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| | Sales Rank: | 3,214rd |
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FEATURES | - Sixty mind challenge cards with hints and solutions
- Five brick pieces
- Game-go storage bag
- Builds on player¿s architectural skills as they combine seven puzzle pieces to construct up to sixty 3D structures
- For ages 8 years and above
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ACCESSORIES |
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| ThinkFun Brick By Brick
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All in all, this three-dimensional creative building game is not just another brick in the wall! Use the five puzzle pieces to create symmetrical wall without peeking at the solutions.
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| ThinkFun Shape By Shape
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Shape by Shape provides players with an abstract view of the world as they match 14 red and yellow puzzle shapes to images on one of 60 provided challenge cards. A great introduction to conceptual thinking and spatial relationships.
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| ThinkFun Square By Square
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Here's the latest mind-boggling, brain-bending challenge from the makers of Shape-By-Shape, Brick-By-Brick and Block-By-Block. Match the patterns from 60 different puzzle cards using the 14 puzzle pieces provided. With six green pieces and eight blue pieces, how hard can it be' You'll find out when the last piece doesn't fit! If you're stuck, flip the cards over for two-part hints to the solution. The puzzle fits neatly into a sturdy plastic frame, and the card deck fits inside the drawer for...
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Hop your bot to the spot! A team of blue and green robots help the red robot leap to the hot spot on the game board. With every successful leap, the red robot will be one step closer to the finish line. Complete with bright, colorful game pieces and fun robot characters, kids cant wait to reach the hot spot again and again. Ages 8 and up.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Grades 2&up. There are only seven pieces in this puzzle, so it should be easy. Right? Guess again! Sixty puzzle cards show 60 three-dimensional structures for players to replicate using the seven pieces. Each of the pieces, based on three or four connected cubes, is unique. One is an L shape, another a T, and they get more complicated from there. If a player is stumped and can't figure out how to build the Long Wall, the Snake, or the Bad Dog, there are helpful clues on the back of the cards. Players also can use the pieces to invent their own structures. Originally known as the Soma Cube, Block by Block is an excellent way to develop and refine spatial perception skills. Includes drawstring bag for storage. |
Editorial Review
There are only seven pieces in this puzzle, so it should be easy. Right? Guess again! Sixty puzzle cards show 60 three-dimensional structures for players to replicate using the seven pieces. Each of the pieces, based on three or four connected cubes, is unique. One is an L shape, another a T, and they get more complicated from there. If a player is stumped and can't figure out how to build the Long Wall, the Snake, or the Bad Dog, there are helpful clues on the back of the cards. Players also can use the pieces to invent their own structures. Originally known as the Soma Cube, Block by Block is an excellent way to develop and refine spatial perception skills. Includes drawstring bag for storage. --Wendy Slotboom |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 13 reviews)
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Great Fun for the Engineers of the family by Stinker's Mom  5 Stars
September 30, 2009
We got this for my husband for Christmas, last year. He is an engineer and loves this puzzle. It is a challenge and some puzzles are easier than others. Younger children may become frustrated, but there are various levels.
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Great travel toy and pretty challenging by P. Y. (CA)  4 Stars
September 10, 2009
I was looking for a puzzle that had a lot of different challenges. This provided that and was small enough to take anywhere. It's great for the mind, but I do think that one tends to solve the puzzles but just randomly placing the blocks in different positions instead of actually sitting down and thinking how each block should be placed. Overall though it's a great game to pass the time away.
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Hard than it looks by Florida Mom (Wellington, FL United States) 5 Stars
July 26, 2009
After reading some reviews of this toy on another website I decided to buy it for my son, who is turning 8 in 2 months, for a trip we were taking. The first puzzle had us stumped and we needed to use the hints on the back. This game is much harder than it looks and while my child likes to try to do it, I think it is better suited for older kids. He still likes to play with it and we use the hints on the back for help. I consider myself fairly intelligent and even I have a tough time with this.
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Improves your visual-spatial skills! by N. Reader (USA) 5 Stars
June 18, 2009
I ordered this for my kids, but my husband and I have enjoyed solving the puzzles, too. I also recommend Square By Square, our family favorite.
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so simple yet really, really, hard by third time mom (Naperville, IL United States) 5 Stars
April 02, 2009
We bought Block by Block after owning and enjoying Shape by Shape. While I needed the clue cards at first for Shape by Shape, after a few cards I was putting those puzzles together without any peeks at the clues. Block by Block though has baffled me though. It's enough of a challenge to just try to follow the hints through and to try to build the elegant structures from the hints. If I were to have a complaint it is that the hints are somewhat hard to decipher. I'm beginning to get the hang of it but they could have been more easily read if they were drawn up differently. Maybe if they were color coded or something. My 10 year old has a hard time using the directions to assemble the structures on her own. Still fun and very challenging for adults.
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| ThinkFun Shape By Shape
by ThinkFun
Shape by Shape provides players with an abstract view of the world as they match 14 red and yellow puzzle shapes to images on one of 60 provided challenge cards. A great introduction to conceptual thinking and spatial relationships.
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| ThinkFun Brick By Brick
by ThinkFun
All in all, this three-dimensional creative building game is not just another brick in the wall! Use the five puzzle pieces to create symmetrical wall without peeking at the solutions.
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| ThinkFun Square By Square
by ThinkFun
Here's the latest mind-boggling, brain-bending challenge from the makers of Shape-By-Shape, Brick-By-Brick and Block-By-Block. Match the patterns from 60 different puzzle cards using the 14 puzzle pieces provided. With six green pieces and eight blue pieces, how hard can it be' You'll find out when the last piece doesn't fit! If you're stuck, flip the cards over for two-part hints to the solution. The puzzle fits neatly into a sturdy plastic frame, and the card deck fits inside the drawer for...
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An ancient mystery is reinvented for mind-bending, modern-day fun. Gordian's Knot Brainteaser Challenge from ThinkFun is based on the Gordian knot tied by Midas. The Great Oracles proclaimed that the person who solved the puzzle would rule the world. This colorful knot features six interlocking pieces, but it takes a whopping 69 different moves to take the knot apart. By sliding the six pieces past each other, the Gordian's Knot will come apart. Some pieces will easily move throughout the...
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