Magnetic construction set is a universal game that is suitable for both boys and girls of different ages. If you do right choice, then your child will be surprised at what can be made from a magnetic construction set and will build more and more crafts from it with great pleasure.
It can be used in story games, together with other toys, place your favorite doll in it.
It is easy to build animal models from Magformers elements, although the similarity will be very distant. Assembling the robot is much easier. If you have a set with additional elements, such as wheels, you can make a car, tractor or airplane.
Using additional elements, you can assemble slightly more complex and much more varied shapes. Such elements greatly expand the potential of a magnetic constructor.
Magformers is an excellent construction set with a lot of different sets. Their parts fit together. Elements can be purchased separately. These are wheels and semicircles and halves of arches, sectors and even mirrors.
What can be assembled from magnetic sticks and balls?
Here there is already a place to train children's intellect. And not every adult will be able to assemble a complex figure, for example, as in the photo. Such a creation can no longer be called a craft.
This designer gives maximum freedom to create both very simple and complex, unusual figures. Everyone starts with simple cones, towers and pyramids. Building a ball is more difficult; not everyone can do it. But if this toy captures the child’s imagination, then you can make it into:
- Simple volumetric geometric shapes (pyramids, towers);
- Complex geometric shapes (cube, ball, etc.);
- Models of vehicles (cars, ships and planes);
- Models of architectural structures (bridges and palaces);
- Animal crafts;
- Fantastic, unlike anything else figures.
Although the magnetic constructor made of balls and sticks consists of minimum quantity various elements, it is he who gives maximum freedom to creativity. It is precisely due to the simplicity of the details, the ease and freedom of their connection that an incredibly wide field for realizing the child’s fantasies is obtained.
You can see dozens of photos of what can be built from a magnetic construction set at. To make it, photographs and pictures were collected from various sources, including from the pages of fans of this game.
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Some time ago, and perhaps even now, among all kinds of construction sets, unusual and interesting sets of plastic molds with built-in magnets were noticed; they are popularly called Magformers. Detailed information about the designers can be found on the website
Sets of such construction sets consist primarily of various geometric shapes (triangles, squares, trapezoids, tetrahedrons, and even more intricate shapes), into which small but extremely effective neodymium magnets are built. Various auxiliary elements are also usually included - platforms, wheels, racks, etc.
The manufacturer's website contains information that all elements are made of HQABS plastic (high-quality ABS plastic) and do not contain any hazardous substances. And thanks to ultrasonic welding, neodymium magnets are absolutely safe for children.
Everything would be fine, but the prices... you can find them on the official website in Russia.
Fortunately, the Chinese brothers very quickly got their bearings and released their construction sets for sale, which are no different in appearance and functionality from the notorious Magformers. Here is one of such sets- I was lucky enough to appreciate it.
The construction set was delivered quickly, but not very carefully - the box was pretty dented (Pony Express excelled).
The box is very decent - colorful printing and thematic slogans on it create the impression of a high-quality and thoughtful product. It would have looked even better intact; it’s a pity that it’s just cardboard and not vandal-proof titanium.
On one of the sides there is a picture with all types of figures that can be found in the constructor. Next is a stylized head with an “illumination” light bulb, and under it an explanatory inscription - “Imagination”. Well, below you can read the inscription “Happy Time” and a call to improve intellectual and creative activity with the help of this designer.
On the front side there are several examples of what can be assembled from the construction set, three pictograms, each with an accompanying inscription - “Imagination”, “Creation” and “Hand Coordination”, as well as the name of the construction set and the slogan - “Magnetic blocks, destroy the routine! " Moreover, the verb Break (to destroy) starts with a letter, very similar to E - I think this is the designers’ idea, and not banal illiteracy, since the rest of the text is without errors.
The back side is not replete with design elements - only icons like recycling and all that, again a slogan with the wrong bi, and the inscription “made in China”
The last two sides of the box feature a flying machine and a train (built from the kit, of course) and a series of octahedrons containing the following:
● logical thinking
● ligament coordination eyes-hands
● perception
● imagination
● creation
● concentration
The designer set is designed to develop all these qualities in a child.
Completeness:
And inside the pretty damaged box we found this:▪ one hundred thirty-eight structural elements, carefully wrapped in bubble wrap
▪ instructions with examples of assembling some interesting structures
There are several sets of construction kits on sale, here is a summary table of parts and their sizes, the column of our set of 138 parts is highlighted in red:
Most of all there were triangular elements, which is not surprising, because this is one of the most universal geometric shapes, and from them you can, in turn, create large number all kinds of designs.
The leaders in number are squares with numbers; with their help you can create simple examples and even equations.
In addition to numbers and arithmetic symbols, the set included squares with fruit, a question mark and the letter Q (or a symbol very similar to it).
All of the above-mentioned elements for creating a windmill and a Ferris wheel were also available, as well as three transport platforms with wheels (six pieces).
The number of items is quite impressive, so I had to allocate a plastic box to store them.
First of all, I looked at the parts with magnets - the quality of the plastic is very good. high level, there are no flashes, no roughness, the joints are almost invisible, in appearance the parts of the part are more likely glued together with something like dichloroethane, and not welded with ultrasound like their American prototypes, although I have not seen the quality of ultrasonic welding before and I cannot judge this. I couldn’t separate them; the part started to break, and the glue wouldn’t budge.
Photo details
Instructions:
The instructions turned out to be surprisingly informative and detailed, it’s a pity that they are only in English. But even from the pictures everything is intuitive and clear.All submitted information is divided into five sections:
● accessories (here all the parts of the designer included in the set are described and clearly presented)
● mathematical operations (examples of using the constructor in composing simple examples, equations and even logical series, where you need to find a pattern and complete the series)
● two-dimensional (planar) design, this section shows how you can create various figures on a plane
● basic modeling, here we are already dealing with spatial, 3D design
● and finally, the largest section is reserved for examples; it describes the creation of certain structures step by step, from the simplest cubes to a Ferris wheel or an impressive robot)
Below is an enlarged and slightly translated fragment of problems on mathematical logic:
And this is how a Ferris wheel is made:
There are a lot of examples, we haven’t collected them all yet, but here are some of the ones we’ve already collected:
2D bike:
Figwam with princesses:
Two polyhedra:
Vehicle:
Sample example:-) (tautology)
And finally, the Ferris wheel:
Video of assembling different designs:
To sum it up:
The construction set is very interesting, made with high quality - it is a pleasure to play with it. The recommended age for a child is from 3 years old, but the most suitable age in my opinion is 4-5 years old, although fine motor skills can be trained with its help much earlier.But mathematical and spatial exercises will be interesting for an older child.
Currently, this set has a promotional price; you can buy it a little cheaper than usual.
Thank you all for reading, all the best!
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I'm planning to buy +19 Add to favorites I liked the review +22 +35Magnetic balls are a real construction set, the elements of which have the same dimensions. With its help, both adults and children can assemble the most beautiful figures: from regular geometric ones to real works of art.
Parents should supervise the child while collecting the figures so that he cannot accidentally swallow the ball.
What can be made from magnetic balls? There are many schemes for children that will allow you to assemble interesting magnetic geometric shapes from neocube. In addition to smooth and regular figures, you can assemble medieval castles, snowflakes, airplanes, tanks and others from neocube interesting models. Neocube is an excellent gift not only for children, but also for adults, because you can collect different figures every day. Classes with magnetic balls can last from several minutes to several hours, because not everyone knows how to quickly and correctly assemble them.
Schemes of figures from neocube
There are many schemes with which you can assemble figures from magnetic balls. Anyone can assemble a long chain of several balls. And it’s easy to create a beautiful figure from a chain.
It is necessary to understand the principles of neocube assembly in order to assemble complex and intricate figures.
First, learn how to assemble triangles, rectangles, and squares from balls, after which you can begin to create more complex works. The elements of the magnetic construction set differ in diameter, but this does not in any way affect the diagrams for assembling the figures. If you made a mistake during modeling, you can use a plastic card to correct the defect. But don't use valid card, otherwise it will demagnetize. The simplest figure of magnetic balls is a cube. It is the easiest to assemble, but neocube professionals are able to assemble complex figures.
Magnetic ball cube
It is not difficult to assemble a cube from a magnetic construction set. There are several ways to create it. First of all, you need to make a long chain of balls. The ends of the chain should be connected to each other, making a ring. In the next step, you need to flatten the magnetic ring to make a ribbon. The thickness of this tape will be equal to two balls. Measure 1/3 of the tape and secure it parallel to the remaining length of balls. Next, you need to disconnect a piece of tape, two balls thick, and connect it in parallel. The result will be a ribbon whose width will consist of six balls. These are the main and most complex actions to create a figure in the form of a cube from a magnetic construction set. You need to count six balls from the edge and stack them with the others in parallel. If you continue to bend the tape in a zigzag pattern, you will end up with a neocube.
Pyramid from neocube
Another figure for beginners that can be made from a magnetic construction set is a pyramid. To do this, make six squares. The largest will consist of 49 balls with dimensions 7*7, and the smallest will consist of four balls with dimensions 2*2. After this, place the squares on top of each other, starting from largest to smallest, and complete the figure with the last ball.
Sphere from neocube
A ball or sphere is an interesting figure made of magnetic elements. The first step will be drawing up pentahedrons. It is necessary to create a ring of five elements, which must be wrapped in another ring consisting of ten balls. To create a ball you will need twelve pentahedrons. And finally, you should connect all the pentahedrons to each other. But sometimes beginners make some mistakes at this stage. If you cannot connect two pentahedrons, one of them must be turned inside out. This is easy to do: you need to press on the center of the figure, then the pentagon will take a concave shape. These figures are only a small part of what can be made from neocube. Gradually, you and your children will be able to assemble more complex shapes.
In the Magnikon online store you can inexpensively buy individual spare parts for magnetic construction sets (MK). Spare parts are sold in small quantities in compact packages. Each set contains several plastic parts, which are made in the form of one or another.
Advantages and Benefits
Additional spare parts allow you to:
- replace lost elements without damage to the microcontroller;
- expand the capabilities of the set - to create many new objects for which there were previously not enough materials;
- attract new players to the assembly of the designer.
It is also worth purchasing additional spare parts if a small construction set has become too simple for an older child. The greater the number of magnetic elements, the more difficult but more interesting the task. Therefore, there is no need to rush to throw away the old construction set for toddlers. It can be updated and supplemented.
Flat magnetic construction set with geometric shapes for creativity
Magnetic construction sets for children with geometric shapes in flat packaging from Magnikon.
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If a small MK is intended, as a rule, for one child, then purchasing new elements will give the whole family the opportunity to play. A large updated set can be taken with you to kindergarten or visiting friends.
Educational flat construction sets allow you to interest your child in technical creativity. Assembling buildings helps develop perseverance, ingenuity, and logical thinking in the child. While playing, children develop fine motor skills of their fingers, learn to follow given patterns, and think through the assembly process in advance.
Characteristics
The details for the flat construction set repeat the basic geometric shapes:
- triangles,
- diamonds,
- squares
- pentagons and hexagons
- trapezoids
- sectors
Each package contains several pieces of the same configuration. All elements are made of durable non-toxic plastic, which is safe for children of any age.
Colored spare parts are packed in a transparent blister.