Shashibo DODECA Magnetic Puzzle Cube, 4 Pack

This is the second set of these amazing manipulative puzzle shape. Nine year old grandson LOVES THEM. He even took them to simmer camp, other campers asked their parents to buy too!

Excelente Producto !

I have to start off by saying I am a huge Puzzle Lover and a (Rubik’s) Cuber. From riddles, illusions and physical puzzles, I am addicted to all things puzzles. I have a ton of physical puzzles like Puzzling Obscurities and Rubik’s Cubes. This puzzle serves as a very easy and laid back coffee table like puzzle. Very easy to solve and make shapes, magnetics are so tactile and pleasing to the touch, and makes for a very passive puzzle experience. The cube is plastic shapes held together with decorative strong stickers. The magnets are there to hold shapes and combine more than one cube together. The instructions says if it doesn’t feel right it isn’t right when shaping the Shashibo. Here the fact about the Shashibo’s different shapes, there is just very few and the rest in between are just floppy in between messes less satisfying or useable. I put it at a level 6/10 for difficulty. Shashibo has 4 separately decorated side that will always face a particular direction in different configurations. Basically, if the cube is red as the smallest cube configurations and also has yellow, blue and green; well, the cube will always be red in that configurations and cannot simply be twisted around and closed back up with a different color. The different configurations will always have the same decorative sides in their exact same place. So buying one is a waste of money. $25 and can form the same 4 basic major shapes (the other shapes are rather useless and unsatisfying). Buy 2, 3 or 4+ and that’s where this product shines. 2 Shashibos have a couple of combinations that are rather satisfying, 3 and you can cleverly hide a cube within the others in a couple of shapes, 4+ and now we are taking. The 4 cube set seem to be the sweet spot in your purchase. The most satisfying use of this product for your money and you save just a little bit from individual purchases. If you buy 1 it is a dull and short experience with Shashibo. You need more or you’re going to immediately want more. Save you money and go straight for 4. 1 Shashibo has a bigger diminishing return than just buying 4. Combining these cubes is where all the magic is at for this product. A standard sized Rubik’s Cube will fit inside 1 Shashibo cube for those who are curious. In the end, it is a fun and relaxing product that I would say has a coffee table fidget charm to it. I definitely say go straight to more than one for your first buy, and in my opinion 4 cubes is the sweet spot to get the most out of this product.

A co-worker brought one of these to work and left it in the break room for everyone to use. Well with a lot of people using it I decided to buy some for myself. I've had it for a few days now and I find myself making shapes while in my office working. Helps relieve stress. For Christmas a co-worker also bought one for me. From this same seller. I've found that the cubes with the glossy finish last longer than the ones that feel like paper stickers. Maybe that's why for a set of the paper finish ones are cheaper than the glossy ones. My coworker gave me the glossy one as a Christmas gift and I got a set of the paper ones on January 4th. Well the paper one is already showing signs of wear 4 days later. My second issue is it says 2 day delivery and it's actually 3. I've ordered a second set and just like the first shipment, it's running late. Both times the package never left the seller until 2 days after ordering. I know it's being shipped from last than 45 minutes from my home. But, if it's not shipped until after 3pm on the day it's supposed to reach the buyer, it will never arrive on time. That's why I gave only 4 stars. I feel this shouldn't say 2 day delivery when they know it's going to be at least 3.

Give this as a gift to my grandchildren; they loved it. They played with it for hours, left their electronic toys alone for a while!! This is a blast to play with, even for adults!

Love this variation of shashibo. Great box set. Endless combinations. Great set to start off with or a nice addition to a growing collection.

These have lasted years and still in good shape and fun to play with every so often

ShaShiBo happened because my son (15) told me he is bored with all of his Rubik's cubes. He is a pretty cool young man with a good head on his shoulders. He was the type of little kid that his dad and I had to keep stimulated when he was younger, otherwise he would get bored. He has been in the gifted program at school since1st grade, so he's always been the "figure out how everything works" type of person. He's very inquisitive to say the least! Well, ShaShiBo appeared on the side of my laptop as an advertisement. Found out I could buy it from Barnes & Noble and picked up the only one they had for $25. Asked my "artsy" daughter (20) to check it out and tell me her thoughts. Not only did she like it, but she said her brother is going to love it. So bought him the box of 4 for Christmas and he has been intrigued with it ever since. The shapes and figures you can make with these things are endless. Well, my daughter got a surprise on Christmas too. I saw how she did not want to put it down but did only because it was his Christmas present, so bought 3 for her too. She loves them too. Ended up buying one more for her because you just need four ... can't explain it, you just do! And it doesn't end there, I bought four more because I was looking for a nice conversation piece to put on the kitchen table and the shapes my husband comes up with is absolutely amazing! They look like they belong in a museum. (Especially when we combine all 12!) Hit the "place order button" on ShaShiBo. It's so worth it!

Hope my son loves his gift, tried them and they work as described...