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Tade0yesterday at 5:49 PM1 replyview on HN

> Maybe I feel the satisfaction of clicking them together as I clean them up. Cleaning becomes a little like playing.

My preschooler daughter got Magna Tiles for Christmas and she's cleaning them up herself, which is a first for her.

I'm surprised the Minecraft blocks feel less strong - Magna Tiles seem to be using standard AlNiCo magnets and I expected, given the price, that the Minecraft ones would be using neodymium magnets, but apparently they're not and this weakness comes from magnets being only at the corners.


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bombcaryesterday at 7:16 PM

The Minecraft blocks have some strength but not much so you can easily take them apart. But they are very sharp. Way worse than Lego to step on.

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