Hape Quadrilla Race to Finish Wooden Blocks with Marble Run Play

I love this, my kids love it. So interesting to build, so many creative possibilities. My son's teacher said his ability to engineer marble runs and tracks at school is advanced compared to the other kids. I credit this toy in part because you have to think critically about engineering levels and runs and which rectangle pieces will give you the output you want with the marbles. It's a great STEM toy in that sense. We are buying on additional pieces and sets. And I love that it's mostly made of wood. It's so much more tactile and wonderful in that sense compared to the flimsy plastic marble runs.

This is a great toy with lots of potential for teaching building skills. Be prepared to build the models with/for your child at the beginning, but now my 4-year-old enjoys creating his own designs (with some help). The pieces themselves are sturdy, but this toy works best on a table. Otherwise it falls easily causing frustration.

The media could not be loaded. Four year old grandson is obsessed with this! He plays with it multiple times a day. Although not all wood, it is well made maybe of wood look resin. Blocks are wood, I think. The only thing missing is a track to catch the marbles. We pulled one out of our old wood set to use.

I was skeptical because a lot of comments said it is wobbly.. So I searched amazon and this was the only wooden marble run, which is what I wanted for my marble obsessed 3 yr old. There were no other similarly priced ones. So we tried it out and it's not as wobbly as people said. Also it came with a booklet with instructions on how to build 3 different structures. I got it used too through Amazon Warehouse. So I paid 21 bucks for it. This is a steal. This toy does get easily knocked over so we only set it up on the kitchen table with nothing else by it. It is stable enough to handle all the marbles at once and it doesn't fall down unless somebody knocks it down with their elbow.

We love this! It’s a timeless wooden toy that put kiddo can easily grow into. It will be really cool when he starts making his own designs with it. It is high quality but sometimes it easy to knock it over. No big deal though!

This item looks very cool, but the pieces don't lock together at all, so when my grandkids try to build the various things, with just one little bump and it all comes crashing down. My engineer son was here the other day, and his little kids pulled that out of my toy closet. I came downstairs, and one of the little girls was crying. Apparently she had accidently knocked it down with her knee while watching her dad build it, and it came crashing down. I told my son it was not very stable. He said, "Yes, it's definitely a design flaw." If the maker would improve the product by making the pieces lock together it would be so much more fun to play with!

Easy to build and fun

It is a fun activity for the kids, it’s easier to set up that the plastic ones but it falls apart easily