Review on 🧲 Tegu Magnetic Wooden Block Building Toys - Unlock Unlimited Building Fun! by Marco Habersham

When I gave my nephew one of the little kits for his third birthday, he loved the way these crazy blocks stick or repel each other if by magic. Because the smaller set was such a hit, I figured I'd order a big one this Christmas (especially when Revain was having a gold box sale, offering a 42-block set for around $60). When I opened the kit to repackage the blocks for the trip around Christmas, I was disappointed to find that Tegu had indeed sabotaged the potential of his own product as a building toy. let me explain. The best blocks in any Tegu set are small 1x1x1 cubes. These cubes have a magnet on each surface that allows them (and other pieces) to be glued together in interesting ways. The next best thing is the 1x2 flat boards, which only have two magnets, but since these pieces are so thin you have four potential glue spots, two in front and two in back. If Tegu continued this scheme for all of its parts, I would have no complaints. Unfortunately, the larger the parts get, the less magnetic adhesion points you will find on each part. Large 1x7 flatboards only have three magnet points, one at each end and one in the middle. If you're planning on adding plank walls, a second story, or a roof to your structure, think again. The construction of the blocks makes it impossible to build anything from boards laid one after the other. The trapezoidal blocks that seem to offer the potential of pitched roofs or corners for your design only have two magnets and both are on corner faces. Because the block doesn't have magnets on the top or bottom, it's impossible to attach and the magnets aren't strong enough to hold each tip alone. Worse, because these magnets are of opposite polarity, not negative or positive, the corner constructions that connect to the main body usually refuse to be attached on one side. The only cool thing you can build with it is the four-piece square pictured on the box. The worst figures in the box, however, are the big 1x1x8 figures that the tegu uses to mimic the skeleton houses on the cover. These pieces have a total of two magnets, giving you only two dead spots, one at each end of the block. This, combined with their heavy weight, means they can practically *only* be used as vertical supports; However, due to their great height and lack of magnetic glue dots on the sides, these poles cannot be attached or built from, so you can only build very fragile empty box frames as shown on the cover. It's not what I would call a design full of possibilities. I don't want to pick on Teg. Sets that use mostly smaller blocks can be very attractive and fun. However, any set with blocks and boards over 3 inches will end up feeling cheap and difficult to work with. I understand that the magnets are probably the most expensive component in each block and that Tegu runs a very decent work program; but if they want to label these magnetic blocks as building toys, they should offer large block designs that don't actively interfere with building (i.e. have a few extra stumbling blocks), or stick to smaller blocks. That would be easy solution and not expensive for board pieces (because each magnet offers two dead centers, meaning a 1x6 board has the same number of magnets as the little cubes they produce easily). You can also increase the block density. can be easily and inexpensively used as a toy on a stick by labeling each magnet with a + or - sign based on polarity This gives children an easy visual marker to show the positive and negative sides sticking together rather than trying and Mistakes by flipping each block until it fits. The tegu already imprints its name on each of the blocks, so printing or burning a small polarity mark doesn't add much, if anything, to the value of the stones. practically useless due to the small number of magnets (some of the largest parts have 1/3 the magnets found in their smallest cubes). That makes Tegu a poor building toy, especially when compared to something as versatile as Lego. If you buy Tegu, buy a smaller set. Big chunks are more frustrating than entertaining, and incorporating them into your structure is more of a nuisance than helpful.