Magformers Smart Set (144 Pieces)

This was a HUGE disappointment as no instruction booklet was available inside the set. Without specific instructions on how to assemble and join the magnets, the set is as good as useless. After trying a few times and failing to make anything of it, the set has just been lying unused in a corner of my children's room.

Still great magformers but a little disappointed in this set. Comes with both regular magformers and cruiaer xl magformers and so unless you want a wonky project you can only really use half the set at a time.

This is my favorite purchase from Christmas. We have a 5 year old and 1 year old and were looking for a toy that could span the age ranges. Unfortunately with our young son being in the age range where we have to worry about choking our choices were limited. I decided and magnet building blocks and researched A LOT. I decided on Magformers and am very happy with my choice.The magnets are strong and hold together well, and they are small enough to take a ziplock full of a few and bring with us on trips to keep kids entertained in the airports. Bring along a hotwheel or 2 and they can build different buildings for the cars to drive through! Whenever I break them out they immediately grab the attention of the kids in the room. Our 5 year old enjoys building with them.This also works great for our 1 year old. Though he isn't 'building' with them he is enjoying connecting them together and watching them stick to each other, and of course he lllooooovvvvvveees breaking apart anything we build ;-) Most importantly he abuses these to no end through biting, throwing, chucking at the wall, etc. and not one piece shows any sign of wear. Considering I can't say that about any other toy we have ever bought that deserves more than 5 stars! Every piece is also large enough not be swallowed.I had the opportunity to try out Magna-Tiles at a friends house. I can say that the magna-tiles look pretty cool with their semi-clear plastic colors, especially on a light table. However, I prefer the magformers for 2 major reasons. First thought the magna-tile look is cool the fact that they are solid pieces without gaps makes it especially difficult to pick up objects that are built without them breaking. The gaps in the magformers add a level of control, especially with the younger kids, that just isn't there with the magna-tiles. Secondly the magnets in the magformers are stronger so they stick together better.I would definitely purchase this set again. I wouldn't recommend going with a smaller set - all pieces are in use when this set is being played with.Highly recommend!!

These are THE BEST building sets EVER! I received a small 26 piece set about 8-9 months ago and my 2.5 year old has played with them *almost* every day since we got them. They are SO MUCH FUN. The pieces themselves are really strong, sturdy, good sized, and has strong enough magnets to build easily, but to take apart pretty easily too. We have made all kinds of awesome things with these and this set REALLY delivers the fun! There are the perfect amount of pieces to build anything your little heart desires, but not so many that you are overwhelmed.I almost bought the huge 300 piece set until I saw all the teeny tiny little pieces that come with it and knew my toddler would either lose them or they just wouldn't get used because we didn't know how to use them. So this set solved that. It has the magnetic pieces in a few different shapes, and it has a set of wheels (which my son absolutely LOVES), so its still considered a basic set, but it has an abundant number of pieces to work with.I have also seen Magnatiles compared to these and MUCH prefer these! I just felt like the Magnatiles weren't as heavy duty as these, they didn't seem as big, and I didn't like that they were enclosed (these are open shapes) and we love to be able to put things inside the cube or pyramid or whatever he decides to build. Magnatiles are cute and look like stained glass windows, but we found these to be much more user friendly for my family.We absolutely LOVE these!

Our kids love these and it has been a great way to get us all playing together. Sometimes when I would play with my kdis, I get so bored that I will come up with any excuse to quit. I mean, you can only eat so many pretend crackers or cookies in a day. With the magformers, we all can play together and none of us tire of it. These are great because it doesn't matter what age or what level you are at, anyone can use them. So it enables my 3, 5, and 6 year old each to play contribute in different ways. I love spending time with my kids but this make play time fun for even me, no pretending!

Love, love, love this! Yes, it's expensive BUT IT'S TOTALLY WORTH IT! The blocks are well made. I've accidentally stepped on a couple of them and they didn't break or crack. My grandson spends hours upon hours building everything from rockets 🚀 and robots 🤖 to cars 🚗 and buildings 🏭. So glad I bought this for him. I'm going to purchase the ferris 🎡 wheel set in the next month.