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The Marble-run vs the Skyrail. Choosing the right marble track toy for kids.

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What is the difference between Migoga marble run and Skyrail?

The "Migoga" series from Quercetti is a range of marble run toys for children. Each is a box set of varying pieces and design. The larger sets comes with more pieces, and are packaged with some distinct parts for attaining different marble-running effects. The parts are wheels, gravity-pull plates and curves and so on.

The "Skyrail" from Quercetti is almost like any marble run toy, except for 2 main differences. First, the "tracks" of Skyrail are flat and malleable. Then, the tracks are upheld by the tower structures to be raised upwards. 

 

Migoga is made so that the tracks are already made with a fixed "incline" or rather "decline" as it will normally work. The track pieces are interconnected so that the marbles will always tend to roll down.

However, in the Skyrail, the tracks are just flat. Any declination of the whole layout has to be built by choice. This is where the test of mental planning, an instinct for gravity will be exercised. Skyrail is very appealing once the player discovers the natural phenomena of "momentum" - the marbles can be coaxed to roll down and than even up, as gravity and kinetic energy does the job.

The Skyrail produces a "roller coaster" like outcome with a little exploration.

Some of our customers have compared Quercetti Skyrail with alternatives that use metal tracks. Their conclusion was the rigid metal tracks are not the ideal parts because the "roller coaster" effect, which is the point of such toys are unattainable. In fact, Quercetti's Skyrail plastic tracks are simply just right for the purpose.

To view our Quercetti Migoga and Skyrail sets, just click on one of these links.

Or, visit www.partyandplay.com.sg to find other great toys.

Wonder Wooden Toy for Educational Development

Marbles can be so useful with just the right stuff. And the wooden "marble-run" set is such a developmental wonder toy for kids. At a rudimentary level, where the objective is to roll the marbles along the wooden pipelines along the arranged path, a smooth journey requires careful positioning of pieces. This is excellent to tune up the kids' fine motor control. 

Initially, the kids will be delighted with achieving the smooth journey itself. But given that these are re-positionable pieces, the imagination of a more exciting run will be the next thing. The possibilities are endless, and here are just some we encountered:

• Marble Drop, with a section where the marble falls through air and into the pipe below.
• Marble Collision, with one marble in the run, and a second one timed to accurately knock it in a drop.

With these pieces crafted just with wood, the whole "wooden-city" stands by mere balance and proper support positioning. It is partly this "temporary" fit that will develop spacial thinking and precise motor control in kids.

Our marble-run sets are here, and ready for your next developmental activity time with the kids.