Magna TilesPolygons Expansion Set, The Original Magnetic Building Tiles for Creative Open-Ended Play, Educational Toys for Children Ages 3 Years + (8 Pieces)

I love Magna Tiles and they are my child's all-time favourite toy. With that said, I was slightly disappointed by a couple of things about this expansion set.First of all, I was disappointed by the price/piece ratio of this expansion set, which contains four pentagon shapes and four diamond shapes. At the price I paid (£19.99), this works out at £2.50 per piece. This is double the price-per-piece that you would pay if you bought the original 48-piece set at £59.99.The second slight let-down is that the diamond shapes are exactly the same size as a diamond made from two of the small triangles in the original Magna-Tiles pack, so they don't really add much imaginative possibility to the set. The pentagons are great and really add to the scope of what you can make with the Magna-Tiles. I would have loved a second shape that was equally distinct and different.With that said, please don't let this review put you off Magna-Tiles. They are really amazing and have been a firm favourite from age two to nearly four years old, with new possibilities that evolve and develop with the stage that the child is at. But unfortunately this particular expansion pack does not seem as good value as the other packs.

I feel the same as the previous reviewer - great idea but expensive and the diamond shape could be something a bit more exciting.My sons (now 3 and 5) have been playing with their Magna Tiles for over 2 years now and they are BY (very) FAR the best investment we have made toy wise. They play with their Magna Tiles every single day and as previously said it's one of those intelligent and creative toys that evolves as the child grows. Our 5 year old loves to use them to make houses/things for his soft toys and also mixes them with his Legos and other toys. They just never get bored of them. We always take a bag full of them whenever we go away as we know it will keep them entertained whatever happens. Our 1 year old daughter is now starting to stack these up. It would be nice to have a girly version by the way, maybe something sparkly, to go with the colours, black and ICE that we already have.

These magnets are pretty weak. And also it's hard to fit the dimond shape anywhere. Yet my son seems to like them a lot.

These are expensive toys but worth every penny. My ASD loves building with magna tiles.

There's nothing wrong with the pentagons and diamonds, but they don't combine that well with the pieces in the other sets--or maybe there just aren't enough of them in this "additional" set.