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Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme
Retail Price: $44.00
Our Price: $43.95
Item: TO012
Quantity on Hand: 11







Get your brain in gear and your mind in motion with Techno Gears Marble Mania Extreme.

No wonder Dr. Toy gave this toy its, "Smart Play Smart Toy Award" and Creative Child Magazine named it "Top Toy of the Year".


So much more than your typical "gears toy". Incorporate spinners, channels, mills, funnel, pendulum, gears, 3-D connectors, shafts, and the "Power Lifter". Add a few marbles and a motor, and you've got REAL excitement!

They'll find endless fun in re-engineering the set-up and watching the results that vary with every minor adjustment. Better, they won't even realize all that they are learning. This set introduces principles of basic mathematics, develops creative thinking and problem solving ability, refines motor skills, and enhances self-confidence.

A big winner in the line of marble run toys.

  • Marble Run with Gears and Action Components
  • Dr Toy "Smart Play Smart Toy" Award 2004
  • Creative Child Magazine "Top Toy of the Year 2004"
  • Spinners
  • Channels
  • Mills
  • Funnel
  • Pendulum
  • Gears
  • 3-D Connectors
  • Shafts
  • Motor
  • "Power Lifter"
  • 3 Marbles
  • Requires 1 AA Battery (Not Included)
  • Ages 5+





      UPC 657092455654
      Manufacturer SKU 455654
      Manufactured In Peoples Republic of China
      Fat Brain Toys Sales Ranking #1249
      Batteries Required Yes
      Battery Quantity 1
      Battery Size AA
      Creative Child Magazine Award Toy of Year
      Pieces 215
      Recommended Age 5+



    Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme has been reviewed 11 times with an average rating of 4.09. Click here to view all Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme reviews...

    My rating of Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme
    Posted 2/1/2007 by Patricia M. Miller

    Rating:

    It's great! Fun and educational. My granddaughter helped me put it together, after we counted all the pieces to make sure that they were all there! It works great. I enjoy it myself.

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    As Expected
    Posted 8/31/2006

    Rating:

    As I read in other reviews, this toy does take a long time to put together, and falls apart pretty easily. But when it is together, my son loves it. I wish it was more versatile. I had hoped for a product that would be easy to assemble in different configurations. This is not such a toy.

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    Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme
    Posted 7/13/2006 by Viktoras A Prizgintas

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    I've read numerous reviews about products that require some careful preparation, detailed construction, and basic maintenance after completion. Often, these toys are criticized for being too difficult to build and keep functioning. Toys such as the TSX Trains, Thomas Big Loader, K'NEX, and Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme, my son's most recent project, are just a few examples. My son Alex is mildly autistic and the problems presented by these toys are part of his process towards learning about himself and the world he shares with others. Not everything works well at first, not everything is easy, and most things work better when faced together with others. Problem solving and success accomplished through a little perseverance are great life-lessons. I'm not an engineer by trade. In fact, I'm a musician with no technical training. Together, Alex and I learn about the importance of reading directions, taking inventory of parts, the slow process of building. Ultimately, we experience great pride in sharing our successes with others. We were on vacation when we completed the Techno Gears Marble Mania Extreme and he was able to bring other children to our cabin to show what we had built together. I cannot stress what a great accomplishment it was for him with his autism to make friends through the Techno Gears Marble Mania Extreme. He has strong cognitive skills but very poor social skills. My hope for Alex is that by building great things he will be able to learn the value in what he can do how it will draw others to himself. I can tell you that Techno Gears Marble Mania Extreme is a wonderful project that done properly will establish some amazing skills and bonds between you and your child. If you are looking for a toy that will baby-sit your child, you will be frustrated by both this product and your child.

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    Techno Gears-Marble Mania Extreme
    Posted 1/9/2006 by Metta Gerber

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    This looks like so much fun and I'm sure it will be when completely assembled, but it is very difficult (even for me as the grandmother). So far it is not holding together well, which will prove very frustrating if someone bumps it while playing. Perhaps the age appropriateness should be upped to 10 or 12.

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    Information about Techno Gears - Marble Mania Extreme
    Posted 1/9/2006 by Ed Morris

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    Boy, I sure didn't want to say; "we wouldn't recommend this product but, I have to do just that. If this product was voted "The Toy of The Year 2004", it had to be by the one who made it, and the one who sold it. Yes, we "All know how to put it together. We "All went over that with a fine tooth comb. The problem is, keeping it together. It viberates apart, Have to keep re-attaching it. Marbles run off the track 50% of the time, and you have to push the marbles along especially in the trough that has a dip in it. And if you try to tilt it more than what the diagram shows, the tower pulls apart. "Very Frustrating"!! One can't mess with it all day and be doing it wrong!! I'm sorry but, our $50.00 could have been well spent for something else. We sure thought it to be an exciting toy, and were really looking forward to enjoying the product with our daughter but, as it turned out, It isn't what we expected, quality or dollar wise. (Note from Fat Brain Toys Customer Service: Customer was contacted and given a full refund.)

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