Marble course: make room for the child who lives in you

Discover the marble run, a fun and creative activity for all ages!

Marble Run

Marble run is an activity that involves creating a path for marbles to roll along. The marbles are usually made of glass, but can also be made of wood or metal. The path can be made from a variety of materials, such as plastic tubes, wooden ramps, or metal pipes.

The goal is to create an interesting and challenging path for the marbles, using different elements to modify their trajectory, speed, and direction. The paths can be simple or complex, depending on the age and experience of the players.

The marble run: an easy circuit

A quick definition to start: marble run is a game where the objective is to build a vertical path for your marble. You'll drop a marble at the top of the path to get it to its destination. Simple. Basic.

Simple? Not so fast! You'll take risks and gradually increase the complexity of your courses. Be careful, you might lose your Dad for long hours... But some will surely be delighted to have free time? And some will be delighted to avoid the quarter of an hour "tidy your room!"...

How to create your own marble run? Nothing could be simpler: at Aire, we offer several accessories to create an infinite number of marble runs. Let's discover our marble run accessories together. This is where it all begins!

A stainless steel ball for maximum quality

The marble run begins with a marble . At Aire, we have selected the highest quality marble on the market. These are industrial-grade marbles: a stainless steel marble. It's an object that will stand the test of time. Its weight is ideal for gaining speed and creating great experiences on your course. The speed of your marble is crucial for creating intense experiences. You can take risks and make your marble fly. Be careful, we'll discover the rest.

The linear rail of the marble run

The stainless steel ball moves using linear rails . At Aire, we use 3D printing to create durable and unique objects. Each of our kits contains several sizes of linear rails. Your ball can roll on the rail: simple, it's a guide. But you can also use your rail as a surface on which to bounce your ball. You can also create a vertical guide by placing two rails against each other. You see, creativity is starting to flow and you're already eager to take the Aire Ball in your hands!

The arrival

Now that you have the basics of the marble run, you can imagine that you have to celebrate a victory to give meaning to this game. So to validate your run, your marble must cross a finish line . This is exactly the function fulfilled by the object: finish. Be careful, beware of cheaters! A marble that touches the finish point but comes out is not a victory approved by the federation. We see you 👀

The U-turn

Watch out, things start to get tricky here. Your marble is moving along the rails, it can jump and take some risks. Now you're going to have to control it. Control your speed and force it to turn around. It's an inspiring move to watch. And it's also a handy accessory to control the size of your marble run. Then... 🤔Let's face it...🫢 It's super stylish 😎 .

The paddle wheel, a key accessory for the marble run on Pegboard

The paddle wheel is the fun little accessory that adds color and rhythm. You will give a little extra soul to your marble run. This accessory gives you the opportunity to add color to your Aire Ball. You will now pay attention to your construction and you will try to get your marble to pass through increasingly improbable places. All this to see your wheel turn. Naughty! 😏

The whirlwind

You're already fascinated by your paddle wheel. Wait until you discover the whirlpool ! It's an accessory that takes its time. If you choose to put your marble through a whirlpool, it's because you like to observe. Your marble will spin for a few moments and then end up falling into the central hole of the room. We've developed a small accessory to retrieve the marble from under the whirlpool. This last crossing point will allow you to bring the marble back to the main plane of the course. Cool, right? 🤗

The waterfall

I saved the best for last! Watch out! The waterfall is an extreme accessory. I admit that it takes a little time to set up the waterfall. But when you discover how it works, you'll be hooked right away. The waterfall is a series of paddle wheels . Your marble will move around according to the forces exerted on its path. All the paddle wheels touch each other in the waterfall. So as soon as a marble passes, it triggers many mechanisms. It makes a bit of noise, so avoid this accessory in the middle of the night. Your wife or even your children will fall on you at breakfast otherwise 🥵.

Physics for Bac C

Younger people, the C-level baccalaureate won't mean anything to you. But if your Dad passed his Baccalaureate before 1993, then he knows. The Aire Ball is an ideal gift for Father's Day because it's a way to go back to school. But I promise there will be no bad grades here. Positive education has taken over in 2020. You are now free to learn at your own pace. Aire supports you! 💪🏽

Now that you know all the Aire accessories, you think back to your physics lessons and you think that it would have been easier to learn about gravity in class if you had had practical work with an Aire Ball wall. I thought this to myself. If this is also the case for you, we can create a WhatsApp group to discuss it with the entire Aire team. 😇

Marble Run for Dummies

If your dad skipped physics in high school, then he needs some remedial classes. That's okay, we don't judge you here. If your dad was at the back of the class and preferred guitar to Einstein and magic cigarettes to integrals 🤨, then he needs your help.

For Father's Day, you have the opportunity to give him a gift that's out of the ordinary. The marble run will take your father back to his childhood and give him a taste for physics. I promise, he'll succeed! This game is really powerful because it's simple and a lot of fun. You manipulate objects and try multiple combinations. You learn at your own pace, and that's truly the strength of a game that will stay with you for a long time. So don't hesitate to tell others about it. 😋

A gift Made in France

You may know Aire. But if you don't, Aire is a modular furniture design workshop . Our religion is storage. What we like is giving everyday objects a place while finding a certain pleasure in it. Objects must fulfill a specific function. But when this function no longer has a reason to exist, then modularity becomes an incredible asset for creating sustainable objects. Thanks to modularity, an object can find a new function. This is how Aire was born. 😆

A philosophy

Now that you've discovered Aire, you know more about our philosophy. Aire is also a production workshop in Paris's 19th arrondissement. All our objects are made in our workshop by our little hands 🖐🏾 . The ones who are currently typing these words. And who are not making objects as I speak. But that's another story.

The Aire Ball is a Made in France 🇫🇷 gift . All the items in this marble run are made in our workshop. Except for the steel balls, which we buy from our supplier in Germany 🇩🇪.

3D parts

The pieces of our marble run are 3D printed. We can therefore choose the colors and mix them. The strength of 3D printing is to produce on demand. We can therefore respond to all your whims 😈. Do not hesitate to contact us directly if you have a special request, we will always be available for you! 🤝

The values ​​of local production

Thanks to new additive manufacturing and digital control technologies, Aire has developed a new method of local manufacturing in a small 100m2 workshop in the 19th arrondissement of 📍Paris. Choosing the Aire Ball therefore means choosing local production.

But why is this so important? Local production helps reduce the environmental impact 🌳 of your purchase. Indeed, your carbon footprint is smaller when you consume French products. And this applies to all the products around you, from your food to your bed and refrigerator.

Know-how

Moreover, local production represents unique expertise. France is a country renowned for its historical know-how. Moreover, it creates jobs and promotes artisanal and industrial activity in our country. Finally, local production guarantees a certain quality. French standards are not strict just to annoy companies. They are a guarantee of quality for the end customer.

No more mass production and gifts 🎁 that look the same. Make way for creation and on-demand production. If you want a kit in a unique color, you can contact us directly. We will find the most suitable color for your project with you and launch a production just for you at no extra cost. 🤑

With the marble run, take back control

You now have a creative and effective solution to make a historical gift for Father's Day . I think you'll be spending time with your family around Aire Ball. What if you organize competitions? The person who creates the most complex course, the person who goes the fastest? And the person who loses does the dishes 🍽! Isn't that fun? And it solves the conflicts of household chores... We're persuasive, don't you think? 🫶🏿 You'll regain control of physics while having a unique story to tell.

Creativity is part of the marble run game. Indeed, at Aire we are convinced that there is no age limit to play and even less to create. Why stop dreaming 💭? To imagine? To test? There is nothing more beautiful than seeing the passion of a child in the eyes of an adult. And there is nothing sadder than seeing an adult who has lost his childlike soul. So why deprive yourself? Have fun, test, imagine, dream. For us, it's the dinosaurs 🦖 that make us dream. That's why we developed the Airosaurus or our T-REX Puzzles.

An evolving gift