Shapemags Magnetic Tiles for Kids 100 Piece Set - Educational 3D Magnetic Building Blocks for Toddlers - Construction Magnet Toys Kit with Car Base and Stabilizer Plate

(Full disclosure--I am taking the time to review this product because the packaging said that I would receive an "Idea book" with things to build for leaving a review. My comments below, though, are genuine.)These are fun. We decided to get these because they have them at my son's daycare and they said he spent tons of time playing with them. I am glad we got them!We have had them for about two weeks now and he is still using them. They are useful as something to occupy him while one of us is doing chores, but I also have a lot of fun building things with them too. It's not hard to see why he likes them.The pieces are plastic but durable; the square ones are a little smaller than a coffee coaster. The advantage of their magnetic nature is that kids can build things even if they have limited fine motor skills--I found my son, who is about 20 months, had build a little tower with a gabled steeple-style roof totally on his on. I doubt he could do as much with Legos or even Megablocks at this point. They are a good precursor to more advanced building toys.They come in a durable cardboard box and at first I thought picking them up and storing them would be a pain, since there isn't much extra room to fit them all in the box, but because they snap together quickly, picking up is pretty easy.I thought at first they were a little expensive--a set of plastic pieces for $30--but it looks like they have some good replay value and are good for stimulating his brain so I think they were worth the purchase. Two thumbs up.

My 3 boys, currently age 4, 2, and almost 1 year old all enjoy this toy! I had been wanting to buy Magnatiles (think that is the other big brand's name), but the price just never went down quite low enough for me to jump on it. Saw this and the good reviews and took a chance. Well, it has been a great purchase! So much so I am about to buy my kids another set, so they can build bigger creations! Yes, you will want to keep the metal wheel axles away from very young kids, that is not for baby, and it can be a pain to get them to snap into the wheels at first but it DOES get easier...regardless my 2 and 4 year old totally love building vehicles and buildings...great non-electronic creative play!FYI another poster mentions that you can get an idea book for posting a "favorable" review and just wanted to clarify that is not true, the company does offer an incentive right now for posting, but NOWHERE do they say in the invitation it has to be a FAVORABLE review. My review is favorable because my boys love the toy...for that reason we would ENJOY an idea book..and honestly I think we deserve it being I am about to fork over the cash for another big set! :-) :-) From what I hear these are pretty identical to Magnatiles except better because they have windows too, though maybe magnatiles wheels are better...but I am happy enough that I plan to stick with this, and will try to get the big building plate too when back in stock. Seeing my boys enjoy this toy makes me very happy, they needed a little encouragement at first to get familiar with how to get buildings to be properly balanced etc...but now you can't tear them away from it...fun for kids, and the adults enjoy playing with it too.Oh one last small CON though...I think fitting all the pieces back in the provided case would be a total pain so we don't do it...highly recommend using a $2 plastic "dish pan" type bin or a $5 big plastic box with lid to store these in...much easier. Then you can just peel the sticker off the provided case and it use it for some OTHER toy. It is a decent case, just too tight of a fit for these pieces when you want to quickly pick the pieces up at the end of the day. Other than that, enjoy!

Excellent product. I give them 5 stars because the product quality is totally worth the price. I think magnatiles are slightly better quality. We bought a 100 piece magnatiles for $119 and the 100 piece stick and stack was $69. The magnatiles are better but not $50 better. The stick and stack comes with two vehicles which the kiddos love. The magnatiles come with 4 super big squares that are equal to 4 regular squares. The stick and stack does not provide this super size square but had one rectangular piece that is the size of 2 squares, which magnatiles does not have. The magnets are slightly less strong than the stick and stack but only slightly. Both sets have rivets at the corners, I dont think Picasso tiles or playmags have rivets. I think this makes them more durable. Both sets are completely comparable. I would recommend the stick and stack. Buy these. We have 8 children and our 14 month old all the way up to 14 year old enjoy these. They take up way less space than wooden blocks and are easy to clean up. They are brain building and fun. We have 300 pieces it will probably add a couple more sets so everybody can build to hearts content. I also recommend keva planks for building fun. Both are well worth the money and space if you have a small house like us.