- Skyrail cable-based marble run sets are elegant in terms of design and building possibilities.
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Marble runs are not only fun to build, but are also a chance to learn both engineering and physics principles as well as great fun to watch and play with as the marbles run around the complexes of track. Large 365-piece set allows the construction of a central tower more than 3 feet tall surrounded by an aerial marble track suspended by adjustable cables. Tower and track are so attractive they can become a piece of interior decoration. Track is 12 yards long and can be modified as you wish. With the same assortment of pieces it is also possible to build horizontal roller-coasters. Skyrail Suspensions contains detailed instructions that guide users easily and quickly . Ages: from 8 years to adult.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great fun!,
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While the toy looks intimidating, it is not: it is great fun. There is some setup time right at the beginning, particularly building the core tower. The instructions have some mistakes, but another review got us straight on that. And, at the end, it doesn't matter. Any reasonable tower will be fine. Spend some time putting together the lines attaching the two types of ends to the string. Then you are free to put together a long, looping track in practically any way you like (the one in the instructions/diagram is a good place to start). The first time through, marbles will fall off the track, probably at the very first curve. But you use the very clever attachments to the string to change the shape of the track, creating a hill to slow the marble down, or a dip to increase speed. It was great the first time the marble made it to the bottom safely! This comes with three types of marbles, and creating a track for which all three marbles works is a challenge.
I bought it for myself (I'm 40-something), but my four year old loves it! While it would be hopeless for him to put this together, he spends hours sending marbles down, and then adjusting the track (the adjustments are that easy), normally making things worse. This would be just the sort of thing for an early/mid teenager to spark an interest in engineering. Once you see and play with this, suddenly bridge design makes a lot more sense.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a challenge but fun,
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Skyrail Suspension (Toy)
If you want the ultimate marble track toy, this one is it. It took me about 4 hours to assemble. The key to this toy is the cables. They make for the long runs and the graceful track. I would suggest this for ages 14 and above for people who are good at assembling stuff. Its comparable in difficulty to assembling flat-pack furnature. Its almost like assembling a piece of modern italian art, the curves echo those of the Dulles Airport terminal.
There are some errors in the instructions, particularly on pages 9, 10, and 12. The diagram on page 13 is the most accurate. The upper left back loop has 3 straight sections not 4. The upper left loop goes down about 4" on the front and the rest of the way on the back. The two lower loops have 2 straight tracks on each side with 1 cable for each straight track. The upper loop has 3 straight tracks on each side with a cable for each straight track. Assembled correctly there are 28 total cables, each lower loop has 8 (4 each side), and the upper loop has 12 (6 each side). Plan to spend some time adjusting the lengths of the cables, this is part of the "fun" if you like a challenging project.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some significant flaws, but still fun!,
= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Skyrail Suspension (Toy)
I bought this for my 8 and 10 year old daughters so we could assemble it together. They have had other, much smaller marble runs and like them a lot. Assembly took about an hour and took a little patience, but was a blast. The instructions had a major mistake on the first page, but were otherwise OK. The biggest flaw in the design, and it is huge in relative terms, is in the tackle used to secure the cables to the track. There are these little plastic step shaped tension adjusters that form one end of each cable. Almost all of ours were defective and would not close. After assembly, they snap open, releasing the lines. I tried tape and glue and replacing them with double half-hitch knots, but nothing really worked well. Considering there are up to 24 lines holding up the rails, this is a major problem. In spite of this flaw, my kids have spent about 4 hours playing with the thing and making small adjustments with almost every marble run. Lots of fun. The different types of marbles provided allow kids to see the effects of weight and momentum as some will complete a run, some will not and some fly off the rails. We will probably buy another set to build something really massive. One last note. The photographs on some of the boxes misleading. The assembled unit is about 40 inches tall and 7 feet long. Not as big as pictured, but plenty big.
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