Great toy for kids or adults
A store where I work owns a copy of this toy.  I love it.  If I could get away with it, I'd play it for hours.  But then I wouldn't get any work done!<br /><br />The maze when completed is a rectangular arrangement of 24 square wooden blocks.  (25 blocks are included in the toy, so you always have one left over.)  Each block can be turned and re-arranged independently, and it is up to the player to create a "maze" that a marble can then travel through either continuously or with "dead ends" in the patten.  It is more fun if you create a pattern that allows the marble to travel continuously.  It is especially fun if you include the "crossover" piece in the maze somehow.  This allows the design to have two interlocking 'circuits' rather than only one.<br /><br />I do wish they made a larger model, with more pieces and a larger rectangle, but it is certainly plenty of fun the way it is.  Younger kids find it a bit on the challenging side, but most kids I've met who are seven or older are definitely up to it, and the younger ones have a lot of fun even when they can't create a 'continuous circuit' type of maze.<br /><br />The whole toy is very well built, nicely finished, and ouchless-- no slivers.<br /><br />Great toy!
Rating: 5 stars