Meland Marble Run Sets for Kids - 153Pcs Marble Race Track Maze Madness Game STEM Building Tower Toy for 4 5 6 + Year Old Boys Girls(113 Pcs + 30 Glass + 10 Led Lighted)

Prefect gift! Our 5 year old loves this. Great for Mom, Dad and older kids too. So much fun and easy to assemble designs. They connect pretty well and provide hours of fun and racing!

This is pretty awesome marble run! And I have some point of reference. They existed years ago, but this is definitely an upgrade. So many versatile pieces to create amazing marble runs! Some reviews say it’s flimsy. I strongly disagree, you just need to know how to build it. There are plenty of wider support pieces for the legs. This thing can be build huge and we had it standing on soft carpet without tilting or falling, just build it right, level the hight correctly and place thicker support at the bottom. Plastic itself is thick and doesn’t feel cheap and thin. My son is turning 4 soon and obviously it’s hard to build for a younger child using that many pieces, so we let him build only with limited amount. It’s a wonderful toy to grow with your child. And honestly, great for adults! One con is the lightning plastic balls are too light to roll with enough force, they get stuck and create “traffic jams”. But glass marbles are just fantastic. It comes with a ton of them.

Pretty fun for my son!

So much fun for my kids (and me!). The pieces are sturdy, colorful, and click together easily. I love that it encourages creativity and problem-solving. Only reason for 4 stars — the marbles could be a bit larger; they sometimes get stuck in certain tubes.

I read tons and tons of reviews for different marble runs before settling on this one. I agonized over the reviews that appeared on almost every different marble run, saying the pieces don't hold together and the structures fall apart. I ended up buying this one, despite a few negative reviews, and it works great! The pieces hold together very nicely, and my 7-year-old and almost-4-year-old love playing with it. When we first got it, they spent no less than 6 hours that day playing with it, and at least 4 hours a day for the next few days. It slowly petered out over a week or 2, and they gradually lost interest, but will still get it out every few weeks and play with it for an hour or so. Not bad for $40. I love that it comes with a handy, drawstring bag so we can pack it all away, all together, and the pieces don't get lost. It's also great that it came with so many marbles, because somehow those DO disappear, despite our best efforts. For the reviews saying structures fall over; this is not really a fault of the toy, in my experience. You do have to build with a little intelligence, setting the towers up in a triangular or square pattern (or any kind of staggered pattern, really) for stability, not all in a straight row, which would be easily knocked over. My kids learned this very quickly. My 7-year-old very quickly learned to build complex, fully functional structures. My almost-4-year-old likes to run the marbles down structures that someone else builds, or just play with the pieces, connecting and disconnecting them, sorting the colors, collecting and hoarding marbles, etc. He doesn't quite "get" the concept of making a functioning marble run on his own yet, but that is fine; both kids enjoy the toy a lot. Only 2 pieces in the whole set do not quite work properly; the two that look like curving roller-coaster tracks; they are just slightly warped, and the balls would stop running on them, so we stopped using them. All the rest work perfectly, and we are very happy with it.

This is compatible/same run as the more expensive National Geographic one. I made the mistake of buying 2 of those first and still never having enough parts to do great builds. On this set there was one piece broke but it doesn’t effect the performance, the lighted marbles are very cool but as some people already mentioned they need to be smaller and heavier to not get stuck. My 4 year old is not offended by it and absolutely loves them so it’s not a deal breaker. It needs to have a couple more sturdy base pieces and would be nice to have some longer support pieces so it doesn’t fall as easy. The marbles get stuck a little in some of the spots sometimes, needs minor tweaking. Overall, we bought it for $39 and may just buy another one because there are many cool pieces and love the xl free style builds. Bought the largest one.

Este set de pista de canicas es súper entretenido y educativo an mis hijas de encanto . Permite armar diferentes estructuras, lo que fomenta la creatividad, la paciencia y la coordinación. Las piezas son coloridas y llamativas, manteniendo a los pequeños concentrados por buen rato. Ideal para jugar en casa y desarrollar habilidades mientras se divierten.

My 3.5 year old used every piece yesterday to make a super tower and we love it. However, my wife and I specifically bought this brand because of the light up marbles. They light up, BUT they go down the slides and most of the time get stuck. We push them through and then they get stuck again. The regular marbles work just fine. I wish the light up ones were a little bit smaller to easily resolve the constant issues. In terms of age, I put the towers together and he plays with it. I’m sure when he is the recommended appropriate age, the game will be suitable