Puzzlin' Shapes Polar Bear

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**Puzzlin' Shapes Polar Bear** is one of the Linkimals that was released in 2022.

## Physical Appearance

Puzzlin' Shapes Polar Bear is a white polar bear sorting puzzle.

The electronic polar bear is white with light blue claws, and the back of the unit is light blue. The polar bear has black eyebrows, a black nose, a mouth that isn't outlined with a pink tongue visible and its eyes light up in different colors. It has a "tuft of hair" on its head, between its ears.

Without the shapes inserted in it, the polar bear has five sections in its body with a number molded in each section. There's also a button in each section that detects when a shape block is inserted or removed from its respective section. Between the rectangle and pentagon sections is a white button outlined in blue and it has three question marks printed on it in two different shades of blue; the middle one's dot is a star. There are also two light blue stars above the outer two question marks.

The polar bear comes with five shape blocks. One is a green oval, the second is a red crescent, the third is an orange triangle, the fourth is a blue rectangle, and the fifth is a yellow pentagon. All five shape blocks have their respective colors printed on the front of them in white, while the back of the shape blocks have the respective number of sides the shape has molded in it.

## Features and Functions

The polar bear is activated by either inserting/removing any shape into its section, or by pushing the question mark button.

No matter how you activate it, its startup routine after it is turned on remains the same. The activation sound plays, and the polar bear says "Hello!". After a few seconds, inserting/removing any shape in its section or pushing the question mark button causes the polar bear to say "Roar!", followed by it singing "Hello Friends".

Inserting a shape into its section has the polar bear say the shape you inserted, followed by a phrase including the number of sides the shape has. Removing the shape causes a musical noise to play, followed by the polar bear identifying the shape that was removed. Sometimes, after saying the shape, the polar bear either: Plays a musical tune, laughs and says "That tickles!", or sings "Colorful Friends"/"Shapes, Shapes Everywhere"/"Hello Friends".

Pushing the button with the question marks on it initiates a "find the shape" game where the polar bear asks you to find one of the five shapes, then insert/remove it. Sometimes it asks for the shape by the number of sides it has, or by its color, making the game slightly more challenging. The polar bear congratulates you if you insert/remove the correct shape.

The box claims that it plays 65+ songs, sounds, tunes and phrases in total.

### What It Teaches

* Colors
* Advanced Shapes
* Thinking Skills

### Songs

* Hello Friends
* Colorful Friends
* Shapes, Shapes Everywhere

## Interactivity with Other Linkimals

Like the other Linkimals, Puzzlin' Shapes Polar Bear can communicate with other Linkimals. It can sing "Hello Friends" and "Colorful Friends" with them, it can say phrases not heard when you play with it on its own, and you unlock the roll call sequence before "Hello Friends".

For a full list of Polar Bear's interaction phrases, click here.