BrainString
by adminIntroducing: BrainString! From Recent Toys.
The concept of BrainString is simple: You have a clear acrylic ummmm…well it’s not a cube, so we’ll call it a polyhedron even though that probably isn’t accurate either. In any case there are various colored stretchy strings that go through the polyhedron to the opposite side. Each of the strings can have its end moved (they have colored nubs on the end) so that it comes out at a different side of the polyhedron then the one opposite where it goes in!
To solve the puzzle you must get all the colored strings so that they are all color coded together. That is, a side of the polyhedron has strings of only one color and the side opposite that has all the same color. You move the cords by pulling up on the ends and moving it along the slots to its new location.
Sound simple? Well, here’s the trick: To properly solve the puzzle the cords inside the polyhedron can’t be twisted or entangled in any way. For other challenges you can try to solve it by getting three different color strings on each side of the polyhedron, or two of one color and a second color. In any case you can’t have any entangled strings inside.
Much like the classic Rubik’s Cube you receive the puzzle solved, and mess it up yourself by whatever means you like and then solve it from there. BrainString can be a great challenge of not only problem-solving, but also of spacial awareness and 3D problem solving.
BrainString is for ages 6+.
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