All children in the course of learning about the world around them like to play with constructors. The modern gaming industry offers a wide variety of sets: with large and small parts, connected with grooves, glue and bolts. There are Velcro constructors for kids. As a rule, older children are not interested in the constructor in itself, but in what can be made from it, that is, the functionality of the toy. Therefore, sets with simple multi-colored geometric blocks that can be connected together can quickly get bored with an inquisitive child.
But there is a constructor that is full of surprises. It can be used to build houses, robots, a train with carriages, and whole cities with castles, palaces and cars, and in general anything your heart desires. In this case, the parts will connect themselves, it is enough just to bring them to each other. This set is called Magical Magnet, and it opens a whole new era in construction toys for children.
Features and Benefits
Magical Magnet is a magnetic construction set that provides incredibly wide opportunities for children's creativity and play. It develops spatial thinking, logic, imagination, improves coordination of movements. The child gets not just a set of boring parts, but a whole magical fairytale and very bright world in one box.
Magnetic constructors appeared on the toy market not so long ago, but almost immediately won the attention of both children and parents. The first experiences of acquaintance with the construction sets on magnets were not very positive, everyone remembers the stories when small children gorged on small parts from small "nano-cubes" and other similar unprotected magnetic construction sets.
Magical Magnet from the Chinese manufacturer Shantou Gepai is a completely safe game, in addition, it allows you to create different objects and shapes, both flat and voluminous. By and large, these are several toys at once, because a train or a Ferris wheel that a kid will assemble from a magnetic construction set will spin and ride, entertain the child until he decides to build something else from the construction set.
The advantages of such a toy are that all the elements of the construction set are quite large, they cannot be swallowed in any way.
They are bright and have the shape of geometric shapes (triangles, cones, rectangles, hexagons, etc.). The materials are of high quality, non-toxic, do not have a strong chemical smell, like strange constructors of suspicious origin.
Constructor Magical Magnet is a great idea for an educational gift for both a boy and a girl. Moreover, the present quickly becomes the “property” of the whole family, and even moms and dads play it with great pleasure.
If the house already has a magnetic construction kit from any other manufacturer, Magical Magnet will give it a second life, since the details of this set are perfectly combined with other toys that are identical in principle of action. This means that there is no limit to creativity, which is required, by and large, for all children without exception.
Characteristic
Magical Magnet is available in several trim levels:
- Set of 98 pieces - the largest of the existing ones. It includes not only geometric shapes - triangles, parallelepipeds, ovals, rhombuses and squares, but also a fairly solid assortment of all kinds of auxiliary parts - wheels, skis, tracks. All this will help the young engineer assemble amazing transport models that will not only delight imagination with a flight, but also ride. The dimensions of the parts are quite large The largest has a base of 12 centimeters, the smallest is 4.5 centimeters.
- Set of 77 pieces. It contains large multi-colored geometric elements: triangles, rectangles, squares. They can be used to assemble houses, a mill, a ball, a rocket and a robot, as well as a few dozen more toys, the ideas of which will appear immediately after the set falls into the hands.
- Set of 72 pieces. There are the same geometric elements and wheels that allow you to build moving tractors and moon rovers, robots, rovers and attractions for a puppet amusement park.
- Set of 46 pieces. It is also called a set for boys, because in it, in addition to the already familiar geometric shapes, you can find a large number of various wheels. The constructor allows you to assemble the most incredible cars and race cars, tanks, rockets, airplanes and everything that little representatives of the stronger sex like.
- Set of 40 pieces - more than a dozen triangles with a base of 5.5 centimeters, 18 squares, other geometric shapes, and there are also two wheelsets.
- Set of 20 pieces. In the box of this set, you can find multi-colored triangles and squares, from which the child will be able to assemble his first two-dimensional figures and will quickly begin to construct three-dimensional objects.
- Magical Magnet mini 58-piece set, among which they differ somewhat in relatively small sizes - 0.5 cm and 2 cm. They can be removed from their set without compromising functionality if the child is small, and returned back when he grows up.
Operating principle
The idea behind Magical Magnet is based on the gravitational force of neodymium magnets, which are contained within translucent geometric shapes. Neodymium magnets are several times more attracted to each other than conventional magnets.
Permanent magnets are called neodymium, which are made from an alloy of rare earth neodymium, iron and boron. In science, industry and a number of other areas of application, such a magnet is valued for the fact that it is rather difficult to demagnetize it.
Magical Magnet parts can be easily connected, and just as easily they can be separated - even a little one can do it.
It is important that the magnets are not located somewhere in one place under the plastic, but along the entire contour of a triangle or hexagon. Therefore, you can connect the shapes with either side.
Usually, the very process of attracting parts causes complete delight in young children, because it is enough just to put the elements next to each other, and a miracle will immediately happen!
It is not very easy to destroy a figure assembled from a magnet: if a child touches the machine or mill received from the designer with his hand, pushes them, then collapse will not happen.
Magnets are safe for children, pets and do not in any way interfere with electronic household appliances. Grandmother can be calm too - nothing threatens her pacemaker or hearing aid!
Safety
The development of the Magical Magnet kit is considered innovative. When creating a toy, manufacturers took into account all the requirements that a game for children must meet. Quality certificates and certificates of conformity can and should be asked from sellers if you buy a construction kit in a store, or you can ask to attach copies of these documents confirming safety in a box with a construction kit when buying from an online store.
The plastic is environmentally friendly, you can not be afraid for the safety of the baby if he takes the toy in his mouth.
The magnets cannot in any way fall out and otherwise leave the contour of the plastic geometric part.
What age is it for?
Almost all configurations of the Magical Magnet are designed for children from 3 to 10 years old. The maximum set, in which 98 parts, will be of interest to children under 12 years old. In any case, the manufacturers think so: they indicate such age restrictions on the boxes with their goods.
However, they clearly do not take into account the Russian mentality - in our country, magnetic designers have already begun to give children 2-2.5 years old. Of course, violating the requirements of the age limit will require a more attentive attitude from the parents, because there are sets where there are details that the baby can stuff into his mouth. But in general, babies under 3 years old are completely delighted.
There is no upper age limit at all, as practice shows, it is interesting to play with a magnetic constructor for both teenagers and adults.
How to play?
After purchase, new parts should be rinsed with water without detergents and dried. After that, you can acquaint the child with the amazing world of volumetric design.
To begin with, you can familiarize yourself with the book-brochure that is included in the package. It contains colorful images of a variety of objects that, in theory, can be assembled from this set. If you wish, you can immediately try out a couple of ideas.
Three-dimensional figures are assembled in an interesting way - the book presents flat diagrams, the order according to which parts should be folded on a plane. Then you should pull on the upper part, and the figure should magically line up in volumetric one. In fact, not everyone and not always succeed in this, but there is hope that long training sessions will help to comprehend the true magic of the toy.
When the child understands the principles of assembly, he will be able to come up with his own designs, which he will delight parents regularly.
Also, the designer helps to quickly master geometric shapes, learn colors.
Price
Magical Magnet prices are lower in online stores than in children's chain stores.
On average, a set of 98 elements will cost from 2800 to 3500 rubles. A constructor, in a box of which 40 parts cost around 2000 rubles, and a set of 20 magnetic figures - from 1000 rubles to 1500 rubles.
Reviews
There are a lot of rave reviews about the Magical Magnet magnetic constructor on the Internet. The toy is new and interesting, and therefore it is interesting to reveal its possibilities to both adults and children. Most parents note that babies, after the appearance of such a development kit, have become more assiduous, they are better able to concentrate on one thing.
The undoubted advantage of mothers is called flat parts from sets. No matter how well a child is raised, he can still forget to remove a couple of elements from the floor after the end of the game. When stepping on them in the middle of the night, mothers do not experience a painful shock, as is the case with parts from Lego designers, besides, Magical Magnet elements do not break from the attack.
All items in the set are easy to wash and dry and easy to keep clean.
There are also negative reviews. In particular, some parents point out that the constructor is rather difficult to assemble when it comes to assembling a complex figure like a car or an airplane, and there is no step-by-step description of the assembly process in the instruction book.
The quality of some auxiliary parts (mounts, wheelsets) is also not satisfied. Sometimes you come across defective elements, the wheels may not spin.
Many parents consider the prices for Magical Magnet kits to be a significant disadvantage - they consider them too high. This is especially true for constructors with a small number of parts, when buying them, an acute shortage of additional elements for constructing figures begins to be felt quite quickly.
All parents who left reviews agree that the toy is interesting and can really become a wonderful gift for the New Year or for a child's birthday. Most moms and dads recommend Magical Magnet.
You will learn more about the Magical Magnet constructor in the following video.
