MindWare Colossal Elevator Marble Run – 400-Piece Marble Maze Building Toys Set with Unique Marble Track Pieces, 150 Tubes, 9 Funnels, 50 Marbles and More with Wheeled Storage Bin

This is not my first marble run, but it's definitely one of the most sturdiest marble runs I own. It is very easy to build and to disassemble, and building giant towers with this marble run is great since it does not topple over easily. The instruction booklet is helpful, the whole marble run is colourful, and the storage box is great. What I like most are the 'super rail vortex' and the long entrance funnel pieces since these are really rare in the marble run market and they work flawlessly. I also like that there are many tubes and pieces to build giant structures. The elevator works perfectly fine too, however I received 134 chains instead of 135 as stated in the instruction booklet. This isn't a problem for me since I have some spare chains lying around from the other marble runs I bought in the past, however I think it is needed to address this packaging issue since others may not have spare elevator chains, causing the whole elevator to not work as a whole. I think it is also a good idea to include 140 chains or more in case a few are lost in regular play.

Oh my goodness hours of fun! Awesome toy.

I love this item so much. Its pretty durable for kids playing. Something you as an adult can always play along with your child. I love things where you can get involved. Parents stay off your phones and off your work computers and be in your kids lives more and more. The best investment one can make that has kids

It's not very high quality, several of the pieces, like the slide, the marbles fall of the edge 90% of the time. An occasional marble falling is okay, but most should make it from the top to the bottom. We got the marble genius race for Christmas and while not perfect it's quality is higher and my sons love it. Some one said that mindware was even better so I was stoked to get this for my 7 year old's bday. It came missing a piece to the box, and the marbles are constantly falling off the track even with set up on a level wood floor. I haven't bothered to test elevator yet but my hopes aren't high. I would try a different brand. Has anyone tried adapting pieces to work with a 3D printer by adding a better guardrail?

Hours spent creating!

Kiddo's love it!! Gets them thinking when building and with never ending possibilities. Highly recommend!

This version is ver flimsy. The parts do not fit well together and do not stay together well. Tips over with little effort. Im very disappointed in this purchase. I would not recommend this to anyone for a child.

Bought for my 4 1/2-year-old grandson. It was a great hit.

Packaging was torn and the plastic tub is missing a roller.

Item came completed except one of the box wheel was missing. Nevertheless we are having fun with it as a family. Parts are solid and well built.