Magformers 63092 Lighted Set

Magformers Lighted Set (Toy) Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program (What's this?) This is the first set of Magformers we've had in our household. I got this set through the Amazon Vine program to review. This is a fun toy and you can build some neat things. There's a decent number of pieces in here but it's not really a starter set.

On a side note we have a zinc metal kitchen table which added some fun to these. The pieces would actually stick to the table, which allowed us to make some pretty neat structures.

The box has the pieces nicely packed inside. You do need batteries for the light cube. We found that the light cube was a bit disappointing. It's basically a white plastic square with LEDs inside that is mounted on a square magnetic frame. It's kind of neat when you put the frosted covers on the square frames and place those around the light because it glows neat colors. It doesn't do much with just the magnetic frames and its kind of an awkward shape so you can only use it on the bottom or side of a structure. I had been hoping that these had LEDs in the magnetic frames or used some sort of optic fiber in the frames to get some cool glowing action, but sadly that is not the case.

Although this set contains a reasonable amount of pieces there's not a ton here. When my family (me, my husband, and my 6 year old son) sat down to play with it we were constantly having to steal pieces from each other or create one combined structure because there just weren't enough pieces. In addition to that this set only contains square frames or triangular frames, there aren't any wheels or other creative connectors.

Don't get me wrong it's a cool toy, but we honestly have a lot more fun building with Legos or K'Nex. The light part of the kit also left a lot to be desired.

We had fun with this for a few days. Now it is sitting on the shelf in the playroom. I am sure it will get taken out again this winter, but right now the Legos are getting way more play time. We probably won't buy another one of these sets, I just feel like they are too expensive for what you are getting.

Pros:
- Nicely packed
- Easy to build with
- Easy to clean up
- Stick to other metal things which is fun

Cons:
- Only one lighted LED brick which is only cool if you use the frosted crystal shaped covers. This is awkward to use.
- Hard to repack into the original box
- Not a great starter set, contains a limited number of pieces.
- Ended up loosing to other building sets in our house like Legos and K'nex
- Expensive for what you get


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