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Review on Gifts2U Educational Construction Marbles Parent Child by Rick Alexander

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not just small, miniature.

I was trying to find small plastic balls for my existing marble walkway. The one we have is slightly smaller than a regular glass sphere and the plastic spheres are 2mm smaller. After looking at various marble walkways and marbles, I found this one that is simply worth the price and not just marble. I thought it was basically the same as mine, and the whole description specifically says the eggs are smaller than usual, so I figured it was fine. What I didn't understand is the MINIATURE set. It reminds me what a toy store would do to show what real toys look like assembled. And it works just as well as you would expect from a miniature store model - it really doesn't. Slopes aren't steep enough for balls to sit easily, loop after loop falls apart when balls hit it (they're too small to have any turning speed anyway), hinges on small ledges because everything would fit my 4 years probably hold once etc. I keep it because its size doesn't require at least one stool for my kids. I give two stars because the plastic is at least hard and of decent quality. The photo shows the difference between the standard size and this one.

Pros
  • GOLS certified
Cons
  • Fragile