PicassoTiles 70pc Marble Run Magnetic Tiles STEM Set for Kids Ages 3 and Older Magnet Tile Marbles Maze Building Blocks Brain Development Toy Preschool Educational Learning Construction Playset PTG70

I love this marble run set! I got it for my step daughter for Christmas, she is very heavy handed at times but this stuff it super durable, very good quality! The magnets could be stronger but you just need to use more pieces to make the structure sturdier. The parts that you have to clip together are very strong, I imagine smaller children having difficulties assembling and/or disassembling them. My heavy handed step daughter just rips them apart with all her strength and hasn't broken any pieces (...Yet!) - very durable! I have to say, for a 70 piece set, we seem to run out of pieces quite quickly, we immediately wanted to buy another set but it'll have to wait for next Christmas or birthday as it's not the cheapest thing, but you are paying for a very good quality set! If she doesn't want to make a whole marble run she'll just get out the magnetic tiles and make a "house" for her dolls or tiny plushies. It's very versatile, has many uses, gets kids' creativity flowing and provides hours of entertainment. Extremely happy with this purchase and highly likely that we'll be buying another set!

Update: water beads!! The kids got some water beads for Christmas along side of these tubes and we hydrated them the other day and I decided to set up a marble set with them just to see how it went. Although it was hard to build because the tiles were wet so more slippery and less stable, it was over all a success. The water beads don’t go down at smoothly but they do go down to a certain extent and the kids love putting the squishy water beads through the marble run. I’m sure you can get them all sorts of places but we got our water beads from amazon and they came in a pack of over twenty thousand which I accidentally rehydrated the whole lot and we had tons more than we needed. We filled a whole bin with them and built a magnet set right in it. It gets messy but it’s still fun! Summary: Amazing product, the tubes add extra support to your magnetic tiles by snapping into place, the kids love it, the marble runs are a little tedious to build for little hands but with assistance from an adult this can be a fun activity for you and your kids to enjoy as it is for us, I would recommend getting at least two marble run sets and a large tile set to really be able to build freely. For reference, what you see pictured is a tower we made using pieces from the following sets 74 piece magna tiles 100 piece Picasso tiles 2 Picasso tile marble run sets 80 piece Picasso race car track set And we had more tiles to to make it bigger if we wanted.. Comparison.. We own Picasso and magnatiles and both are very similar in quality. The Picasso tiles are cheaper and I believe they are cheaper because they don’t use rivets and they have less support in between the layers. I have yet to see any issues but I would think that because of this the magnatiles are probably more durable. I guess time will tell. Considering the Picasso tiles are almost half the price, I’d recommend Picasso unless you have serious durability concerns. As for the marble run, it’s literally incredible. An amazing addition that is compatible with both magnatiles and Picasso and probably others I would imagine. We have a lot of fun building huge marble run creations as tall as me using our multiple sets of tiles and also two sets of the marble run. I would definitely recommend at least two marble run sets. I actually want to get a couple more because we tend to run out of the turn pieces quicker than I’d like. (By the way the turn pieces can be doubled up to act as down/up ramps if you turn the the doubles turn piece “tunnels” to be vertical). Also when you add the marble run tubes to your tiles, they snap into place, without magnetic force, which is actually super awesome because it adds an extra amount of sturdiness to your creation when you have a marble run going through it. In fact if your kids don’t care for marble runs this is still a cool set because you could use these pieces to strengthen up your towers and creations. The pieces that have to be snapped together are sometimes a little difficult to complete for little hands but with practice my 5 year old was able to do it ok. Sometimes it requires a really both gentle and forceful touch to get them into place without knocking over your tower but that’s where the adult comes into place. I don’t think this would be something anyone younger than five could completely independently but after built they surely could play with it. It comes with plenty of balls to run through, but yes normal marbles will work on it too for the most part, although marbles are more like to jump off after a steep decline and a turn (can be fixed by doubling up the turn pieces to create a turn tunnel of course). We also got a marble run that is compatible with duplos (also from amazon, to find just search duplo marble run) which is way cool but this is even better because The long pieces can be doubled up and placed vertically to make your marble run enormous unlike the DUPLO style marble run. But also the duplo style plastic “marbles” will fit in this magnet marble run too. Was thinking about creating a duplo marble run that runs right into this one! The possibilities are almost limitless. The kids love building and running marbles through it.. but if you have young ones that like to destroy, despite the added support of the marble run tubes snapped into place, the set can be completely demolished in a matter of seconds with a not very careful (or somewhat rambunctious) toddler :). Over all highly recommend, it was an immediate hit with the kids for Christmas and I have no doubt that this set will provide fun for years to come.

Lots of fun but need stronger fingers to snap track together.

My 3 year old has used my old marble run (20 + years old) at her grandparents house and loves it so when I saw that one of our favorite brands had one, it immediately got added to my cart. Some pros: it is compatible with our other magnetic tile sets, the marbles are not a choking hazard for my 11 month old, it comes with some suggested ways to build yet it is open-ended. Some cons: it is a little wobbly during the process of building (more sturdy once put together), it only comes with 4 marbles, the pieces are a little hard for my toddler to click into place. The age suggestion is 3 years + and I would say that to put the pieces together independently it falls more towards the older side of 3. Overall a great product that I would definitely recommend for the builders in your life.

I bought this for my 7 year old , she loved it but it was a bit hard to join the pieces together; specifically the curved ones. The tiles work great and the magnets are good it’s just the sturdiness wasn’t there because they will not ensemble correctly. Other than that the color was great and they are quite durable

We bought this for my toddler for Christmas and he is obsessed. My toddler is two and definitely has to have help to set up the marble tracks putting it into the tile but other than that he has no trouble. We have several sets of these and even ordered the light up marbles and my son loves them. Great value for the money and includes ideas to build.

I bought these for my son and all the kids at daycare because it's there favorite toy and they always fight over them now there is enough for everyone. They are hard so if your kid likes to throw things these might not be for you

If you have purchased a magnetic marble run, one of the criticisms is that there are not enough pieces. Most sets have enough for a beginning run, but if it is “win”, additional pieces make it possible to incorporate your building blocks to create imagination driven designs. Your child will love you, as will the adult who is helping create a toddler’s idea plans. Your toddler will unlikely be able to secure all of the pieces which are needed for turns and dips. Marble runs are a family activity!