Strong, colorful, magnetic rods and silver spheres create all types of shapes. Use your imagination and create countless shapes for endless hours of fun.

Magnetix also has intellectually stimulating qualities. Kids can create mathematical shapes, physics and chemistry models. The possibilities are endless! It's cool to be smart and it's smart to have fun.

Magnets spur imagination in this building set from leading arts and crafts maker RoseArt. Fun and sharply designed, the set contains a series of brightly colored triangles, squares, and bars equipped with opposite polarity magnets at the tips. Small steel balls enable you to lock the pieces tightly together and assemble them into nearly innumerable arrangements. (RoseArt promises more than 500 possibilities, and provides a booklet suggesting some, including a miniature Eiffel Tower.) The set has 100 pieces and offers wonderful creative opportunities for kids. It comes in a sturdy, handsome, metal carrying case.