Recommended Age: 4 years and up
Total Pieces: 134 pieces
Construction Components: 84 pieces
Marbles Included: 50
Materials: FSC-certified birch and rubberwood, plastic components and glass marbles
Package Dimensions: 21.3 × 13.4 × 5.4 inches
Assembled Size: Varies depending on the track layout
Product Weight: 8.8 lbs
Batteries Required: No
Adult Assembly Required: No permanent assembly required; younger children may need help with complex layouts
Compatible With: Other compatible Hape Quadrilla marble run sets and expansion components
Not Compatible With: Hape Marble Run E1100, E1101 and E1102
Safety Standards: Meets ASTM F963 and EN 71 toy safety standards
Why Parents Choose It
Parents appreciate that Vertigo offers more than a one-time build. Children can follow a suggested layout, test how it works, take it apart and create something completely different.
The combination of guided construction and open-ended experimentation supports different stages of play. A four-year-old can help sort blocks, place pieces and release marbles, while older or more experienced builders can plan routes and troubleshoot their own designs.
It is also a screen-free activity families can enjoy together. Because every new arrangement changes the marble’s journey, the set encourages children to keep experimenting instead of simply completing one fixed model.
Best For
- Children ages 4+ who enjoy building toys and marble runs
- Parent-child construction and shared problem-solving
- Children interested in cause and effect
- Creative builders ready for a larger marble-run set
- Families looking for an expandable wooden construction system
- Screen-free STEM and engineering play
Product Features
134-PIECE MARBLE-RUN BUILDING SET:
Build and rebuild with 84 track and construction components plus 50 marbles. Create compact beginner layouts or larger multi-level marble runs.
THREE SPIRAL FUNNELS AND A SEESAW:
Send marbles spinning, dropping and changing direction through three twisting funnels, straightaway rails and a working seesaw.
COLOR-CODED FUNCTION BLOCKS:
Seven block colors represent different internal pathways and functions. Children learn how the blocks affect the marble’s route through observation and experimentation.
BUILD, TEST, ADJUST AND REBUILD:
Children can construct a track, release a marble, observe the result and modify the design—an engaging introduction to iterative problem-solving.
HANDS-ON STEAM LEARNING:
Exploring gravity, momentum, direction and cause and effect helps develop logical thinking, spatial reasoning and early engineering skills.
DESIGNED FOR AGES 4+:
Young builders can participate in sorting, stacking, testing and simple construction. Adult guidance may be helpful when building taller or more complicated layouts.
NO BATTERIES REQUIRED:
The entire system works through gravity and mechanical movement, with no batteries or electronic components.
EXPANDABLE QUADRILLA SYSTEM:
Combine Vertigo with compatible Hape Quadrilla marble-run sets and expansion components to create larger tracks and new challenges.
FSC-CERTIFIED WOOD:
Made with FSC-certified birch and rubberwood and finished with child-safe, non-toxic finishes.
AWARD-WINNING PLAY:
Winner of the Spiel Gut (Good Toy) Award and Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award.
What’s Included
The Hape Quadrilla Vertigo contains 134 pieces in total:
- 84 construction and track components
- 50 marbles
- 7 straight wooden rails
- 3 spiral funnels
- 1 marble seesaw
- 24 color-coded functional blocks
- Connectors, supports, accelerators and spacing components
- Building instruction and layout guide
The exact component quantities should also be shown through an official contents image beside this section.
Product Description
Turn every build into a new engineering adventure with the Hape Quadrilla Vertigo Wooden Marble Run. This 134-piece construction set invites children to build multi-level marble tracks, release the marbles, watch what happens and adjust their designs.
Different color-coded wooden blocks contain different internal pathways that change how the marbles travel. Children can experiment with direction, speed and movement while three spiral funnels, a seesaw and straight wooden rails create exciting drops, turns and transitions.
Vertigo is designed for children ages 4 and up. Younger builders can begin with smaller layouts and build together with an adult, while experienced builders can create increasingly complex tracks. Once a layout is complete, children can release the marbles, observe the results and decide what to change next.
Made with FSC-certified birch and rubberwood, the set combines natural wooden construction with colorful functional components. It requires no batteries and works entirely through gravity, momentum and hands-on experimentation.
Vertigo is a complete standalone marble-run set and can also be combined with compatible Hape Quadrilla sets for larger creations.
Important Compatibility Information
Vertigo is a complete standalone set and does not require another Quadrilla product to begin playing.
It can be combined with compatible products from the Hape Quadrilla Marble Run system.
It is not compatible with the separate Hape Marble Run models:
Avoid saying “compatible with every Hape marble run,” because that would be inaccurate.
Play and Setup Guidance
Quadrilla components stack and balance so children can quickly take tracks apart and rebuild them. They are not designed to remain permanently locked together.
For the best playing experience:
- Build on a flat, firm table or level floor.
- Avoid thick carpet and soft, uneven play mats.
- Start with a lower, wider layout for younger builders.
- Test one section at a time before adding more levels.
- Store the marbles in a closed container after play.
- Keep the marbles and small parts away from children under three.
Vertigo is stable during normal play when it is correctly built on a flat, firm surface. Very tall layouts may shift if strongly bumped, which is part of the reason careful building and testing are central to Quadrilla play.
