Q-BA-MAZE Stacking Cubes with Marble Run: 50-pack Cool Colors
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Q-BA-MAZEBrand: Q-BA-MAZE
Model: 50C
Product features:
- The Q-BA-MAZE 50-pack is an amazingly versatile sculpture/toy/game designed for playroom and coffee table fun!
- Everyone's an inventor with Q-BA-MAZE - builders of all ages imagine and build in 3D with colors and cantilevers.
- Build intuitively or follow online architectural plans. It's both right-brain and left-brain; part art, part science. Play and invent!
- Great and fun construction toy.
- Ages 5 & up.
Toys and Games Reviews of Q-BA-MAZE Stacking Cubes with Marble Run: 50-pack Cool Colors
Customer Review: A Missed Opportunity
Summary: 2 Stars
Got sets of these as an office toy as a diversion while people are waiting to see me. But since the THREE COLORS- blue, green and clear- DO NOT CORRESPOND to the THREE FUNCTIONS, side-drop, double drop and down-drop, the toy did not serve as a fast, simple amusement, people kept "getting it wrong" and marbles continually and unexpectedly kept bouncing off of the table.
The one example that came with the set is in 2D, not 3D and therefore not easily helpful. Went online to their site and the instructions (for a 12 pack OneTower) were color-corodinated and had arrows, but the example was still in 2D and did not funtion the way I would expect a marble-run device to function: you put it the marble in at the top and it works it way down and out.
Bottom line is that I'm used to the simplicity and directness of LEGO toy builing with 3D drawn directions for a 3D product. It seems that the appeal to these sets is that you put the marble in anywhere and it comes out anywhere. Which I find counter-intuitive and counter-productive.
So now I will be taking the six sets I bought, running out color pages from the website (and with luck, probably something from YouTube) and forwarding it all on children (and parents) who see this as fun. I buy toys all the time for adults and children. This was the most "not fun" toy I've ever encountered.
Description of Q-BA-MAZE Stacking Cubes with Marble Run: 50-pack Cool Colors
You've got to see this modern marble run in action! "Visibly Cool" is the best descriptor we have for Q-BA-MAZE. Drop a few marbles this marble maze toy, and you'll be fixated on the motion. Cascading marbles will keep you recreating your structures again and again just because it is so much fun! Creative play and critical thinking comes naturally with these eye-catching transparent blue and green cubes. Interlocking cubes come together for fabulous marble run variations. Being able to view racing marbles in their run from start to finish, brings the fun to a higher level and gives you an inside peek at where you need to adjust your marble run design next to make marbles spin and roll at the speed and in the direction you desire. No matter what your age, you'll love the high profile design and the challenge inherent in this new construction toy. Great for open-ended creative play. Important Note: Q-BA-MAZE Marble Maze requires a specific and unique building technique that is simple to use and provides for extremely sturdy building capabilities. Please be sure to read the instructions and look at the assembly illustrations closely to achieve the trademark stability and unique design potential of Q-BA-MAZE. High Profile Q-BA-MAZE A Marble Run for the Masses Unique Building Capabilities Due To One-Of-A-Kind Construction Technique Cascading Marbles In View Throughout A Creative Plaything for Kids; A Fun Distraction for Adults 50 Pack Contains 36 Cubes, 14 Balls Several Sets Of Q-BA-MAZE Can Be Joined for Spectacular Results! Cubes Are Made of Durable Polycarbonate Cube Colors Included: Blue, Green, and Clear Ages 5+Building Sets, Blocks & Models Toys
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