From the brand
Holiday Favorites
New Products & Best Sellers
Science Kits
Craft Kits
Rock Tumbling Kits
Crystals
Magic Kits
Dig Kits
Your purchase has purpose!
Every purchase helps support the global nonprofit National Geographic Society in its work to protect and illuminate our world through exploration, research, and education.
MOTORIZED LIFT FOR ENDLESS RUNS – This marble run features a motorized lift that can carry your marbles up 16″ and drop them onto the track! Create a perpetual motion machine that continuously takes your marbles back to the top to launch again!
150-PIECE KIT FOR MASSIVE MAZES – With 106 construction pieces, 30 marbles, and the 14-piece spiral lift, you get everything you need to create endless configurations of marble runs! A storage bag is also included to safely store your kit.
COMPATIBLE WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MARBLE RUNS – Expand any National Geographic Glow-in-the-Dark Marble Run with this kit! All pieces, including the spiral lift, work seamlessly with existing sets (non-magnetic), so you can create even bigger runs!
LEARN WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – With National Geographic STEM toys, learning is always part of the fun! The included Learning Guide contains fascinating facts about physics, motion, and more! It also contains tips for building amazing marble runs!
AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTS – Blue Marble, winner of the Toy Association’s prestigious Toy of the Year Award, proudly develops products that foster education, imagination, and creativity, with a U.S. support team to ensure a stellar experience!
Allison Scarbrough –
Endless Fun, Learning, and Creativity!
The National Geographic Marble Run is hands-down one of the best STEM toys I’ve bought. The pieces are sturdy, colorful, and fit together securely, which means the tracks stay stable even during high-speed marble races. The set comes with plenty of pieces to build multiple designs, and the instructions are clear while still leaving room for kids (and adults!) to get creative.My nephews love experimenting with different track layouts, and I love that they’re learning about gravity, momentum, and problem-solving while having a blast. The marbles run smoothly without getting stuck, and the variety of track pieces (funnels, ramps, and twists) keeps things exciting.It’s the perfect blend of educational and entertaining — a great gift for curious minds that will keep them engaged for hours. Highly recommended for both family fun and hands-on learning!
klkphotography –
Great quality and challenging!
This kept my kiddos busy for hours! A wonderful well built and challenging kit and so much fun!
Lisa H –
Great toy, instructions could be a bit better
A great toy, even for younger children, as long as parents are ok with assembly. I wish the included instructions either listed the parts or gave an example of how to assemble different action track items – I had to do some searching to figure out what the base pieces actually were for. Otherwise, hoping this will help me keep my little one entertained for a while to come!
MerlinsBehalf –
I’m a little torn
We’ll start with that -most- pieces are quite strong, made of a bit of a thicker plastic. They’re larger than some other marble runs (we have two other sets), and they aren’t compatible.Bonus points: DOES fit ‘normal’ size marbles (we bought the tiny of varying sizes, and it fits the regular).Negative points: Hard for littler kids to do themselves, as the pieces just won’t stay together and the more you mess with it (even with proper stabilization and pushing them hard together) it pops apart very easily and can get EXTREMELY frustrating when you’ve got a good build going and the pieces further back are just popping apart and falling to pieces. As multiple kids try to play it just crumbles, even when solidly built.The parts to the elevator are EXTREMELY sensitive. Kids were putting them together and the little tabs snapped right off, so now the entire elevator is gone (as without the little gray spinners, it’s useless).Overall, it seems worth the purchase as it is fun to play with, the design of them overall is nice, and there is a nice variety of pieces with different curves, spinners, etc, but this set is INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING! If possible, I’d recommend other more sturdy sets, as this one seems more set for small builds and not extended, but it will give you a little bit of fun before you get too frustrated and walk away, because it crumbles too easily lol.
Marissa Vincent –
Mindful of kids younger than age 8.
My husband got this one for our 3 year old, and he is having such a good time building things with dad. This is recommended for age 8 and up, so it goes without saying that you just want to be mindful with your younger kids. Mine got his finger stuck in the electronic spinner that pushes the marbles out and so it continued to keep shoving it in there. Just warning parents of this if you have younger folks in the house.
Michelle G Davis –
Excellent!!!
Very interactive & great family fun!! Not really sure who love it more. My 4 yr old nephew whom I got this for, or the adults who helped him put it together. It comes with a great carrying case. So my nephew takes it everywhere he goes. Great physics game. Helps to build motor skills, focus & concentration. Best purchase this year. 👌
Suzette G. Martin –
A wonderful purchase even for younger children with adult supervision
My 4-year old grandson has had the best time with his regular Marble Run set. We bought him the motorized set to go with it, and he’s wild about it! It is fascinating to watch! Both sets are compatible with each other.
Nancy Manning –
Great for 3-5 year olds.
My grandson loved these. Never ending fun.
Amazon Kunde –
Very nice quality compared to what we had before
Solenn le dily –
Il est parfait ce circuit et s’adapte à tout âge. Recommande par le neveu de 6 ans, plus que validé par mon fils de 3 ans qui utilise principalement « l’ascenseur à billes » et adoré par les copains de 9 ans qui aide le plus petit à construire ce circuit! Je valide
Lucie Deltour –
Hyper bien mais tout de même compliqué pour un enfant, et aucun mode d’emploi, on se débrouille !
tanlaiheng –
Paid full price for a new item and received a open box. Half of the pieces are not in the bag. I am getting a refund.
Fer Naval –
Muy divertido y entretenido