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Review on 🧩 Enhancing Coordination Skills with PicassoTiles Educational Construction Development by Joe Fulce

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Amazing set, I recommend at least two

update: water balloons! The kids got water balloons next to these straws for Christmas and we hydrated them the other day and I decided to make a marble set with them just to see how it went. Although it was difficult to build because the tiles were wet, so more slippery and less stable, overall it was a success. The water balls don't fall smoothly, but they sink to a certain extent, and kids love to throw the soft water balls across the marble path. I'm sure you can get them anywhere but we bought our water pearls from Amazon and they came in packs of over twenty thousand I accidentally rehydrated the whole batch and we had a ton more than we needed. We filled a whole basket with it and built a magnet right into it. It gets messy, but it's still fun! Summary: Amazing product, the tubes add extra support to your magnetic tiles by snapping into place, kids love it, marble trails are a little tiring for little hands but with an adult's help this can be a fun activity for you and your kids, as for us, I would recommend buying at least two sets of marble walkways and a large set of tiles to be truly free to build. For reference, what you see in the photo is the tower that we built using parts from the following sets of 74 Magna Tiles, 100 Picasso Tiles, 2 Picasso Tiles, Marble Tracks, 80 Pieces, Picasso Circuit, and we had more tiles to make it bigger if we wanted. Comparison. We have Picasso and Magnatiles and both are very similar in quality. Picasso tiles are cheaper and I believe they are cheaper because they don't use rivets and have less support between layers. Haven't seen any problems yet, but I think that's probably why Magnatilas are more durable. I think time will tell. Given that Picasso tiles are almost half the price I would recommend Picasso unless you have major durability issues. The marble walkway is literally amazing. An amazing addition that is compatible with both Magnatils and Picasso and possibly others I can think of. We have a lot of fun building giant marble walkways as tall as me using our multiple sets of tiles as well as two sets of marble walkways. I would definitely recommend at least two sets of marble walkways. In fact, I want a few more because we usually run out of moving parts faster than I'd like. (By the way, the turntables can be bisected to act as on/off ramps if you rotate the dual turntable "tunnels" to a vertical position.) Also, if you add marble runners to your tiles, they'll snap into place. , with no magnetic power, which is actually very cool because it gives your creation extra power when a marble walkway goes through it. In fact, if your kids don't like marble walkways, this is still a cool set as you can use these pieces to power up your towers and creations. The parts that need to be put together can sometimes be a bit tricky for small hands. but with practice my 5 year old was able to do it just fine. Sometimes it takes a very soft and strong touch to get them in place without knocking over your rook, but that's where the adult comes in. I don't think it would be something that someone under five could do completely independently, but once built they could certainly play with it. It has to go through a lot of balls, but yes, normal balls work for the most part too, although the balls are more like a bounce after a steep descent and turns (this can be remedied by doubling the turn figures). Certainly create a turning tunnel). find, you just find a hollow marble walkway) which is very cool, but it's even better because the long pieces can be folded in half and stood up vertically to make your marble walkway huge unlike a DUPLO style marble walkway make. But hollow plastic "marbles" are also suitable for this magnetic marble walkway. Was thinking of building a walkway out of duplo marble cutting right into this one! The possibilities are nearly unlimited. Children love to build balls on it and race against each other. but if you have small wrecking kids, despite the added support of the engaged marble guide tubes, the set can be completely wrecked in seconds with a not so careful (or slightly cocky) toddler :). I would highly recommend it to anyone, it was an instant hit with the kids this Christmas and I have no doubt this set will provide many years of enjoyment.

Pros
  • handy items
Cons
  • so far so good