207Pcs Glowing Marble Run, Construction Building Blocks Toys with 5 Glow in The Dark, STEM Toy for Boys and Girls, Educational Toy, Birthday Gifts, Easter Basket Stuffers

Great purchase. My grandson plays with it everyday. Its made well..

kids love the flashing marbles, but these are plastic and break easily

My two girls, 6 and 2.5, both enjoy this. Obviously the younger one doesn't catch on much and builds a pretty straight tower but the 6 year old enjoys trying to create new masterpieces. One night, I decided to surprise my oldest and do my best to recreate the picture/example in the pamphlet that uses all the pieces (she had been trying to make the biggest one possible) I ended up on the floor playing with this thing for MUCH longer than I care to admit haha. The pamphlet/example book is less than stellar, there's whole sections of the run that you can't really see in the picture, so you just kind of guess - there's also only a few examples, which stinks if you have a kid who really likes to recreate. We had originally purchased one from a different store but it seemed flimsy and didn't stay together very well. I searched Amazon and found this one, it cost a few dollars more and came with a significant amount of additional pieces. We boxed up the first one, returned that and ordered this one. Some of the pieces don't stay together the best but it's not a huge deal at all. We really like it, hours of fun for kids (and adults) of all ages.

This is a pretty neat set. But it has many of some pieces and just 1 of some that you wish were more. Like the path splitter -- only 1 but it's such a nice piece which invites randomness into the design. As for the directions and construction, you will have to go elsewhere to find out how to put together the multipart pieces because the included paperwork does not tell you at all (see Youtube). The little pamphlet is almost useless although it does have one page that lists all the pieces and what they look like -- kind of (no final detail on the loop de loop). They don't tell you what the little bars are for nor that the looping piece needs to have a cap installed. They also have no information on the glow-in-the-dark marbles. I had to watch a video from the National Geographic version (same thing) to find out what the little light was for.

This marble run is fun and versatile! So far we have only made the setups in the manual but look forward to seeing the creations my son comes up with. The pieces are a little difficult to push together but I see this as a plus because it means they will stay together. The only exception is two sets of bases that fit together in an archway, they are more loose and collapse, however a couple pieces of tape do the trick to keep them sturdy. When you first put a run together it may be wobbly so you just have to push pieces together until everything evens out. I was concerned about the number of marbles taking up so much of the piece count but there really are plenty of track pieces and the kids love having so many marbles to play with. I highly recommend this marble run. I don’t know if it is compatible with other brands. The only true con I find is the instructions are a bit difficult to understand so kids may need help building the model runs.

Had a special request for this purchase after a friends kiddo visited and played with it at a family dinner. She lit up like a Christmas tree when she received it! It is fun, educational, and changes juuuuust enough (may suggest even keeping some pieces to yourself and giving them to your kiddos over time as they get familiar with the set up options) to remain entertaining!

Okay. Not great. I will start with this - my girls LOVED this toy. They spent hours playing with it after getting and it and seems to provide endless entertainment. They were obsessed with the glow in the dark marbles. With that, this is not great quality pieces. None of the “feet” pieces that hold up the entire thing seem to fit right and cause it to tumble down every so often. The plastic cracks easily. We’ve had it 3 days and I’ll be returning and trying to find a sturdier set.

The kids love it! They are 4 and 5.