Hi GraviTrax Fans! This is Chris with The Masked Marble.
Today we're going to unbox the GraviTrax Starter Set Vertical.
This is on the Vertical or Pro side of GraviTrax. There are 3
Pro starter sets that GraviTrax offers. This was the original, the Vertical.
There are also 5 of the basic starter sets,
but the Pro side of things adds height through pillars, walls, and balconies.
And we'll take a look at those pieces and how they give you more height than the basic sets.
So here's the balconies. You get two types of balconies. One is the double balcony.
And you get four of those in this set. The double balconies, half of it will go on top of a pillar,
and the other half will stick out and you can put a tile on it. So that helps you build close to the
pillars. Again you get four of those. And about the only place you can find those double balconies
is in the Vertical Starter Set, there's 4, and there's 4 in the Giant, and 2 in the Extreme.
And these are the single balconies. You get 16 of those. And they clip onto the walls.
So where's those walls? Here they are. You get 3 widths of wall. You get the narrow wall,
one of those. Two of the medium walls and two of the long walls.
The long walls cover three spaces, the narrow wall one, and the medium wall, two spaces. And
those balconies kind of clip on to the walls in any of those holes, so they're height adjustable,
and allow you to put tiles on top of those balconies for the marbles to roll over.
Now there is some assembly required. These green clips go into the single balconies,
so that the balconies will actually snap into the walls and stay where you put them. And that's why
Gravitrax Pro is usually recommended, I would recommend it, for ages 10 and up, or for younger
children who have good dexterity and finger grip, because you have to pinch this closed in order to
mount or unmount it to or to or from a wall. So you pinch it, push it down, it stays. Pinch
it again, pull up, and it comes out. And you can put it in any of these holes, height adjustable.
And the walls will then mount between pillars.
So i'm not going to bore you by putting all 16 clips in, but you do have to assemble
those green clips into the single balconies in order for them to be stable.
All right, what next? Um, where is it? In here somewhere. Well, there we go.
This is the magnetic cannon. It imparts new kinetic energy to a marble. Very cool.
The launch pad, which can simultaneously launch
three marbles with a finger press. That's how you get your marbles started in the marble run.
You get six marbles" 3 of the silver. and then 1 each of 3 of the other colors:
red, green, and blue.
It's red.
Blue.
And green. So you can have marble races between colors and cheer for your favorite color to win.
Here we have the unique short Bernoulli rails. We get 2 straight, 3 left curve,
and 3 right curve. These were introduced in the Vertical Pro Starter Set,
but now are all available in quite a few others, including the Lite,
the Speed, the Extreme, Giant, Vertical, and the Advent Calendar. Very helpful, though, to
go around corners of pillars. So like I said, 3 right curve, 3 left curve, and 2 straight.
And they usually drop about 3 to 3 1/2 tiles worth.
Okay, you get curved pieces in here. How many? You get 28 curve and the junction tiles,
you get 4 of those, which is actually 1 more
than the basic starter set, which is nice. But you'll be using the curved tiles most of all.
And then we have our regular track pieces. 3 of the long,
which is par for the course. 6 of the medium tracks - they bridge two spaces. And
9 of the short tracks. That's the same number of tracks you would get in the basic Starter Set.
You get one clear platform. Normally in a starter set you get
2, but they only give you one in the Starter Set Vertical.
Next we have some of the variety pieces. The kind of unique tile pieces.
You get one three-in-one or one, or one three-way merge. And let's open up some of these inserts,
these green pieces that work with them, because you're going to get one of these finish lines,
and that's what you would use to help you know who won if you race 3 different color
marbles. They would end up in the finish line, and tell you 1, 2, 3.
Then there's two of these two-way merges, which also double as switches when you put the switch
insert in there. So most starter sets have two of these switches.
Next we get a Vortex. Most starter sets have one Vortex, and so does this
Vertical Pro Starter Set. You also get a landing pad with the landing pad insert.
This is where your marble would end its marble run if you're not ending it in the finish line.
You get 3 of these base tiles where the inserts go into. You get two of these catcher inserts. They
kind of act as ramps. One splash pad insert with divots for the marbles to sit in before
they're hit by another marble. It's a good marble multiplier. And the free fall insert.
Next we have some of our height tiles.
These are the half height tiles, the black ones. And you get 9 of those in the Vertical Starter
Set. Normally you would get 12, but there's only 9 in this starter set. But this starter set has
the pillars that most others don't. And you get 20 of the large height tiles. In the regular starter
set you would get 40, and then the Obstacle, Speed, and Extreme you get 56. But what's
unique is you get, instead of a whole bunch of the smaller height tiles you get these pillars.
So there's two kinds of pillars, and we have to assemble them all.
There's solid pillars, and then there are pillars that have tunnels in them, that are cool.
Then you get the top and bottom piece. You get the two side pieces that are green, and then
on the outside you put these outer shells. So all together you get 8 of the solid
columns (solid pillars), and 4 of the tunnel columns. So these are the tunnels right there.
So I will assemble one of each type so you can see how these go together.
They use the same top and bottom, but they use different sides. So you've got a Y and a Z for
the sides, and so these are the Y pieces, and they are used for the tunnel columns.
So there's your bottom two sides, and you put this top piece on like that. It takes a little
getting used to. You kind of have to juggle this and get it all just lined up so. Hold it together,
and then you snap the two outer shells in like this. and they'll snap together on the outside.
The top overlaps like that in the bottom like that. Snap it together,
and there's your tunnel pillar. Again. you get 4 of those.
Then you look for the Z pieces.
So it'll say Z there. Sorry it's a little blurry in the video.
Use the same top and bottom pieces with these. Put two of those together and
use the same top piece as before. The top and bottom pieces are the same for both types
of pillars. It's just the side walls that are different. Get that together and then
put your solid column shell on the outside.
2 pieces that snap together. And there's your solid pillar. And again you get 8of those.
Now each pillar is the equivalent of 7 height tiles, so it gives you quite a bit of height.
And here's the manual. It shows you how to put the pillars together.
It shows you how to use the different pieces, and
what they all do. So it's worth going through. And then how to assemble the walls and balconies.
What else is in here? There is a manual. This manual is unique. It's
geared for the Vertical Pro pieces, and it shows you how to build some tracks with the pieces,
with those pillars and walls and balconies.
So it's a good primer on getting started building
the marble runs with the Vertical Pro height pieces.
What else is in here? Base plates. This is what you build everything
on. You get 4 base plates, which is the same you would get in the basic Starter Set.
And that's it for the Vertical Pro Starter Set GraviTrax marble run system.
I thank you for joining me for this unboxing video. Be sure to check out my other unboxing
videos, and also my comparison videos where I compare the contents of various starter sets.
What's in common between starter sets, and what's different between them?
Thanks for joining me. Again, my name is Chris. We'll see you next time on The Masked Marble.