Imagine Toys has SO many fun things on their website. Most of those FUN things, you won’t find in big box stores, which I love! You can sort their website in a variety of ways – category, age, interests, price and brand – which makes it VERY user-friendly.
You can connect with Imagine Toys on facebook and twitter.
Imagine Toys sent me the Techno Gears Marble Mania Extreme 2.0 to review with my kiddos. I was not at all surprised that my husband took over, so I was left to supervise and take pictures!
First, they took everything out of the box and sorted the parts.
Colin really tried to help, but the Marble Mania is for ages 8 and older, so there wasn’t much he could do.
Once everything was sorted and out of their packages, they got out the instruction manual, reviewed the major points and then got to work!
It took Larry and James over 2 hours to put the Marble Mania together. But, I’d say it’s ABSOLUTELY worth it! James and Colin really enjoy watching the marbles. They close the doors in the track and watch to see what will happen when they do that.
Things I learned:
- Once put together, you probably don’t want to take it apart. (Remember, it took us over 2 hours to assemble.)
- It’s HUGE once it’s put together, so make sure you have space available BEFORE you put it together.
- It’s so much fun to drop the marble(s) and watch them move.
- It’s MORE fun to open and close the track so the marbles move in different ways!
Information about Marble Mania:
Kids can build exciting marble runs with this terrific Techno Gears marble run and construction set, complete with power lifter that automatically take marbles and moves them through the run—a fun construction challenge with a very satisfying result—kids and families love this set! Ages 8 and up.
The 330+ piece set includes spinners, channels, mills, funnel, pendulum, gears, motor, 3-D connectors and shafts, plus a full-color, detailed instruction booklet. Requires 1 AA battery, not included. Be sure to allow for set-up time–our reviewer says it takes a while to set up the marble run, but it is a ton of fun and her boys love it!
Winner of Dr. Toy Smart Play Smart Toy Award.
WARNING: Small parts; contains marbles; not for children under 3 years.
Do you know someone who would love the Marble Mania? You can purchase it for $49.95 here.
What’s your favorite item at ImagineToys.com?
**Full Disclosure: I received Marble Mania at no cost to me. I was not compensated for this post. All thoughts and ideas are my own.
This looks really fun, Sara! Thanks for the review!
I love Imagine Toys!! We bought a lot of Christmas presents from them for Christmas because they have such fun but lots of times educational toys. My oldest would love the marble tower…adding to my Imagine Toys wishlist!
I LOVE fun (but educational) toys! I think they are usually more fun than something that doesn’t have “educational value.”
Looks like fun!
Looks fun! We used to run into the space problem when we’d set up race tracks for my son in the living room. They took forever to set up but we didn’t have the room to keep them up very long. I think my son would have loved this at your kids age…heck he might even now, lol. (He’s 12). : )