Magna-Tiles Translucent Colors 100 pieces

by Valtech Co.

Product Features

• These unique tiles attract on all sides and combinations.
• A valuable manipulative for spatial problem-solving tasks, logical thinking and math reasoning.
• Provide stimulus and right-side brain training through creative play!
• Leads from two-dimensional to advanced 3-D thinking patterns.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 3 x 9 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 pounds
• ASIN: B000CBSNRY
• Item model number: 04300
• Our recommended age: 3 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,462 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (176 customer reviews)

Product Description

3 years & up. These magnetic tiles teach spatial relationships, math, logic, and problem-solving through creative building! The tiles attract on all sides and in all combinations, helping children move from two-dimensional to three-dimensional creations. Unbreakable set includes square and triangular tiles in a variety of sizes. Clear colored pieces, of the same shapes and pc. count as standard set. These are great for light tables, and also are fully compatible with our 32pc. standard set. They will work well alone or together with the standard solid colored pieces to make windows, skylights, etc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 large squares now included in the 100 piece set, September 1, 2007

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book lover (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Magna-Tiles Translucent Colors 100 pieces (Toy)

We bought our 100-piece set in September, and four large squares were included. There is a review that says no large squares are included in the 100-piece set - that review is outdated.

Specifically, the set includes:
50 - 3"x3" Squares
15 - Isosceles Triangles
11 - Right Triangles
20 - Equilateral Triangles
4 - 6x6 triangles

We've had magnatiles for approximately two months now, and my daughter has played with them every day. Magna-tiles are very open-ended and can be incorporated into practically any game. Rocket ships. Parking garages for matchbox cars. Jail cells and homes for little people and weebles. My daughter constantly amazes me by what she builds.

As a parent, I really love magnatiles too. I can see educational opportunities in them from preschool to geometry. Right off, my daughter learned that two right-triangles make a square, three isosceles triangles make a trapezoid. She instantly figured out how to build cubes and pyramids and she said, "I'm a cube builder! I'm a pyramid builder!" In addition, I use magnatiles to teach about patterns.

We have both translucent and opaque magnatiles. At times, my daughter will yank the opaque ones away from me and give me a translucent one instead. That way she can see her weebles and little people inside of her structures. So if you're choosing between the two, I'd buy translucent.

So, in conclusion, buy the translucent magnatiles! This is the best toy ever!!

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect toy!, December 27, 2007

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Hilary P (Scarsdale, NY United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Magna-Tiles Translucent Colors 100 pieces (Toy)

My friend had always raved about her son's magna tiles, but they seemed kind of pricey to me and I figured my kids could play with lego's or blocks, which are much less expensive.
For Hannukah this year, I decided to buy my three kids (4 1/2 year old girl and twin 2 1/2 year old boys) a set of 100 magnatiles. I was concerned that the boys wouldn't understand how to stack them up, but I was totally wrong.
I got home from work last night and my nanny and three kids were building a huge tower with the magna tiles. My nanny told me that they had played ALL DAY LONG with the magna tiles and that the kids built all sorts of things with them. I was thrilled!
They were totally worth the money - just to see my three kids sitting there all working together to build something. I highly recommend the 100 piece set. 32 pieces just isn't enough. In fact, I think we need more than 100 pieces because each of my kids wanted to build a huge Empire State Building tower!
For those of you who are scared about the price tag, I assure you it is worth the money. I store them in a clear plastic container so they are easy to clean up and store. At approximately $1 per piece, I also don't want to lose the pieces!!!!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No other toys needed this holiday :-), December 26, 2006

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Ewan C. Mcnay "Gamer/neuroscientist/cook/soci... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magna-Tiles Translucent Colors 100 pieces (Toy)

My 4 year-old has these at school, in opaque colours, and loves them there; but I didn't realise quite *how* great they are until we bought these. Technically, they're both interesting and impressive - the magnet arrangements had our engineer-science geek family playing for several hours - but pale beside the engrossment (OK, that's not a word) which enveloped Aidan after he opened them. Just glorious to watch him constructing - the tiles are easy to use, easy to keep together, easy to knock down. Remarkably good.