January
14
- A maze game where players must maneuver a small marble around challenging barriers inside a transparent sphere
- Provides a three dimensional experience
- Shift, flip, and twist the sphere to guide the marble
- Entertaining, educational, and great for fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
- No set-up, clean-up or batteries
Product Description
Perplexus The most fun you’ll have with a maze! This is not the maze puzzles of the past that you knew and grew bored of. This 3d puzzle maze is the coolest maze you’ll ever hope to solve! With 3 levels to solve Perplexus will have you busy turning, rotating, angling, balancing…anything to get that metal ball down the correct track!… More >>
PlaSmart Perplexus Maze Game
I’m a grandma and I loved this toy! My kids loved this toy! My grandkids loved this toy! It is a challenge to make it to the end. Should be a new craze! Very durable. Good for eye-hand coordination. Again, we ALL loved it!!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
This toy has been a hit in our home. We got one for Christmas and I know someone has picked it up at least once every day since. I grew up playing a maze game with a great big wood box. I believe the name of that game was Labyrinth. Playing Perplexus brought back many fun memories when I was younger so I had to bring it to my family’s Christmas party (we have it after Christmas). It was a hit with everybody of all ages. My siblings loved it. There was a Wii and another sphere-like game, but the Perplexus was played more frequent.
I’ve read critisms that the numbers are difficult to read. I believe this was the one of the fun things about it as my son (15 year old) and I would problem solve and figure it out. Bonding moments with the son!! Both him and I have completed the maze but I find myself still trying it everyday to see if I can complete it all the way through without having the ball fall. My four year old child plays with it but he has difficulty getting past the first level.
I fully recommend this toy and plan on buying more for gifts.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this for my 6 year old son however it has been enjoyed by children and parents. It is challenging enough to entertain all ages and also to maintain interest longer than most toys.
Rating: 5 / 5
I got this for my wife for Christmas this year. She is a puzzle freak, so this may be not be normal experiences, but she finished it in about 30 minutes. I had read reviews about this at several stores and I seemed to think it would be a tough experience for her, but it wasn’t. However, younger kids(10-13) are having a blast with it and have not solved it yet.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m an adult, and I can’t get enough of this toy. The maze is intricate and clever. You need to turn the ball all over the place to move the ball along the paths. There’s a spiral, an arc, a moving cup, and other strangely shaped paths. While it’s called a “maze,” there is actually a single clearly marked path– the challenge isn’t in figuring out where the ball goes, but in getting the ball to go where it’s supposed to.
There are 100 “point markers” along the path. There are slots that allow you to enter the maze at three different points– at the beginning, at point 26, and at point 59.
The maze increases in difficulty as you get further. Level 1, points 1-25, is the easiest. Level 2, points 26 to 58, has one really difficult spot that I find almost impossible to get past. I haven’t been able to complete Level 3, points 59 to 100. It looks really hard! The manufacturer recommends ages 6-14; I doubt a 6-year-old would have the motor skills and spatial awareness necessary to do this maze. I recommend letting a 6-year-old try it, and if they seem more frustrated than engaged, taking it away for a couple years and then trying again at a later age.
My only big complaint with this product is the coloration. The manufacturer used to produce the Superplexus, which was teal, purple, and yellow and looked very sharp. The Perplexus is a hideous mess of bright colors. It looks ugly and unappealing. The intricate structures don’t stand out clearly at all. It’s unengaging to look at, unlike the teal/purple/yellow scheme, which captivated the eye. The color scheme dilutes everything that’s appealing about the ball, and I wouldn’t be inclined to buy it in the store. It’s only due to the Superplexus that I know the ugly little mess is actually a brilliantly designed masterpiece.
Words cannot express how utterly delightful this maze is!
Rating: 5 / 5