Toys, Games, Dolls

Item Description

Winning bidder will receive a motorized Migoga "Marble Run" from Quercetti valued at $60 from Coolidge Corner's Favorite Toy store Magic Beans. 

PLEASE NOTE: Given the size and nature of this item, this item is restricted to Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Allston residents unless winning bidder would like to pick it up.

About Quercetti Migoga Marble Run:

about the quercetti marble run with motorized elevator
Remember the game “Mousetrap,” the board game in which you constructed an elaborate device to capture a brightly-colored mouse under a cage? The joy of the game was watching the Rube Goldberg device run - unfortunately, you had to do a whole lot of game-playing before that ever happened (and, if your family was anything like ours, you lost or broke pieces of the mousetrap after the first time you played it, and it never worked correctly again).

With a marble run like the Quercetti Marble Run with Automatic Elevator, you can skip all the tedious game-playing and get right to the fun part: watching gravity and cause-and-effect at work. This marble run sends marbles through an elaborate maze with spirals, tunnels, funnels, and more – and then sends them right back up again, up a battery-operated chain elevator, so the fun never needs to stop.

Best of all, because this is a marble run with loads of pieces for you to arrange and rearrange, you can customize how the Quercetti Marble Run with Automatic Elevator works. You can adjust the marble elevator’s height, put the double entrance funnel and spirals wherever you like, and even add these 177 pieces to other Quercetti Marble Run sets. Or, you can have the marbles drop onto a seesaw which causes a match to flick on paper and burn a string which drops a weight and... well, it’s up to you.

The Quercetti Marble Run with Automatic Elevator has limited instructions, so it may take some time and problem-solving to get a working run built; parents of younger kids will have to help. But once it’s built, kids will be enchanted with watching the marble run go over and over and over again - and once the marble run is built, they can begin their own experiments! This is a building toy with tremendous play value, which will delight the entire family. Requires two AA batteries, not includes; suggested for ages 5 and up; made in Italy.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

About Magic Beans:

Magic Beans was founded in 2004 by husband and wife team Eli and Sheri Gurock. The Gurocks conceived the idea while Sheri was pregnant with her second child. They envisioned a retail experience designed for kids and optimized for parents, a place that would balance the fresh and new with the tried and true.

What will you find at Magic Beans? Good question. We sell a handpicked selection of toys for all ages, from a wide range of manufacturers. We believe that good toys come in all shapes, sizes and materials. Our customers represent a wide spectrum of parenting philosophies, and so do our products. We love that imagination doesn't run on batteries, but we also know that sometimes a couple of batteries can elevate a toy to a whole new level of fun. When we are evaluating toys, we look for things that inspire creative interactions - between kids and the toy, between kids and kids, between kids and adults. Or all of the above. 

We also sell baby gear and modern nursery furniture. Our selection in this part of the store reflects both on our experiences as parents as well as on experiences interacting with parents. Every time we work with an expectant family, we learn as much as we teach. There's no combination of products that works perfectly for every family, so our goal is to get to know our customers, and help our customers to understand their best options. We're total geeks when it comes to strollers, car seats, baby carriers, and all the other accessories you need for the first couple of years. We're proud of that.

Every Magic Beans store also includes a Playscape where our youngest customers can relax and sample our wares. We also host many unique in-store events ranging from storytime to crafts activities to Stroller Speed Dating.

 Customer service is at the center of our universe. Everything we do revolves around how to make life easier for parents. If you haven't been completely and totally satisfied with your experience at Magic Beans, or if you just have ideas for how we can do even better, we want to know about it. Please share your feedback and contact us - Eli and Sheri read every e-mail personally.

Link is www.mbeans.com

Item Special Note

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS.

All winning bidders will be charged a transaction fee of 5%, not to exceed $20 per item, to cover a portion of the auction transaction fees. 

Standard handling and shipping for mailing item to be paid by winning bidder.

We thank you for bidding and supporting the school!