TEMI 248 Pieces Marble Run Building Block Set for Kids

Work really well; really fun and engaging. I’m not sure that the funnel is a perfect design, since their a little hard to work with, but other than that, the diversity of bricks is really nice! The overall quality is great as well. The plastic is smooth and well made.

No manual or pictures of inspiration to build . But other than that they are great gifts and toys for little ones. The pieces are big enough for even a two year old to play with (SUPERVISED)

I loved the idea of this marble run. We have purchased several other Duplo compatible marble run sets over the years.When we first bought one they were really only just a couple of options and the options didn’t really come with a lot of fancy pieces or anything. Now you can get all kinds of cool gadgets for it. Anything from multiple different kinds of ramps to animal shaped pieces and now elevators even. It keeps getting better and better.FYI the xylophone piece Pictured is from a company named “grabhappy”.My kids absolutely love it, with all of the variety we have now and all the different pieces they can literally spend hours building these runs and I love it. They get to use their imaginations and creativity and problem-solving skills and they get to do it in a way that is fun for them and rewarding when they finally get done with their creations and they can drop the marbles down.There is in my opinion only just one notable drawback to this product which have me taking away one star..1. This set uses the same plastic marbles that every other set uses I believe. They are not good. They come disassembled in halves, you must smash them together yourself.. which is ok, but they break back in half and the prongs break on them and they cannot be used anymore.Also important to note is that is very difficult to find replacements for this. I have contacted the manufacturer of every single one of these sets I bought and here is how each responded:Temi toys (the maker of this set) never responded.Wx hobby, a company that makes a really neat but unstable electric elevator lift for these sets responded Simply by letting me know these marbles should be fine. I happen to disagree.One good company named “couomoxa” said they could not replace the marbles because they do not have the ability to do that, but offered to send me a returned set with marbles included free of charge because of the hassle of the broken marbles. I thought that was very nice.Another company named klobroz does sell a replacement pack! But it also includes other pieces I don’t need. It was $10 and has 6 marbles and some run pieces too. Not bad.. but also they had very low stock and I’m not sure if they will replenish the stock or not. Time will tell. I went ahead and bought two packs. It had been two years since I bought their marble run set, they did not offer to replace the marbles for free but did kindly offer to give me a $5 refund credit for the trouble to apply towards the purchase of their replacement pack. Good company response.A company named “grabhappy” told me they cannot replace the marbles and did not know where I could find the exact marble, but they did offer to compensate me in the case of broken marbles. It is important to note that I just bought that set Within the last few months and I am not sure if I contacted them in a couple years after the marbles break whether or not they will go ahead and compensate me or if they would just say sorry it has been too long. Either way their response made me feel like they would stand by their product and I appreciated that so I am very grateful.If you are going to buy this set then know that you may not be able to replace the marbles so keep good track of those as well. Klobroz does sell a replacement set but being it’s low stock right now and no other replacement set exists, it may not be for sale forever.Although the drawback on top of the absent customer service did have me take away a star I still highly recommend it. My kids spent hours on this, building and using their creative imaginations and keeping themselves busy and they love doing it. It fits really well with Duplo‘s so if you have a good stock of Duplos than this and other of these sets provide really cool creative opportunities to expand on your collection and have a lot of fun.

The media could not be loaded. It turns out absolutely playable. It is not easy for my daughter to assemble, I helped her with the most parts, but she quite enjoy playing with it, so did I. Quality is good and the package is presentable. Good gift for kids! Recommend!

I am totally disappointed in this purchase. I was looking for a marble run that younger children could use. I bought this for my 3 year old kindergarten class. First of all the directions for assembly are impossible to follow. Next I was missing an important piece to complete the run. Amazon did send me a replacement but the first time the kids played with it, the run collapsed. The imitation legos are very cheap and don’t hold together. I tried gluing it together but that was a mess too. I wish that I could get my money back. I also spent $20 on glue and $11 on good marbles. I am out about $90. My students were so excited but it only lasted about 10 minutes. Totally disappointed! I rated with one star because I didn’t have an option for zero stars.

This is a pretty challenging set to assemble and the directions are not much help. The directions consist of an image of each step but it is not a close up image and you really have to do a lot of counting and guessing. To be honest we got to the 3rd layer and gave up, deciding to build our own design. Additionally, the pieces do connect together that well ( they are a little loose whichakes them topple over easily). If you are used to duplos you might be disappointed in the quality of these even though they do fit together with duplo peices and are musch less expensive. It is kind of a case of you get what you pay for. However, my son does really enjoy making his own ball track and spends quite a bit of time playing with this set.