The long rods in Smartmax sets are twise as long as short rods. You can use all Smartmax rods and balls set together.

The long rods in Smartmax sets are twise as long as short rods. You can use all Smartmax rods and balls set together.
In our case its actually Magneatos, but does not change the essence. Its the same plastic balls and magnetic rods. We made a small flowerbed – the toy blossomed to the great amazement of the one-year-old youngest son, who is actively playing with large magnetic rods and rolling balls right now. He immediately peeled off all the flowers, freeing the sticks for his needs, so he had to move on to decorating other kits. In general, flowers fall off plastic balls, they stick much better on metal ones.
The truck does not have side walls, there are only a platform. Using a special retractable ramp, you can roll on it a car from the same set, or any other car. The body sits on a magnetic rod quite steadily.
SmartMax Start XL has long and short rods in it, along with metal balls, but no curved rods.
You can load anything into the car’s body. Afonya (1.5 years old) loaded rather heavy stones in here, and the vehicle moved quietly, did not roll over, everything was holding up.
The magnets in this set are strong. Here, we placed several rods vertically, and they hold perfectly, without slipping. So we can lift the tower by the top and move it around.
8 flowers in different colors and sizes, 2 rods and 1 ball.
This set is relatively big for Smartmax with its 42 pieces. Unlike the XXL set, it has no plastic box you can use in building, and no curved rods like in Discovery set. But it still is a good options for smaller kids, with big pieces that are easy to grip and hard to swallow.
Not all flowers connect well – some of them have the same magnetic poles…
SmartMax has blossomed…. Flowers and roof pieces have been released to compliment the previously released sets with rods and balls: Flower Palace, Flower Power and Flower Fun. So you can build a large Flower City.