Geomag - Mechanics Gravity Shoot & Catch - 243-Piece Building Set with Magnetic Motion, Certified STEM Marble Run Construction Toy for Ages 7 and Up, Multicolor (774)

I bought these for my son who already had a different set. He loves them and builds with them almost everyday. They are one of the “favorite” toys! Adding a motor to these really adds to the creativity that these already provided. Well made.

I bought this for my son and he loves it. It is a nice alternative to building outside of legos. It gives a new idea to mechanics and how a process works.

Don't recommend this product. Got this for my 11 and 10 year old boys for Christmas. They were excited when they opened it then got frustrated by the quality when they were assembling it that now it's left untouched and accumulating dust in our house. They said, its very flimsy making it hard to assemble and poor quality. Not worth your money!

I gave this as a gift and they loved it

My 10 year old loved this set

6yr old Grandson loved it!

Excelente

Honestly, I think Lincoln Logs would be more stimulating. Very one dimensional.

If you can create a zen like mental state, you might just scrape together the patience and time to put this toy together. If, however, you gave this toy to your small child for Christmas and they are beyond excited to see it work, then the three hours of absolute calm and serenity you need aren't gonna happen. "Is it ready yet? How does this work? Why does this keep falling off? Why wont this this stick together? Is it broken? Why is it taking so long?? Why ...why ...why??" The only thing more disappointing than the hours and effort you need to put this together is looking at your child's face as they play it for the first time and say "is that it?" And all you can say is "yup - that's it". "bit rubbish" and you can't argue.

Bought for my six year old grandson who love construction toy - Lego -Mechano etcHe loves magnets, so this has become an instant favourite.The construction shown on the box takes a while but presented no problems to him.It is also great for learning about polarity in magnets - the set contains a specially marked magnet for checking polarity.Looking forward to exploring other experiments and constructions with him.A word of caution - use this kit on the floor or on a tray!The shiny steel balls used to make connections between the magnetic bars are very "bouncy"

I assembled the two different models with an eight-year-old and it wasn't as easy to work as most toys. He is rather capable but I don't think he would have been able to do it on his own. It is quite tricky. However, the play value is exceptional. He played with it for over 2 hours the first time and it has been used lots of times since with children down to the age of 4 (with the help of older ones). They love the mechanisms and I have to say that I get a kick out of them as well. It is a rather expensive toy when you look at the plastic parts but it is also rather ingenious. Make sure the parts don't get lost since even one missing part may make the whole model unusable.

Qualche mese fà ho acquistato il GeoMag Gravity Motor per mia nipote di 8 anni, al primo montaggio l'ho aiutata e mi sono reso conto di un problema con il bilancere a forma di X che va in cima al modello completo, che è illustrato nel manuale e visibile neile immagini e nei video dimostrativi sul sito ufficiale www . geomagworld . com.Il problema è che flette troppo, semplicemente per effetto del peso dei bastoncini magnetici e delle sfere di metallo che sono appese ai lati: l'errore di progettazione è che gli elementi plastici arancioni non sono abbastanza robusti per sostenere quel peso senza flettere.A causa della flessione le sfere poste sui rotori sottostanti, a forma di Y e di I diventano troppo vicine al rotore soprastante e praticamente sempre finiscono per attaccarsi ai bastoncini della X per via della forza magnetica, mentre dovrebbero rimamere ad una distanza controllata, in modo che le forze magnetiche tengano in movimento il meccanismo, invece di inchiodarlo di colpo.Questo è un difetto di progettazione grave, in pratica il meccanismo non funziona come illustrato nei vostri video dimostrativi a causa dell'eccessiva flessione dei pezzi, e ciò avviene realizzando esattamente il modello illustrato nel manuale.Avendolo saputo prima, penso che non comprerei più questo modello.Oltre a questo, ieri smontando la costruzione si è rotto il dentino di un incastro: è vero che mia nipote non lo ha tirato in modo perfettamente perpendicolare, ma non ha neanche esercitato una forza spropositata.Trattandosi di un gioco per bambini di "qualità svizzera" mi sarei atteso un prodotto in grado di far fare esperienza ad un bambino essendo in grado di gestire un minimo di abuso, invece si è rivelato delicatissimo e non mi sembra esistere neanche la possibilità di acquistare dei ricambi online.Ho scritto tutto ciò in una email al supporto clienti GeoMag e non ho ricevuto risposta.Tutto sommato sono deluso e invito GeoMag a rivedere la qualità del prodotto in se e del servizio post-vendita.

Not very impressed. For the price, I expected more entertainment. Although it is 'swiss made' it was too fiddly to put together with pieces popping apart as we added the next part. So the construction experience was disappointing and the end result kept my son interested for about 5 minutes.