Features:

  • Praised by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top toys to teach kids code and STEM principles
  • German Engineering Design Inspired by Da Vinci circles with Endless Creative Building Possibilites for Spatial Thinking Minds
  • Each of the Seven Different Color Blocks has a different Function - Fun practice for logical and engineering thinking
  • “Spiel Gut” (Good Toy) Award and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award Winner
  • Thousands of Happy Playing Hours - An Heirloom Toy Worth of Every Penny
Terrific Product But Colors Could be Improved Upon

An interesting and high quality product that I expect to find very enjoyable to share with my nieces and nephew when they visit. I bought it for them, but my mother and I both found it entertaining also after I opened the item up. If I find any negative about the product, it is in the color choices. Generally speaking, the colors seem fine at first, but upon following the examples in the user manual, some of the colors are hard to distinguish from one another in the printed manual. Rather blue and what might be turquoise, I'd get rid of two such similar colors and substitute something significantly different. The same is true of the red and orange blocks although to a lesser degree. Finally, a box with organizing partitions to store the pieces in would be useful, just to help protect the nice wood pieces from bouncing around and getting scuffed up when the box is carried. Overall though, a terrific product that I can readily see how it will help stimulate a child's mind.

Another great Quadrilla set

Another great Quadrilla set. I don't think you can go wrong with these. We have minimal derailing with this set compared to what we had before. The kids don't even mind the derailing that does occur as it gives a great "thunk" sound when it drops onto the light table surface. Warning, the adults may end up playing after the kids are in bed. :-) Also, you'll probably end up wanting more sets. You can build a perfectly adequate marble run with a single set like this but bigger is always better!

2 year old son loves it

So far so good as long as an adult plays with him because it easily collapses but he loves the freedom to build it. I see this toy lasting for a long time and maybe he can pass it on to his kids. He also has the Discovery one as well and loves that as well because it doesn't break easily but he enjoys building the hape more because of more pieces.

Unleashed my son's creativity!

My 5 1/2 yr old son is OBSESSED with all things marbles. He had a previous "marble rollercoaster" as he refers to it, but it was very difficult to assemble and required me to do it for him, which robs him of the opportunity to be creative in building his own designs. We got rid of that and replaced it with the Quadrilla from Hape and he absolutely loves it. He has built & rebuilt various tracks and has even used boxes & pieces from his matchbox car track to augment his designs. Very cool and he's always super proud of his achievements running up to me and saying, "Daddy! Come see what I did with my marble rollercoaster! It's so cool now!"

A great, quality set

This is a great product! We gave this to my almost 5 year old son for Christmas because he had wanted a marble run. We had bought one a year or two previously that was plastic and the pieces cracked and broke almost immediately, so I was hesitant to spend more money on one - but I'm glad I did. The construction of this is high quality, nice wood. The pieces are smooth and the packaging is useful for carrying around to different areas of the house. The run comes with a great booklet of multiple designs you can build (in addition to designing your own) and plenty of marbles. We have had great fun building the different sets and testing them. There are some inserts and accelerators you use to make the set work properly, and despite the good instructions, we often forget to put one in, so our marbles go out of the holes to early, but it is fun for the kids to test and determine what we need to make it work - and then of course the joy of a full run. Some of the pieces have toggles so each marble will switch directions from the previous, which makes the set more interesting as the marbles don't exit the run at the same place each time. The only challenge I've seen thus far is that because its a marble run with pieces that slot into each other, it can be a bit wobbly, and we have spent a bit of time building and then have someone accidentally bump it and have the whole thing fall down. That is a bummer when you have invested some time, but it happens. I do with perhaps the pieces were made to fit a bit more into each other so the chance of accidental knock-over was less. All in all, a great set and we are currently considering buying another (or an add on) for my son's birthday since he does seem to enjoy it. I do believe this set will hold up with time and use, so well worth the price.

Toy for Generations

I bought this for my son for his 6th birthday. It was the most popular toy in the mix and we play with it pretty much every day. We even keep it on our coffee table now because visitors find it so fascinating. It is made of very high quality materials, everything fits well together, and the book gives instructions for at least 6 different ways you can build using the pieces you get with this set. I expect it to last through use by my grandkids someday. The only downside of the toy is that is topples really easily. I realized after I bought it that our local toy store had glued together their showroom model. We do knock it over pretty regularly but it seems to hold up to the abuse and is fun to put back together. We will not be gluing ours into one configuration.

Best marble run set on the market

Best marble run set on the market by far. This set is amazingly high quality with perfect fitting pieces and great instructions. All of the kids (and adults) love it from 5yr - 9yr in our family. Our 9yr +7yr olds work together building and reading the directions and it's wonderful to see them work together. We tried another cheaper (1/3 price) marble set from another company and it's horrible compared to the Hape sets. Also, we purchased a basic wood block set and then we could make even crazier marble runs (see picture).

Very nice set

Bought this for my 4 year old grandson who,loves it. It’s a bite complicated for him to setup but he is getting the hang of it by exploration....trial and error. This will be a great problem solving toy that he will use for a long time. It’s very sturdy and well made. Very glad we bought this for him.

“Ages 4-99” is really true

Our four year old (with the mind of an engineer) can’t put it together on her own, but she loves playing with it. So do the adults, who compete after bedtime to develop new configurations. It is beautifully made, and as stable as one could hope for, given small pieces stacked high. I would certainly buy it again, but there are a couple of disappointments. First, it is not a limitless playground for the imagination. There are three configurations suggested, and all three work well. But there aren’t unlimited creative possibilities. Second, it may be a German toy developer, but it is actually made in China. Still, the pieces are beautifully shaped and stained and none are defective. There are plenty of marbles.

Great Marble Run

We had gotten a plastic marble run as a gift and it was TERRIBLE! It was hard to put together and not intuitive at all. My four year old daughter LOVES this set. It came with a few suggested builds with easy to follow directions. We store it in a dresser drawer (in play space). For the block parts I use a plastic shoe bin and used a Sterilite Divided Case to organize the smaller parts and that works great! Sterilite 14028606 Divided Case, Clear with Blue Aquarium Handle and Latches, 6-Pack

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