Trio Construction Sets Among the First Designed

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By my reckoning, there are 7 Trio sets that have something to do with construction.

There is a Cargo Loader and a similar Construction Loader. You can get a Cement Mixer and a Bulldozer. The Construction Hauler is a semi truck, and the Wrecking Ball Crane will knock down anything you want it to. The Construction Crew set is a small crane and a pair of workmen.

All of these sets were first produced in 2009, the first year that Fisher Price created Trio bricks, sticks, and panels.

Trio Cargo Loader Uses a Crane to Lift Your Goods

The Cargo Loader set (P6834) consists of a tall tower with a crane on top and a dump truck. (Sorry, no pictures yet.)

The instructions give you 2 ways to put the tower together. They also show you how you can alternatively make 2 different buildings out of the pieces instead of a tower.

A complete set of 79 pieces includes the following.

• 20 Orange size 1 bricks
• 4 Orange size 4 bricks
• 4 Gray size 4 bricks
• 2 Yellow cones
• 4 Orange window frames
• 4 Multicolored cardboard window panels
• 4 Orange open walls
• 1 Orange truck cab
• 1 Bluish gray truck chassis
• 1 Orange dump truck body
• 1 Hard hat worker
• 1 White and orange barricade
• 13 White size 4 double bent sticks
• 8 White size 3 straight sticks
• 10 White size 5 straight sticks
• 1 Orange crane
• 1 Instruction booklet

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Trio Cement Mixer Turns Out the Bricks for Building

The Cement Mixer (R2131) set has more than just the mixing truck itself. You get plenty of bricks to build with and even a construction worker to keep busy.

This set was a Target exclusive made of the 55 pieces. shown below.

• 4 Light gray size 1 angle bricks
• 19 Yellow size 1 bricks
• 4 Yellow size 2 bricks
• 5 Gray size 4 straight sticks
• 5 Gray size 5 straight sticks
• 4 Orange size 4 double bent sticks
• 1 Gray cement mixer opening
• 1 Light gray size 4 double bent stick
• 1 Yellow cement mixer barrel front half
• 1 Yellow cement mixer barrel back half
• 1 Gray cement mixer frame
• 1 Gray cement mixer chassis with wheels
• 1 Yellow cement mixer cab
• 2 Orange warning cones
• 2 Yellow 6 high window frames
• 2 Cardboard 6 high window frame inserts
• 1 Construction worker with light brown beard
• 1 Instruction booklet

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Trio Bulldozer Pushes and Hauls Your Bricks and Sticks

The Trio Bulldozer set (R2132) is one of the smaller ones, but it just looks so cool. Who wouldn’t want to push it around, scooping and lifting and hauling and dumping?

You get these 26 building pieces in the set.

• 8 Yellow size 1 bricks
• 1 Construction worker with frown (no beard)
• 4 Light gray size 3 straight sticks
• 3 Light gray size 5 straight sticks
• 2 Light gray size 5 double bent sticks
• 1 Light gray size 6 window frame with insert
• 1 Yellow bulldozer frame
• 1 Gray bulldozer chassis with wheels
• 2 Gray bulldozer angle frame parts
• 1 Light gray bulldozer frame part left
• 1 Light gray bulldozer frame part right
• 1 Light gray bulldozer bucket
• 1 Instruction booklet

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Trio Construction Hauler Lets You Start Building Anywhere

The Trio Construction Hauler is really a long, flatbed trailer truck with gates on the sides to hole everything in.

It was a Target exclusive offered in 2009. It adds another construction worker figure to your collection.

Here are the 21 pieces that make up this useful set.

• 8 Yellow size 1 bricks
• 4 Orange size 3 straight sticks
• 4 Yellow truck side panels
• 1 Gray truck chassis with wheels
• 1 Yellow truck cab
• 1 Gray pair of wheels
• 1 Gray truck bed
• 1 Construction worker with light brown beard
• 1 Instruction booklet

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Trio Construction Loader Mimics the Cargo Loader

Apparently Target saw the need for its own crane set (R2134) when it released this store exclusive. You can see color differences compared to the Cargo Loader (above), but they are essentially the same thing – a tower with a crane and a dump truck alongside.

This set even has the same number of pieces at 79 as shown below.

• 20 Yellow size 1 bricks
• 4 Yellow size 4 bricks
• 4 Gray size 4 bricks
• 2 Orange warning cones
• 4 Cardboard size 5 window inserts
• 4 Yellow size 5 window frames
• 4 Yellow size 5 angled frames
• 1 Yellow truck cab
• 1 Gray truck chassis with wheels
• 1 Yellow and gray truck dumper and frame
• 1 Construction worker with dark brown beard
• 1 Barricade with stickers
• 13 Light gray size 4 double bent sticks
• 8 Light gray size 3 straight sticks
• 10 Light gray size 5 straight sticks
• 1 Yellow and gray crane with grapple
• 1 Instruction booklet

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Knock It Down with the Trio Wrecking Ball Crane

The Trio Wrecking Ball Crane set (R2136) is the top of the line, when it comes to Trio construction sets. It has a whopping 124 building pieces that you can turn into a wrecking ball tower, a truck, and a demolition tower.

The side building can have a red panel that has a breakaway center. If you hit it just right (which can take a few tries) with the wrecking ball, the center will cave in. You can easily snap it back into place later.

These are the pieces in a complete set.

• 8 Light gray size 1 angle bricks
• 25 Yellow size 1 bricks
• 4 Yellow size 3 bricks
• 10 Yellow size 4 bricks
• 2 Yellow size 5 bricks
• 4 Gray size 4 double bent sticks
• 1 Gray size 4 curved stick
• 4 Gray size 5 double bent sticks
• 21 Gray size 3 straight sticks
• 16 Gray size 5 straight sticks
• 8 Gray size 6 straight sticks
• 1 Yellow truck cab
• 1 Gray truck bed
• 1 Gray truck chassis with wheels
• 1 Black wrecking ball
• 2 Orange warning cones
• 1 Gray crane grapple
• 1 Light gray barrier (with orange and white striped stickers)
• 2 Yellow size 5 window frames
• 2 Cardboard size 5 window inserts
• 2 Yellow size 5 angled frames
• 1 Red wrecking ball wall
• 1 Yellow size 6 window frame
• 1 Cardboard size 6 window insert
• 2 Gray frames with inserts
• 1 Yellow and gray crane
• 1 Construction worker
• 1 Instruction booklet

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Add the Small Trio Construction Crew Set to Your Collection

With just 12 pieces, the Trio Construction Crew makes an easy addition to your other sets. You get 2 construction workers which by themselves make this set worth getting. The crane on its four-point base is similar to several buildings found in other sets.

Here are the 12 pieces in the set.

• 5 Yellow size 1 bricks
• 1 Light gray jack hammer
• 1 Light gray megaphone
• 1 Light gray crane grapple
• 1 Foreman black man in light blue shirt and tie
• 1 Construction worker with dark brown beard
• 1 Light gray crane base
• 1 Yellow crane
• 1 Instruction booklet