Crazy Bubbles
by Zome
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: ZomeToys and Games Reviews of Crazy Bubbles
Customer Review: ZomeTool Needs to be more generous with pieces
Summary: 4 Stars
An excellent learning opportunity, but you're paying >$50 for fewer than 50 connectors and nodes, which is somewhat like buying a set of Lincoln logs and discovering ex post facto that there are only 7 logs, half a door and 3 roof tiles. These ZomeTool kits are ALL grossly overpriced and under-provisioned. Even the DNA kit has only enough pieces to make a small fragment of a DNA molecule, not even one complete turn to illustrate appropriately the "spiral staircase" appearance of the molecule - which, after all, is the whole point, isnt it? ZomeTool has priced itself out of the Toy market and failed to market itself appropriately to k-12 schools, which I designed it for 15 years ago.
Description of Crazy Bubbles
Bubble blowing is elevated to high art and intriguing science with this kit of geometric bubble-making tools. At first glance it's impossible to imagine how this canister of colorful plastic rods and white connector balls can create flowing bubble spirals and 3-D triangular bubbles. But the expertly written and illustrated directions make assembly simple (think old-fashioned Tinker Toys) while covertly teaching a few things about water chemistry (why soapy water creates bubbles) and physics (how design and aerodynamics factor into the shape and flow of a bubble). These Zometool pieces don't have to remain limited to bubble play. Additional kits can be purchased to make larger, more geometrically exotic creations. A recipe for mixing bubble water is included along with a blowing tube. --Gail HudsonScience Toys
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