stacya Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 OK, so my oldest ds came home from school and wants Knex, because they play with them in his kindergarten class...we have a 5 month old, and I know they have small parts, but my boys play with Legos, and we will be extra cautious...but I thought Knex had magnets, and I won't risk that with my baby who will be getting to the point where everything goes in her mouth...but before I say no completely, can someone tell me if they have magnets or not? TIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBsDarling Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 There are Knex (very tiny pieces...totally passable LOL ) and then there are Magnext(w/ magnets) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen8112 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 How old is DS? My DS was 8 last year when he got the roller coaster one. After about 20 min he was bored and I ended up putting the whole thing together myself! It took hours over days and weeks and when I was finally done it was kinda cool but...now what do I do with it! It ended up getting broken by another kid that was over the house and I couldn't get it back together so I took it apart and will never put it back together. Oh sorry back to your original question...no magnets, very small parts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBsDarling Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 good to know the roller coaster is on DD8 Santa list ....the ferris wheel last year was a 2 hr 3 adults plus kid adventure I do not really feel like repeating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacya Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 How old is DS? My DS was 8 last year when he got the roller coaster one. After about 20 min he was bored and I ended up putting the whole thing together myself! It took hours over days and weeks and when I was finally done it was kinda cool but...now what do I do with it! It ended up getting broken by another kid that was over the house and I couldn't get it back together so I took it apart and will never put it back together. Oh sorry back to your original question...no magnets, very small parts! DS will be 6 in January...I wouldn't get him anything really elaborate, I see Amazon has a tub of them for like $14, so probably just something like that...he's already getting a bunch of Legos for Christmas that I'm afraid will all end up mixed together, and I really don't want to have to separate a million Knex things from them, too... Thanks for all of the info (including letting me know they are passable, LOL!) Guess he can have them, if he wants them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjncmj Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 My 6yr old son has asked for K'nex for X-Mas as well. I will only buy the tubs not the large sets and after reading what the others have said, I don't think I'll ever buy the larger ones. We're getting the Creepy Crawler tub http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10196651. I won't invest money in something like Lego's (which he also wants) until he can prove that he can keep the little pieces of the K'Nex picked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacya Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 My 6yr old son has asked for K'nex for X-Mas as well. I will only buy the tubs not the large sets and after reading what the others have said, I don't think I'll ever buy the larger ones. We're getting the Creepy Crawler tub http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10196651. I won't invest money in something like Lego's (which he also wants) until he can prove that he can keep the little pieces of the K'Nex picked up.I saw this one, and it looks cute...I'm thinking that's the one he's going to get, too...he has cousins who are into Legos, and once McD's had them in their happy meals a couple of months back, that was all it took for that obsession to take root...now if I can just convince him that he MUST keep the pieces for each individual set together, I'll be happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illinoismom Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 my older son loved these, he would sit for hours and make things, one year he made turkeys for the table, They do make a bigger Knex where the pieces are not so small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacya Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 my older son loved these, he would sit for hours and make things, one year he made turkeys for the table, They do make a bigger Knex where the pieces are not so smallGood to know! I'll have to do some more research then...thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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