backers.
Kickstarter Video
A Game-Changer
The Nüdel Pod turns your child from the toy user to the toy maker. Creating a rich environment full of possibility to express their unique, quirky selves.
Designed In Australia
Designed by Marcus Veerman, Founder and CEO of Nüdel in collaboration with one of the best children’s product designers Emma Ribbens.
For Children 1 Year +
A tool for childhood that does what toys were always meant to do. To help a child to understand how the world works and where they fit in it. And they love it.
Proven Track Record
We took our award-winning Nüdel Kart trusted by hundreds of schools around the world, and created a smaller, compact version the size of a couple of shoeboxes for any residential household to own.
The Nüdel Kart
For up to 30 children
The Nüdel Rover
For 8-10 children
The Nüdel Pod
Our first tool for the home
Is clutter your kryptonite?
The Nüdel Pod is here to help so you don't drown in clutter.
Replaces Almost All Your Children’s Toys
Quickly re-create thousands of the toys that clog up your space. Then enjoy as your child (and you) create millions more of your own creations.
Turn Your Child From A Toy User Into The Toy Maker
The Nüdel Pods' open-ended design engages children and parents in a pure play experience, driving creativity and facilitating deep, flow-state engagement.
Specifications
Dimensions
Enjoyable For Parents Too
Parents continually tell us how enjoyable their time is with their children when using the Nüdel Pod each day, the experiences are fresh and new instead of the mind numbing repetition often experienced when playing with their children using traditional toys.
Inspirational Community
The Nüdel Pod includes a full pack of inspirational cards (approx. 56) and links to a website library, which will be constantly growing as Nüdel Pod owners find more configurations. Members can even submit their own ideas and learn from others. We can’t wait to see what the Pod Squad Community dreams up!
Customer Reviews
What parents (and kids) are saying...
Meet The Creator
The Mind Behind Nüdel Pod
The Nüdel Pod represents a 15-year journey in maximising the opportunity for children to learn the foundational skills to thrive. Our creator is Marcus Veerman, the Founder and CEO of Playground Ideas and Nüdel.
Facebook Group
Nüdel Pod Squad
The Pod Squad is a community for sharing everything Nüdel Pod, share your thoughts and creations to inspire and be inspired.
FAQs
All your Nüdel Pod questions answered here.
Where do you ship to?
Add this time, the following countries have enough customers where we can ship in bulk to them:
USA, Australia, Canada, UK and New Zealand.
All other countries will be shipped directly to the individual by express which will increase the cost somewhat, but they will arrive faster.
What age range is it suitable for?
The Nüdel Pod has been independently safety tested for ages 12 months plus to Global Toy Standards.
What is the expected load limit?
All configurations have been tested up to 50kg. If you happen to have a particularly large child, there are lots of ways that you can reconfigure elements to make them even stronger by adding additional arms or pieces.
What is the finish on the product?
The Nüdel Pod comes with a beautiful sanded timber finish. No nasties, as we know how much children like to put things in their mouths even if they’re not newborns.
Can I buy spare parts?
Kids inevitably lose or break things so there are lots of spares in the kit with the assumption that the occasional piece will be temporarily missed placed under the couch, but yes, spare parts will be available in the future.
Is there an instruction booklet?
Yes, the Nüdel Pod comes with an instruction manual. Along with this will be a cute 'deck of cards' where each card has a different configurations with instructions about how to safely build your own constructions. It will also come with some extra blank cards that can be used as part of the play. Children can write down their own list of ideas, but these cards can also be used to jam between the parts to create a really tight fit if that’s what the children want. In addition, you don’t really need to have instructions because your child and yourself will create so many of their own unique configurations.
How many children can play with it?
It depends on how big or small the configurations they are building. The Nüdel Pod has enough parts to simultaneously build big and small designs at the same time.
How long will it last?
The Nüdel Pod will last many generations. I guess it all depends on how rambunctious your kids are but we hope...many many years!
It's not very colourful, why?
This is actually very deliberate. We have had thousands of children using our existing products the Nüdel Kart and Nüdel Rover which also have a very spare colour palette, and attraction without colour has never been issue. Yes, competing with casino like screens, flashing, noisy toys is not easy in the short-term but these toys usually only have one single use which becomes extremely boring very quickly. After this time, things like the Nüdel Pod will be where children return to because they offer deep flow state stimulation for their brain where they can create and re-create new and exciting play narratives every day. The special sauce is the open-ended endlessly connectable design using so many different sensory materials. not the colour.
It looks like lot of work?
The Nüdel Pod can be taken apart to use within seconds, and to assemble only takes a minute with all loose parts being placed into the main box and you don't need to pack it up the same way we show - you can find your own way that suits you. Children love assembling the pieces on their own as there are billions of simple configurations. Posting pieces into the box, rolling the ball around the grooves in the box base, putting pieces in the puzzle, stacking pieces on a stick and so on. A child will do this work on their own. Next, the configurations are made from large pieces and are quick to make but lastly, yes, the Nüdel Pod is a connection tool and when children are young they seek constant connection with us. The good news is that the Nüdel Pod makes this connection process creative and enjoyable instead of repetitive and monotonous.
How strong is this product?
The Nüdel Pod is made from extremely robust materials like food grade silicon which is very similar to the material that a children’s dummy is made from and children love to chew on these endlessly. In all ways, we have tried to create every part in a way that will stand up to all of the usual rigours of very energetic playing. Not only that, but the entire product is natural and non-toxic, and so your children will not be mouthing plastics and other things that you don’t want in their mouths.
What is a single use toy?
Most toys have a single use. They are designed to do one thing-for example, roll a car down a track. Some children will spend lots of time doing this as an entertaining task and that’s fine but it’s not great development. Children’s brains are neophilic. In simple terms, this just means their brains, love, new experiences, and for good reason, new experiences create new and different connections in the brain. The Nüdel Pod has the ability to make billions of connections in real life, which helps to make those billions of connections in the brain. Most toys simply are not designed to make these connections and that’s why they become boring very quickly because the child seeks new experiences to develop more.
