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Playmags – Magnetic Panels And Grids On Wheels

After we received our Magnetic Stick N Stack set with wheels, we found another version of Magna-Tiles on the Internet – the Playmags magnetic kit. Visually, we liked it. First of all, because of 4 potential vehicles and the original “fence” elements, from which you can build a frame for a truck, and a fence on a farm, and lay rails for a train. Now we are thinking…

Playmags - Magnetic Panels And Grids On Wheels
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Rounded Magnetic Sticks

On the left, we have rods from the Chinese magnetic castle set, and on the right, we have rods from another Chinese set called Moli (also known as Magnastix). The Magnetic Castle has attic window panels that can only be held with a half ring of sticks of this particular brand. If you use the semi-circle made of Moli sticks, the panel simply slips away without stopping.

Rounded Magnetic Sticks
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Tegu Explorer Set Wooden Building Blocks

When looking at the Nelson set through a computer screen, Admiral Nelson immediately comes to mind, setting off on a ship to the sea. Dark blue sea depths, gray-blue sky, green uninhabited islands, orange sunrise… “How romantic!” – I thought. And I was wrong – the set is named after a modern American designer from Connecticut, George Nelson. The colors in the set are really wonderful, and the quality is excellent. Sadly, I can’t say the same about the locations of the magnets in the pieces – they are catastrophically few. It seems that the details were well thought out, but they remembered about the magnets at the last moment, and hastily shoved a pair into each detail. We haven’t felt this dissapointed in a long time…

Tegu Explorer Set Wooden Building Blocks