Shapemags 60 Piece Set Magnet Building Tiles Magnetic Blocks - Starter Building Kit, Award Winning STEM Educational 3D Construction Blocks Set

(Full disclosure--I am taking the time to review this product because the packaging said that I would receive an "Idea book" with things to build for leaving a review. My comments below, though, are genuine.)These are fun. We decided to get these because they have them at my son's daycare and they said he spent tons of time playing with them. I am glad we got them!We have had them for about two weeks now and he is still using them. They are useful as something to occupy him while one of us is doing chores, but I also have a lot of fun building things with them too. It's not hard to see why he likes them.The pieces are plastic but durable; the square ones are a little smaller than a coffee coaster. The advantage of their magnetic nature is that kids can build things even if they have limited fine motor skills--I found my son, who is about 20 months, had build a little tower with a gabled steeple-style roof totally on his on. I doubt he could do as much with Legos or even Megablocks at this point. They are a good precursor to more advanced building toys.They come in a durable cardboard box and at first I thought picking them up and storing them would be a pain, since there isn't much extra room to fit them all in the box, but because they snap together quickly, picking up is pretty easy.I thought at first they were a little expensive--a set of plastic pieces for $30--but it looks like they have some good replay value and are good for stimulating his brain so I think they were worth the purchase. Two thumbs up.

My 3 boys, currently age 4, 2, and almost 1 year old all enjoy this toy! I had been wanting to buy Magnatiles (think that is the other big brand's name), but the price just never went down quite low enough for me to jump on it. Saw this and the good reviews and took a chance. Well, it has been a great purchase! So much so I am about to buy my kids another set, so they can build bigger creations! Yes, you will want to keep the metal wheel axles away from very young kids, that is not for baby, and it can be a pain to get them to snap into the wheels at first but it DOES get easier...regardless my 2 and 4 year old totally love building vehicles and buildings...great non-electronic creative play!FYI another poster mentions that you can get an idea book for posting a "favorable" review and just wanted to clarify that is not true, the company does offer an incentive right now for posting, but NOWHERE do they say in the invitation it has to be a FAVORABLE review. My review is favorable because my boys love the toy...for that reason we would ENJOY an idea book..and honestly I think we deserve it being I am about to fork over the cash for another big set! :-) :-) From what I hear these are pretty identical to Magnatiles except better because they have windows too, though maybe magnatiles wheels are better...but I am happy enough that I plan to stick with this, and will try to get the big building plate too when back in stock. Seeing my boys enjoy this toy makes me very happy, they needed a little encouragement at first to get familiar with how to get buildings to be properly balanced etc...but now you can't tear them away from it...fun for kids, and the adults enjoy playing with it too.Oh one last small CON though...I think fitting all the pieces back in the provided case would be a total pain so we don't do it...highly recommend using a $2 plastic "dish pan" type bin or a $5 big plastic box with lid to store these in...much easier. Then you can just peel the sticker off the provided case and it use it for some OTHER toy. It is a decent case, just too tight of a fit for these pieces when you want to quickly pick the pieces up at the end of the day. Other than that, enjoy!

I have searched through and did the math for a lot of combinations of these magnetic tiles and feel this is one of the better values. While these toys seems as overpriced as legos, they are terribly fun and kids never seem to tire of playing with them. The company touts a lifetime warranty, which is comforting after seeing some reviews for other similar products say that theirs were cheaply made and fell apart. These seem pretty sturdy in any case. I don't anticipate any issues.When I started trying to find a set to buy, the big question is "How many pieces does a kid need to really have a good time?" and I think this is definitely sufficient. I think unless you have a really small kid, like a toddler, you'll definitely want more than 24 pieces that are in the smaller sets.While I never found a combination of shapes that I really liked (at least that was under $60), this one was pretty good. It's mostly squares, but those are the most useful ones. The largest piece is a rectangle that is equivalent to 2 squares. You get 2 of those. My daughter loves the big 4-square ones, and was kind of bummed that there wasn't even 1 of those. So you might want to buy some extra add-on pieces. I liked that they did give more than 1 size triangle and not too many windows (one set I saw was almost all windows).The box is easy to open and sturdy enough to store the tiles in, which is great. I definitely recommend this set and am very glad I went with this choice.

Three grandbabies and I bought this and another set. They were contentedly playing the whole evening with each other when they got them. I get reports from their Mom they can't get enough. Some of the sets are getting pricier and pricier, don't know if new sets will still be in the future at these prices but I may start looking for "gently used" unless the prices can get a bit more reasonable. With that one exception, love the product, the colors, and the way the kids' imagination gets stimulated. I can imagine there is no limit to the evolution and growth that can happen with these super cool tiles.

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Very interesting set of tiles good perfect with my Picasso tiles

They scratched on the first use. Disappointing.

Bought for my 3 year old as a Christmas gift. $120 is more than I usually spend on a Christmas gift but it was well worth the money. The quality is awesome and my little guy can use them with ease. There was very little of a learning curve. Very excited to use them for years to come!

I love these! There are so many ways for my 2 and 4 year old to play with them apart from just building. The translucent colours are beautiful when using a torch to project onto a wall. I started with a set of magnatiles and was worried that these magnets wouldn't be as strong. I think the magnets are the same, but the pieces in the stick n stack are very slightly heavier so they aren't quite as strong. This is only really noticeable in the standard square tiles and only when I was testing it, not during normal play. However it really is marginal and you can still build very tall structures. Overall I think these are a fantastic set, the variety of pieces really adds to the play value and I would definitely buy more from this brand.