madeindreams designs miniature wooden toy boats for riva

madeindreams designs miniature wooden toy boats for riva
photo © michele radice fossati

the iconic italian shipbuilding company, riva has presented a family of wooden building toy boats designed by madeindreams. the collection consists of 5 riva legends: two cult motorboats, ariston and aquarama, two more recent classics, the aquariva and rivarama, and the only wheeled model ever produced, the riva truck, which used to cross the countryside carrying the beautiful motorboats.

each toy is manufactured and hand-finished in italy, without the use of glue or any other fastener making it completely chemical free. riva has selected woods that are also used in the life-size motorboats: african mahogany, ash wood and italian maple.

each boat is made up of compartments that can be swapped between different models

only water based paint has been used

  every model is hand finished with careful attention to detail

the toys are sold disassembled along with a small book explaining the story behind each boat

the collection consists of four boats, aquarama, ariston, aquariva and rivarama, and a riva transporter truck

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