Magnetic blocks

A new and improved set of magnetic blocks for providing education and entertainment to a child playing with such blocks comprising, in combination:

• a plurality of cube-shaped blocks having parallel front and rear faces, parallel side faces and parallel upper and lower faces, the upper face being coupled to the remainder of the block during operation and use;
• four elongated recesses vertically extending within the block between the front and rear faces;
• a cylindrical bar magnet located within each recess for magnetically coupling blocks to each other;
• a hemispherical recess in the upper face and a hemispherical projection on the lower face for positioning blocks with respect to each other;
• a plurality of triangular blocks having three square faces and triangular upper and lower faces with magnetic bars located therein between the upper and lower faces;
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• a plurality of rectilinear boxes having square front and rear faces and elongated rectangular side faces and elongated upper and lower faces with a pair of hemispherical recesses on the top face and a pair of hemispherical projections on the lower face with magnetic bars located between the upper and lower faces with plural hemispherical recesses in the upper face and hemispherical projections on the lower face for positioning blocks with respect thereto.