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Note: Work in progress, more brands and details will be added step by step.

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Desktop Sets

Geomag Sets

Geomag has countless sets with different themes. This is a summary of how to get certain colors.

There is a Rainbow palette of twelve colors, where six colors can be considered "standard" colors. In addition to that, there are steel blue and pink, plus black, white, grey and clear/silver. Then there are certain special molds with translucent colors or glitter, plus a glow in the dark type. In total, there are about 30 different variants available.

Brand Type Set Size Sticks  Balls   Notes
Geomag Masterbox 248pc 144 104 Available in eight colors, plus black and white
Geomag Masterbox Compact 192pc 120 72 Available in eight colors, plus a glow in the dark set, and assorted glitter colors
Geomag Pink #344 104pc 36 28 36 Sticks Pink
Geomag Magnetic Motion #762 146pc 38 44 38 Sticks Steel Blue
Geomag NASA Rocket #810 84pc 30 19 6 Sticks Grey, plus 12 blue, 12 red
Geomag Rainbow #370 32pc 12 9 One stick of each color, plus 11 different panels of selected colors
Geomag Rainbow #371 72pc 24 24 Two sticks of each color, plus 24 different panels across the full color range

Goobi Sets

Goobi mainly offers different sized sets with seven assorted colors, plus one set with black and white elements, which seems to be discontinued now.

Brand Type Set Size Sticks  Balls   Tripods  Notes
Goobi Color 40pc 21 12 7 3 sticks of each color
Goobi Color 110pc 56 33 21 8 sticks of each color
Goobi Color 180pc 84 61 35 12 sticks of each color
Goobi Color 300pc 140 90 70 20 sticks of each color
Goobi Black and White 110pc 56 33 21 28 sticks of each color

Floor Play Sets

Goobi Juniors Sets

Please note that Goobi changed the physical size for the Juniors sets. Old sets had 144mm sticks with 60mm balls, new sets have 130mm sticks with 53mm balls. The old 144mm sticks cannot be used with the new ball size, the minimum ball diameter for the old sticks is about 56mm.

Brand Type Set Size Balls   Sticks  Notes
Goobi Juniors 40pc 16 24 Sticks and Balls in red, green, blue, yellow
Goobi Juniors 20pc 8 12 Sticks and Balls in red, green, blue, yellow

The Goobi sets are excellent for geometric builds. Only long sticks and balls, strong magnets, no extra pieces.

Nexus Sets

There seems to be only a single set Nexus Magne Sticks 863052 avaiable. This set is also marketed as Eduplay Magnet Jumbo Sticks 120540.

However, there are at least two different production batches. The sticks of current sets have one unique pattern per color, previous sets did not have this strict pattern assignment. The sticks from the older batche have "KEBOTOYS" lettering in the recessed areas, while the sticks from the current batch have no lettering in the recessed area.

Brand Type Set Size Balls   Medium Sticks  Short Sticks  Curved Sticks  Notes
Nexus Magne Sticks 52pc 12 20 4 8 Sticks and Balls in red, green, blue, yellow; plus 4 Half-Balls and 4 Eyes

With twenty medium sticks per set, you only need two sets to get enough to build different geometric models. With only four short sticks per set, these have no real use for geometric purposes. Three sets contain just enough short sticks to build an Octahedron.

SmartMax Sets

SmartMax offers many different sets with different focus. The sets listed here are examples for geometric use with a good price/value ratio.

Older sets had metallic silver balls and six colors for the sticks, new sets have white balls and nine colors for the sticks.

Warm Colors: Red, Yellow, Orange, Pink*.
Cold Colors: Blue, Green, Purple, Light Blue*, Lime*.
( recently added colors marked with * )

Brand Type Set Size Balls   Long Sticks  Medium Sticks  Curved Sticks  Notes
SmartMax Build & Learn (SMX908) 100pc 26 18 48 8
SmartMax Build XXL (SMX907) 70pc 20 12 38 -
SmartMax Start XL (SMX501) 42pc 12 12 18 -
SmartMax SMX104 12pc - 6 - - Supplementary set: Long sticks; Out of production?
SmartMax SMX105 12pc - 6 6 - Supplementary set: Long and medium sticks

If you mainly want to get straight sticks, the 70-piece "Build XXL" is the best option. To add some more long and medium sticks, you can add one or two supplementary sets.

SmartMax is the only brand where you can get enough long and medium sticks to be suitable for larger geometric builds. However, the concept of monopolar sticks divided into warm and cold colors restricts the choice of colors for the builds.

Old sets contained a balanced amount of three cold and three warm colors. Recent sets come with nine colors containing an unbalanced amount of more cold than warm colored sticks.


Hans-Jürgen Reggel   ·   http://www.hjreggel.net/gmtrcply/   ·   Imprint   ·   2024-07-31 ~ 2024-08-08