Mindware Marble Run

You can't look or breathe on it once you connect the pieces or it will fall apart. The only engineering fun this toy brings to the table is failure testing. If you like to listen to endless complaining this toy is for you!

This doesn’t stay together as well as the original marble run toys from the 80s/90s. If your child enjoys building and taking things apart, it could work well for you. It comes apart easily. We’ve been treating it like a Jenga game, and now my son laughs when it comes apart.

This set is absolute garbage. It’s flimsy and falls apart so easily. All it does is frustrate my kids. You can’t even finish building it before it’s popping apart and breaking. I don’t know how it has 4 out of 5 star rating overall. They must’ve compensated people for reviews to get that high of a rating. My daughter was so wzcited to get this set. Unfortunately she tore the box to shreds and it went out with the trash so we can’t return it. Don’t waste your money. Buy a better quality set elsewhere!

This is the second marble run we’ve purchased for my 5 year old and it is way easier for him to use. He is able to assemble it independently and the pieces stay together. This toy is used daily in our house.

Easy to snap together for my 2 1/2 YR old grandson. Challenging to assemble the marble track for him but he loves to look at the box and try to figure it out. This has become our favorite toy. Well made sturdy construction.

My kids 4 & 8 were so excited to use it, but does not stay together. Very fragile and cheaply made.

Bought this for my four year old and he loves it. He needs help taking it apart and redesigning it but we’ve had no issues with it falling apart while playing with it.

Really difficult to keep the pieces together and many don't fit. My nephew was incredibly frustrated and sad trying to play with this. Waste of time and money.

This is not worth the price. Pretty junky, falls apart super easily. No way a child under 8 can do this without an adult.

My 3 year old played with this once and was hooked! It’s a great toy for using creativity and I love how many moving parts it comes with.

If you and your children like to be unbelievably annoyed and frustrated, buy this toy. Does not stay together.

This turned out to be great for my almost 3 year old! As long as you have the patience to rebuild when it inevitably gets knocked over, this serves as an excellent distraction!

This has been hours of fun. None of the pieces have broken in any way which I was worried about. This thing is fun even without a marble if there are kids too young to be trusted with a marble. There plenty of pieces too. Enough to make a solid maze but not too much to be overwhelming

It’s almost impossible to put together and even if you do put it together it will not stay together. Not stable at all. Probably the worst toy I’ve ever bought. Not worth almost $40 AT ALL. It would be much better if it actually came with instructions and snapped together or something. So disappointed

My boys loved this marble track! Make sure you have patience to put this track together.

This is a very fun toy but it does not stay together and isn’t stable. I tried hot gluing the pieces together as well and it didn’t budge. No thanks

I purchased this for my 3yr old for Christmas and he was so excited and honestly so was I. We started playing around with it and soon found out like many others that it does in fact fall apart easily, my toddler was more frustrated than I was. Even my brothers jumped in and took turns trying to build different runs and they all gave up because it kept falling apart anytime we’d built a decent run. I even built the marble run exactly pictured like the box and it would still fall over and pieces would easily disconnect while trying to connect others. I feel if the ‘male’ pieces were a bit longer they would give a little more support and I’d suggest that the run come with more base supports. It doesn’t matter if I have the run on my table or my hardwood living room floor it still isn’t sturdy. I’m giving 3 stars because overall my 3yr old can easily snap the pieces together himself and he still try’s to play with it granted all the frustration and it’s something that we can do together. For the price I paid I wish it was more lk $19.99 I’ve honestly considered returning it but because my son is infatuated with marble runs I’d feel kind of guilty taking it away despite the disappointments of it all.

Fun educational activity!! Seems like user error for people saying it's falling apart or not standing. Ours is literally standing on carpet. This is our second one, we received as a gift. My boys love it, and spend hours playing with these!

We purchased this for our son. It requires the help of an adult to assemble. Even then it is nearly impossible to assemble, as the pieces do not stay together. I would strongly urge you not to buy this. It’s a piece of junk.

Great product and speedy delivery of the product