MagformersMagnets in Motion Gear Accessory 20pc Set - Magnetic Tiles Building Blocks, Educational STEM Toy - Magnetic Building Tiles for Kids to Develop Problem-Solving Abilities

When I got these, I wondered what in the world I was supposed to do with them. I didn't have any magformer magnetic tiles with me. I'd bought those for my godson. So, I had to wait till I visited him so I could give them to him. Well, I finally did, and his parents figured out how they worked right away. They were amazing, and my little boy loved playing with them, making the gears turn. They want to get another accessory set so they can have more gears to turn together. I'll post a better photo when I get one that shows the gears together.

As a mom with 3 children under the age of 10 as well as being a pre-school educator, we have both Magformers and Magna tiles, which are the most popular magnetic construction sets with the kids at home and our daycare. So when I saw Magformers introduced Tileblox, I had to purchase a set to compare. Tileblox are larger than Magformers, but similar size to Magnatiles. Tileblox clear, clean modern design are extremely well constructed. The magnets feel stronger too. I had my kids compare Tileblox to Magna tiles and they said, "Tileblox are more colorful, and 'cooler' looking". My daughter wants a set of the Inspire colors. Although this is a great starter set, I plan on purchasing the larger 60 or 104 piece set, which have more shapes and allow you to build bigger structures. Great educational toy! My kids and husband love them.

Magformers are my favorite toy when playing with my kids. I love the gears, but this set is not for everyone. If you have a lot of Magformers already, you may be able to get away with just the accessory set. Unfortunately, unless you have a lot of rectangles you aren't going to be able to build anything, and few sets besides the XL Cruisers (which won't work with the gears) come with many rectangles. My kids enjoy just lining the gears up in squares attached flat on the floor, but the squares aren't sturdy enough on their own to be able to build up and use these. We have a set of the super squares, so we attach the little squares with the gears on top of them to be able to build up, but even then you aren't going to be able to go around corners (having the crank on the side drive the gears around on top) because the extra layers will put the gears too far away from one another. If you have hexagons, the large gears will be able to go around the hexagon corners. To be able to build around square corners, and have the structure not fall apart as soon as you try to turn the crank, you need the structural stability of rectangles. For that reason, I'd recommend going with one of the other gear sets that includes rectangles. The other option (which we'll probably go with) is to order just a set of rectangles directly from Magformers. On their Facebook page they have a link for a secondary site they don't advertise anywhere else that sells individual shapes.

Grandson, 5, loves these building toys. They let him use his imagination and skill to create many interesting designs! The gear set is just gears, not the actual building pieces, they make those sets turn into moving mechanisms.They are colorful and easy to use. He also received the Magformers Dinosaur set and the sixteen piece building set, he spends hours with these toys...super pleased!

My 2-1/2 nephew loved playing with these…. I even like the look of them as a fun colorful game to be left out on my coffee table.

We LOVE Magformers, but the concept of adding gears actually detracted from the overall pleasure of building with Magformers. The gears didn't line up and function correctly if the Magformers construction on which they were attached moved at all. Also, I find that if one really wants to do anything cool with the gears, this starter set just isn't big enough. Most of the pieces are just unnecessary colored plates and the actual gears are limited. One would need much more gears to really have fun with the concept. The original Magformers constructions sets are fantastic, providing hours of fun and my kids never get tired of coming back to. We had the same expectation with expanding our collection into gears. Unfortunately, the kids and I were not impressed with this direction of Magformers.

I brought these for my girls for Christmas and we cannot figure out how to use them. I now assume that these are just add-ons to a bigger set, but there was no indication of this on the description or actual box. I wish I hadn't opened it, because I would've definitely returned them. I guess I'll just find a place to donate them at this point.

My 2 y old is obsessed with spinning things. We have a set of Gears, gears. But these magnetic gears are awesome to put on a fridge or make a cube with wheels on sides.Works well with our basic 14 pieces set.Packable for traveling.I'm glad we bought it. Son loved it immediately.

That was a starter kit for my nephew, he loves it and builds using the handy little booklet it came with. Pricey, but great quality, strong magnets.

They are fun and the magnets are strong. I think I'm having more fun with them than my son is. Pro tip: in a dark room shine a flashlight through these tiles to make cool patterns on your walls.

Awesome additive to your Magformers...

We love this. I wish it had more peices but otherwise, it’s great quality and very nice and fun.

The kids haven't put them down since they arrived. The magnets are nice and strong. I caught a nice deal on these. Can't wait for another sale to buy more!!!