Magna Tiles 32 Piece Award Winning Creativity Educational Reviews Summary

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "Rest assured, this is a very high quality and well made product."
• "Magna tiles have the best and strongest magnets."
• "They are durable but do get scratched on the outside, making them a little cloudy."
• "The pieces are sturdy and colorful."
• "They are very sturdy and lock together perfectly."
• "The tiles are extremely sturdy."
• "Very consistent good quality product that withstands the constant use and wrecking :)"

Cons:

• "However, I would actually consider splurging on Connetix next because the tiles aren’t as strong as I hoped."
• "These magnets aren't any stronger than cheaper brands."
• "Also suggest that a storage case be offered to keep all the pieces together in one container."
• "The magnet is so weak that any construction keeps falling itself."
• "These tend to fall apart more easily and the big problem with them is hard to explain, but here goes: they are straight-edged with 90-degree corners, which (with the tendency to fall apart) makes it difficult to build more complex shapes, like regular polyhedrons."
• "I really wanted to love these. However, the magnets are SO WEAK you can’t even do much with them."
• "I did a lot of researching these before purchasing them and I will say I am extremely disappointed. We have had these for almost a year and the magnets are terrible."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "They are well worth the price. Solidly built and strangely addictive, even for adults."
• "But ultimately I think you get your money's worth since kids can stay interested in them for many years."
• "Well worth the price when you calculate the endless play time your kids will get out of this product."
• "Worth the high price!"
• "Worth the money as it's educational and is built to last."
• "It is a more expensive toy than some, but in our opinion it is worth the money."
• "Although they are a bit pricey, they are worth every dollar!"

Cons:

• "The only down-side is that they are a bit on the expensive side, but well worth the money in the long run."
• "Are they worth $50??? I don’t think so… quite expensive that’s why I can’t give 5 stars."
• "The only is thing is they’re kinda expensive."
• "They are a little pricey, but the construction is very solid."
• "These are really fun, but also really overpriced."
• "A little on the expensive side at over a dollar per tile."
• "Everyone sings their high praises but what it came down to is that for the price, the magnets are WEAK."

Educational and Creative Play

Pros:

• "Hours of fun building things!"
• "Fabulous educational toy for kids and adults who still play building."
• "A good teaching tool also for pattern recognition and shapes."
• "These little wonders have fostered his creativity and have morphed from trains, to zoos, to car garages, to space ships and skyscrapers."
• "Children can really use their imagination with these blocks."
• "Durable, wonderfully educational and easy to use building toy."
• "It encourages them to use their imagination and it's amazing how creative they are when building."

Cons:

• "The only issue is it is limited on number of pieces and thus what can be assembled..."
• "He was bored after a few days because he didn't have enough pieces."
• "Good purchase but should have bought a set with more pieces. Kids get frustrated trying to build and running out of pieces."
• "I feel like there aren’t that many configurations to create with this amount of tiles, so I do plan to buy more tiles in the near future."
• "These tend to fall apart more easily and the big problem with them is hard to explain, but here goes: they are straight-edged with 90-degree corners, which (with the tendency to fall apart) makes it difficult to build more complex shapes, like regular polyhedrons."
• "The structure of whatever you're building falls apart all the time."
• "5 year old got bored of them after his birthday playing with them for about 20 mins as they wouldn’t stick together properly and kept falling."