A page from the “Castle” building kit assembly manual.
The “Castle” Magnetic Building Kit
Magneto Block Magnetic Building Kit
The Japanese magnetic set Magnet Block is known as Magneto Block in Europe. It comes in a case with a lid that serves as a building plate. 2 hemispheres with magnets are already mounted in the lid, and there are sokets for installing both balls and rods.
The Octopus
Quite unexpectedly, the jar in which the building kit lives with turned into the body of a magnetic octopus. I noticed that recently, children, building something out of these magnetic balls, love to attach some metal parts.
Magformers Inspire – Piggy
Another proposed Magformers Inspire craft. It also reminds that you can not just connect the frames side-by side, but also stack them to create 3D blocks.
Poodle Under Umbrella
Candy the Poodle under an unbrela. It’s a pity that K’Nex ubrellas don’t really stop any rain…
Fire Truck
The model attracted us with a fire hose – in fact, its a metal wire with magnetic ends in a flexible plastic case. It can be a straight line, curve, polyline, circle and any other line.
14-Piece Tegu Set Bird
Another figure from 14-piece Tegu set. This color scheme is Tints – the set also comes in different colors.
The Truck
The magnets inside plastic frames keep these pieces together, supporting box-like cabin. However, the lower part of the truck is even more stable.
The Magnetic Castle Construction Set – Combination With Bornimago
In the photo, the green straight rods and the red curved ones are from Bornimago, while the plastic panels are from the “Castle” construction set. The construction set pieces combine well with the magnetic rods from Bornimago, except for the plastic half-circle pieces (a separate blue piece in the photo). To fit this piece, you need the original curved rods from the “Castle” construction set: they are either slightly shorter or slightly thinner than the Bornimago ones (I haven’t figured it out yet), but the piece made with the original “Castle” rods doesn’t fall off.
Metro Mags – Yet Another Version Of Magna-Tiles
Metro Mags and Magnetic Stick N Stack are most likely clones and cousins of the original Magna-Tiles. I don’t know what the quality of Metro Mags is. But something tells me that it’s no worse than the Magnetic Stick N Stack. And we checked this one and were quite satisfied, it doesn’t differ from the original in magnetic properties.
