Looking for a great last minute family gift?
Have you been searching for a fun activity to help bring everyone together in a fun and challenging way during family time?
Award winning PlaSmartToys, the makers of the Plasma Car, offer a fantastic family maze game that is sure to leave your family challenge, as well as entertained. With different maze games for varying levels of difficulty, the Perplexus is an excellent choice for this holiday season, any gift giving occasion or just because.
Inspired by 3D design teacher, Michael McGuiness, Perplexus has undergone decades of development, from its origin as a 3D art project to realization and introduction at the 2009 New York Fair by PlaSmart, in conjunction with Busy Life, LLC.
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Original Perplexus |
PERPLEXUS is a maze game where players maneuver a small marble around challenging barriers inside a transparent sphere. Unlike traditional flat-surface mazes that are composed of one path, PERPLEXUS houses various challenging tracks with 100 barriers providing a frustrating three-dimensional experience. Players select the track they would like to attempt and must work with gravity to carefully shift, flip, and twist the sphere to guide the marble. Players can race each other or the clock.
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Perplexus Rookie |
The Original, shown above, is eight inches in diameter, is rated for ages six and up, with a challenging track length of twenty three feet! Difficulty level rating of the Original Perplexus is six..
The Rookie, shown on right, is rated for ages four and up, is seven inches in diameter, has 70 challenging barriers, with a difficulty rating of three.
For the ultimate family challenge, daring Perplexus masters will want to tackle the Perplexus Epic, shown below. With a diameter of 8.5 inches, 125 challenge barriers, this ultimate Perplexus puzzle has a difficulty rating of 8 and is suggested for ages eight and up.
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Perplexus Epic |
PERPLEXUS assists in child development allowing children to exercise their motor and dexterity skills, as well as improve their hand-eye coordination. Its small size makes it easily portable. No batteries required.
My family put the Original Perplexus to the test and we are hooked! As a group, we are enjoying exploring the challenge barriers, encouraging each other on to new levels of accomplishment, as well as enjoying spending fun time together. While its all in good fun, admittedly, there is a bit of a competition going on among the crew, with my 10 yr old son well in the lead! As we experiment and improve our techniques, sharing in each others accomplishments, as well as minor setbacks, each member of the crew is looking forward to mastering the Original Perplexus and moving on to the increased challenge of the Epic Perplexus!
***VOTE FOR PERPLEXUS -
EDUCATIONAL TOY OF THE YEAR
and SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY***
Perplexus is currently nominated for Educational Toy of the Year, 2011, in the TOTY Awards. The crew of That's What She Said is beyond taken with both the ingenious design, as well as the hours of fun we've had with the Original Perplexus and have cast our vote!
Along with PlaSmart Toys, we invite you to cast your vote, as well as participate in an opportunity to enter weekly giveaway to win your own Perplexus Puzzle! Stop by PlaSmart Perplexus on Facebook, please consider voting and register for the celebratory Day of Giveaways if PlaSmart Perplexus wins, as well as weekly fan giveaways up to January 15th! Voting is quick and easy, simply:
- Go to 12th Annual Toy of the Year Awards
- Select Perplexus
- Click Submit My Vote at the bottom
- Register your information to complete your vote.
- Go to Perplexus Facebook to register for Perplexus Fan Appreciation
PlaSmart is generously offering That's What She Said readers a chance to win an Original Perplexus!
This giveaway is open to residents of US and Canada, 18+ and will end on Sunday, January 22, 2012 at midnight, EST. The winner will be randomly selected from all eligible entries and notified by email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond before I must move on to a runner up. Please leave your email address in your first entry comment, in anti spam format, so I may contact you if you are the winner.
***MANDATORY ENTRY***
Please visit the Perplexus site and explore. Come back and tell me in a comment what intrigues you about the Perplexus Maze Games or something you learned.
Please visit the Perplexus site and explore. Come back and tell me in a comment what intrigues you about the Perplexus Maze Games or something you learned.
***BONUS ENTRIES***
* Vote for Perplexus in the 2012 TOTY Awards for Best Educational Game, leave comment with applicable name, 3 entries.
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This giveaway is closed.
Congrats to Erin, comment #167, courtesy of Random.org!
On behalf of PlaSmart and That's What She Said, thank you to all entrants for participating and following. You are appreciated!
Don't miss the PlaSmart Plasma Car Giveaway!
I was provided with an Original Perplexus to explore for the purposes of creating this feature. The opinions above are both honest and of my own experience. Images sourced from various Perplexus sites. Facebook is not involved in, nor responsible for this giveaway in any fashion. Sponsor is both supplying prize and responsible for shipping.
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I learned the toy is completely self-contained.
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I learned it was a top toy of 2010. THank you
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Challenges hand eye coordination
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I love all the great puzzles in a simple design.
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A friend of ours has one of these and it is really amazing (no pun intended)!
And it is something that isn't necessarily limited to a specific age range to enjoy.
Some time ago I did Vote for Perplexus in the 2012 TOTY Awards for Best Educational Game.
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Perplexus helps with motor and dexterity skills, as well as improve hand-eye coordination and requires no batteries.
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The three ways you can play it make it worth the price. Skill level, hand eye coordination, perfect for kids and adults both.
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i like that it challenges the hand eye coordination - my daughter could really use this!
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