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MindWare Q-Ba-Maze Warm Colors
- Q-Ba-Maze 2.0 Is A Unique System Of Colorful Cubes That Interlock To Form A Marble Run
- The Big Difference You Can Create Marble Maze Sculptures In The Form Of Animals, Geometric Shapes Or Any Other Design!
- Configurations Are Unlimited, Allowing For Unpredictable Action When Steel Balls Travel The Various Routes
- Its A Live Demonstration Of Probability, Physics And Art, All In One!
- Starter Box Sets Each Contain 36 Cubes In A "Warm" Three-Color Palette, Plus 14 Balls. Q-Ba-Maze 2.0 Cubes Are Not Compatible With Original Q-Ba-Maze Cubes.Skill level: Novice
- Q-Ba-Maze 2.0 is a unique system of colorful cubes that interlock to form a marble run.
- The big difference? You can create marble maze sculptures in the form of animals, geometric shapes or any other design!
- Configurations are unlimited, allowing for unpredictable action when steel balls travel the various routes.
- Its a live demonstration of probability, physics and art, all in one!
- Starter Box sets each contain 36 cubes in a "warm" three-color palette, plus 14 balls. Q-Ba-Maze 2.0 cubes are not compatible with original Q-Ba-Maze cubes.
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Product Dimensions | 13 x 18 x 9 inches |
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Item Weight | 1.4 pounds |
ASIN | B004PQY8YY |
Item model number | 42016W |
Manufacturer recommended age | 6 - 11 years |
Best Sellers Rank | #775,489 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #611 in Marble Runs |
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | May 6, 2019 |
Department | unisex-child |
Manufacturer | MindWare |
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What is Q-BA-MAZE? It's a unique system of colorful cubes that interlock to build amazing marble runs!
Q-BA-MAZE 2.0 by MindWare lets kids create marble maze sculptures in almost any design — animals, buildings, geometric shapes — simply let your creativity be your guide! Best of all, Q-BA-MAZE is unpredictable because the steel balls can travel in any direction: cubes can have 1 of any 6 different types of exits! It’s a live demonstration of probability, physics and art all in one!
Teachable Moments
Build your own maze designs. Or work as a team to create a unique build. Calculate where the marbles will land and determining how to structure a sturdy maze. Or plan a design that looks like a fish or a rainbow! These toys are perfect to incorporate into any kind of lesson, whether at home or in the classroom.
Well-crafted Pieces
Well-crafted and durable pieces make for a creative building experience every time. The unique cube design and sliding side connections allow your marble run to take on surprising shapes – from fish and flowers to parrots and palm trees.
Purposeful Play
Q-BA-MAZE 2.0 is designed to strengthen STEM and spatial skills, build logical thinking and engage the imagination. Kids and adults of all ages will sharpen their minds as they play!
Design your own marble run with high-quality, engineered cubes!
High-Quality Materials
The marbles in every Q-BA-MAZE kit are nickel plated steel balls, they are not magnets. The cubes are well-crafted and durable pieces that are made from phthalate-free and BPA-free ABS plastic.
Endless Enjoyment!
Boys and girls can explore the endless configurations they can make with Q-BA-MAZE all day long! It’s a timeless, classic toy that never gets old and lasts for generations.
All Age Entertainment
Enjoy a perfect on-hand toy for any occasion that girls and boys of all ages can enjoy together or on their own. Have fun building with your kids or encourage them to construct a big maze all on their own.
Excellent Classroom Addition
Fun and learning are full STEAM ahead! Keep young engineers on their toes with this fun addition to your classroom: incorporate it into lessons, or use it as a stations activity.
Starter Building Sets
Starter sets and Big Box kits have plenty of cubes to build with and marbles to test out your mazes. They’re easy to clean up and put back on the shelf when you’re done for the day.
Stunts and Rails!
Add to the excitement with precise stunts. There is a huge variety to choose from: bounce pads, coaster tubes, marble vortexes, and long rails that turn your mazes into wild rides! Get them separately or enjoy a kit that has them included!
Light Up!
Light up the night with rails, cubes, and marble catchers that flash green, blue, yellow, red or white! Lights are motion-activated and add a bright touch to any maze. Batteries are included and can be replaced.
Inspiring Builds!
Q-BA-MAZE build kits come with inspiration for artistically-shaped mazes of various levels that kids and adults can try. Certain kits, like the Q-BA-MAZE Rocket, walk you step-by-step through a more complex build, with fun facts like how rocket modules work!
4 Basic Types of Exits!
How Cubes Connect
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Customers find the marble run toy fun for kids and creative. They appreciate its quality, visual appeal, and value for money. However, some have issues with playability and assembly. Opinions differ on ease of assembly and sturdiness.
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Customers enjoy the fun and creativity that the toy provides for kids. They find it a cool activity for non-traditional kids. The toy allows creative building of mazes, which captures their imagination. The concept behind the toy is great and makes for a really neat and versatile marble run. It provides stimulating 3-D design play and is even fascinating for parents to build with their children.
"...I absolutely love this toy and personally I could play with it for hours; thankfully it also held the kids' attention for extended periods of time,..." Read more
"...lacks the bells and whistles, this product provides tons of stimulating 3-D design play. This is a highly tactile and manipulative-type toy...." Read more
"My son is autistic and loves to stim. He loves this and plays with it for hours. One of the best toys I have bought for him...." Read more
"The concept behind this toy is great. It makes for a really neat and versatile marble run. I love that you can pack it away nicely...." Read more
Customers like the toy's quality and designs. They say it seems great and their kids will love it.
"...He loves this and plays with it for hours. One of the best toys I have bought for him...." Read more
"...It's really a very cool toy, and you really have to think about what you are building...." Read more
"...around with it a little (then wrapped it for Christmas :) It seems really great and I am sure my kids will love it!" Read more
"Great toy" Read more
Customers appreciate the product's visual appeal. They find it visually appealing, easy to use, and versatile. The marble run is well-designed and sturdy.
"...This was a well-designed and sturdy product. My son has already added more sets to his Amazon Wish List." Read more
"The concept behind this toy is great. It makes for a really neat and versatile marble run. I love that you can pack it away nicely...." Read more
"...These things are pretty and they seem really cool... until you actually spend some quality time with them and start to see their flaws...." Read more
"...Visually appealing, and easy to use, but allows for a wide variety of complexity in design...." Read more
Customers like the marble quality. They say it's the best marble maze, with a nice upgrade to the marble track. The marble run is versatile, and there are a few types of cubes that redirect the marbles.
"...It makes for a really neat and versatile marble run. I love that you can pack it away nicely. The prices can be a bit tricky to snap together...." Read more
"...Basically, there are a few types of cubes that re-direct the marbles, and you build a structure that both has to stand on it's own and sends the..." Read more
"nice "marble track" upgrade..." Read more
"Best marble maze!..." Read more
Customers appreciate the value for money. They say it's a nice set for the price, a great gift, and the rewards are worth it.
"...But the rewards are worth it. I was very happy with this purchase and I am thinking of buying a set for the twin boys for their birthday." Read more
"Nice set for the price. My grandson LOVES marble runs and this was a unique one he enjoyed...." Read more
"great gift" Read more
"Best gift ever!..." Read more
Customers have different views on the toy's assembly. Some find it simple to assemble and visually appealing, while others find it complicated and difficult to put together. There are limited ways to put it together, and some customers find the pieces hard for kids to use.
"...Really complicated, but fun. Definitely more fun for my son to play at the toy store than to own...." Read more
"...This massive and intricate Plexiglass-enclosed installation features "small rubber balls (that) zip along a multicolored track, triggering a series..." Read more
"...whole set, yet due to the odd ways they attach it can be difficult to actually put together the things I think up...." Read more
"When we tried this at the store it looked like a lots of fun and easy. Just stack it any way and see which way the marbles go. NO, NO!..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the sturdiness of the product. Some find it good quality and well-designed, while others mention it's not very stable, the pieces could hold together a little better, and the structures you build are figile and will probably have to be rebuilt again and again. The top falling off and completely shattering into pieces is a concern.
"...This was a well-designed and sturdy product. My son has already added more sets to his Amazon Wish List." Read more
"...Pieces do not stay where placed and pop up. Tried few different approaches, but none worked. So I decide to make my own design. What a piece of c..p!..." Read more
"Pieces seem sturdy enough and they fit together fine....just seems like the one set is not enough though...there are a limitted number of ways you..." Read more
"...But the pieces did not stick together. They kept popping off and it was really really really annoying. So I am returning it...." Read more
Customers find the playability limited. They mention it's too few pieces to do much with, not played with often, and the one set is not enough.
"...set just due to the difficulty of attaching the pieces and the less clear purpose..." Read more
"...enough and they fit together fine....just seems like the one set is not enough though...there are a limitted number of ways you can put it together...." Read more
"I thought this would be fun for our grandkids, but it's not played with very often." Read more
"Too few to do much with." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2012I gave two sets to my niece and nephew for Christmas last year. They were both six years old. Age-wise, it would probably have been a better gift at age seven or eight, as they needed help constructing the bigger mazes. To be honest, they didn't really understand how to create a path with the blocks for probably the first two or three days. But they thoroughly enjoyed this gift anyways.
At first the twins would just tell us what they wanted to build, and my husband and I would build it for them, and then they would play with that maze for an hour or more. After watching us build for a while, the kids got in on the creative process. They did have trouble making some of the blocks connect to each other, but that's what makes this a good hand-eye coordination trainer.
To scaffold their introduction, my husband and I would sort through all the different types of blocks and divide them into building sets: one for each twin and one set for the adults. The twins would then each build their own little mini mazes, and then my husband and I would use the remaining blocks to figure out how to attach their mini mazes together to create one giant maze. The kids loved this.
If you build and design multiple paths into the maze, the kids can predict which marbles will get down first or which way they will go. You can create mazes with lots of entry and exit points, and then have the kids predict which exit each marble will take; later you can have them explain why they think the marble went that way.
I will warn you that this toy is loud! Your kids will drop in several marbles at once (and over and over) and the little metal balls click and clack as they fall through the plastic, making a tremendous racket. But it's tons of fun.
I absolutely love this toy and personally I could play with it for hours; thankfully it also held the kids' attention for extended periods of time, allowing me to enjoy spending time with them and enjoy play time myself. I think my middle school students would love it, I just wish it was a little quieter so that I could put it on my science exploration table.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2012In the lobby of Children's Hospital - Boston, there is an audiokinectic sculpture by George Rhoads called "Bippity Boppity Balls." This massive and intricate Plexiglass-enclosed installation features "small rubber balls (that) zip along a multicolored track, triggering a series of sounds as they meet wooden blocks, bells, and metal chambers."
I honestly think my son thought he was getting that sculpture in this box. Though it lacks the bells and whistles, this product provides tons of stimulating 3-D design play. This is a highly tactile and manipulative-type toy. The box says it all: "Three kinds of cubes. Countless possibilities."
As with many toys in the age range of 8+, it's important to read the directions and lay out the pieces in size, shape and orientation before getting started. This is the age when the free-form play of the early years is replaced by following detailed instructions for maximum enjoyment.
The toys in this age range, though, are fluid enough that once they grasp the "building code" they can construct their own models.
This was a well-designed and sturdy product. My son has already added more sets to his Amazon Wish List.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015My son is autistic and loves to stim. He loves this and plays with it for hours. One of the best toys I have bought for him. Oh yeah, and I have fun building the designs too Overall great toy!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2013The concept behind this toy is great. It makes for a really neat and versatile marble run. I love that you can pack it away nicely. The prices can be a bit tricky to snap together. Even as an adult, the buildings I assemble often fall apart because I haven't snapped the pieces together properly.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013When we tried this at the store it looked like a lots of fun and easy. Just stack it any way and see which way the marbles go. NO, NO!
As soon as we got my 11 yo and I tried to make the first maze according to the instructions and we miserably failed. Pieces do not stay where placed and pop up. Tried few different approaches, but none worked. So I decide to make my own design. What a piece of c..p! You can't make your own design! The metal "marbles" get stuck if plastic pieces are not placed according to the design. I gave up, my son gave up. This is going back!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2012My three year old son and I played with this toy at a toy store and it was pretty fun. Really complicated, but fun. Definitely more fun for my son to play at the toy store than to own. And if it worked I would just put it away until he was older. But the pieces did not stick together. They kept popping off and it was really really really annoying. So I am returning it. I don't know if this version sat in the sun and shrunk or what happened because the one at the store seemed fine.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2013I bought this in the warm colors and the cool colors for my nephew for his birthday. After a positive response, I also got a set for my niece as well as the two stunt sets: http://www.amazon.com/Q-BA-MAZE-2-0-Zoom-Stunt-Set/dp/B009AEXUX6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1358787364&sr=8-5&keywords=q-ba-maze and http://www.amazon.com/Q-BA-MAZE-2-0-Bounce-Stunt-Set/dp/B009AEXU68/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1358787364&sr=8-6&keywords=q-ba-maze. All were a huge hit among the full set of nieces and nephews - 10 yr old boy, 8 yr old girl, 6 yr old twin boys, not to mention the adults!
Building the mazes takes patience and planning and figuring out how to build structures that balance and stay upright takes some work. But the rewards are worth it.
I was very happy with this purchase and I am thinking of buying a set for the twin boys for their birthday.
Top reviews from other countries
- AngieReviewed in Canada on December 28, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Great toy!
Bought 2 sets for Christmas. 2.5 and 4.5 yr old kids Love them! I have to build the mazes and plans for them, but they independently played with the maze for quite awhile.
I'd recommend placing your maze on a cookie sheet or something to catch all the marbles. Once they get going some tend to pop out the sides and they can easily roll all over the room and get lost if you're not careful.
Angie
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2015
I'd recommend placing your maze on a cookie sheet or something to catch all the marbles. Once they get going some tend to pop out the sides and they can easily roll all over the room and get lost if you're not careful.
Images in this review - Peter O'SullivanReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for all the family
Bought is as a birthday present for my 5 year old niece. She loved it almost as much as the adults who helped her build it! I think we've hit on a present at we can come back to and add to for some time.
- notsleepingmomReviewed in Canada on June 8, 2017
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit fragile for a rough boy
These Q ba maze blocks are okay. They aren't really appropriate for younger kids as they have trouble fitting them together. The plastic is also a little brittle so if the kids are too rough, the edges with the groove that allow you to fit the pieces together break. I bought a few different sets of these for my son and he broke a bunch of the pieces. I ended up buying him a different kind of marble run for his next birthday which is easier for him to put together and a lot more durable.
- HappyCamperReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Bought as a gift and the recipient loved it!
- Les RReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Bought as gift