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Hoberman Sphere Building Blocks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the silly-rabbit!-toys-aren't-just-for-kids! dept.

jmoyers writes "From the people that brought you the Hoberman Sphere comes the Expandagon Construction System. It allows you to build your own folding structures. "Each building block (called an Expandagon) is made of preassembled parts that allow it to expand and contract. This means that you can build very complex expanding shapes easily, using only a few building blocks." "

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  1. They are really cool ... for a while. by hamjudo · · Score: 5
    They are really neat for the first few hours. Then you start to see the limitations.

    Regular solids work well. More complex things don't expand and contract so well.

    If you get the little set, you think, gosh I can make some cool things with the big set. You need the big set to see that you can only build things so large before they just don't work at all.

    There are also little playability issues with the extra swivel joints. They are hard to get together. Sometimes when taking things apart, they come apart in the wrong places.

    If you really like construction toys like Lego Technics, assume you'll get 4 to 8 hours of fun out these things. Then it will sit on the shelf.

    What is 4 hours of construction fun worth to you?