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Buckyballs by ZoomDoogle | 
 enlarge | Brand: ZoomDoogle
Category: Toy
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $22.95
You Save: $7.04 (23%)
New (57) Collectible (5) from $22.95
Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 13 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 2 x 5 x 2
MPN: BUCKY
Model: BuckyBalls
UPC: 094922923967
EAN: 0182129559536
ASIN: B002BG8MYW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | ZoomDoogle Buckyballs | | • | Each set contains 216 small, powerful rare earth magnets that can be shaped, molded, torn apart and snapped together in UNLIMITED WAYS. | | • | Make sculptures, puzzles, patterns, shapes, stick stuff to the fridge, invent a new game trying to find something more useful is useless. | | • | Ages 12 years and up. |
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Product Description
Shape, mold and snap them together in unlimited ways We won t name names, but remember all those old puzzle games you grew up with Now imagine them with all the fun and stimulation, and none of the frustration or tedious learning curves. That s Bucky balls , the incredible magnetic toy that s always changing, always amusing, always building on itself and there are no wrong answers, ever. Includes 216 powerful rare earth magnets. These powerful little magnets each have two poles one side repels, the other attracts for unlimited shape shifting and de-stressing to your heart s content! Have fun make that unlimited fun with Buck yballs . Ages 13+ (not intended for children).Warning: Choking hazard due to small parts. Not intended for children. Swallowing of magnets may cause serious injury and require immediate medical care.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 52
Sleeper Hit July 28, 2009
C. Sakamoto
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
I have a set myself that I received as a gift. At first glance they don't seem very impressive...it's a bunch of silver balls in a jar. But then you dump them out and try to pull one off. They are incredibly strong, one ball has enough magnetic energy to hold the rest of the clump.
You can separate them into strands, combine them into form. Since they are balls sometimes they roll and snap into unexpected configurations.
The previous reviewer is right about one thing, don't pay more than $24.99. That's what the price is multiple places on the net.
WARNING: Be carefull around electronics, they are powerful magnets that could damage your computer, tv, watches and other things. Each ball is very small, maybe 1/8 of an inch across and easily swalled individually or in small clumps. The package says not to play with them if you have a pacemaker. Oh and don't take them to work, you will find yourself playing with them instead of doing your reports (Or so I've heard, mine are at home).
Fun and educational November 18, 2009
C. A. De Cruz (Orange County,NY)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I got these for my 14 year old son for his birthday and he absolutely loves them! He enjoys making all types of shapes, spheres, squares...they have opposite poles so he has to figure out how they go together. It comes with 216 magnets which sound like a lot, but they are tiny. The only complaint my son has is that he wants more of them. I would suggest buying 2 or more sets or a larger set.
Its Amazing How Much Fun You Can Have With Some Little Balls December 9, 2009
K. Groh (Pennsylvania)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
These are the coolest magnetic balls. They are incredibly strong. One ball can hold the weight of the entire 216 ball set. They are great to pass the time and come up with new patterns.
They are polarized (they have a positive and negative) so manipulating them into shapes can take a gentle hand and patience as you work them to rotate around.
I love making the cube but it takes a little practice. The possibility of shapes are endless but having two sets can open up new doors.
I have some pictures posted in the customer images of patterns and shapes that are easy to make.
An additional benefit is the stress relief. They are great for keeping nervous hands busy during a stressful time.
My 5 year old (under supervision) loves them too since they are so easy to manipulate.
They are a little pricey but they are so much fun in their own quirky way. There is something nice about the way they feel as your hand works them into new shapes.
I would caution that my 10 year-old son had too much fun with them the first day and lost one of the balls. Since they are magnetic and small, it is almost impossible to find - although we did eventually find it stuck to a return vent...
Tactile, magical, scientific--great for geeks of all generations (ages 13+) December 28, 2009
Amy Tiemann (North Carolina, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Buckyballs are really fun to play with, a great multi-generational geek toy. ("Geek" is a compliment in our house, by the way!)
I love tactile toys and this is a good one. You can make chains, jewelry, or organic-chemistry-like "molecules" and chains. Make sure you watch the demo video embedded in the Amazon page. I only wish the video was more of a detailed "how-to" than a showing off "gee-whiz," because I'd like to make those shapes. I guess that's what pause and replay are for but they could have made it easier to follow.
Please do be careful with these tiny, powerful magnets. You want to keep them away from electronics and magnetized items like credit cards. Buckyballs are in theory the perfect desk toy but give them some space for this reason. Also, keep the magnets away from young children and pets. The Buckyballs web site says: "Not intended for children. Swallowing of magnets may cause serious injury and require immediate medical care. Ages 13+" (We did get a set for a 10 year old but 13 is the official Buckyball disclaimer.)
But with those common-sense caveats, go for it, this toy is really fun in a way that is hard to convey in writing--you just have to experience for yourself.
Another magnetic game we enjoy is Jishaku, recommended for ages 8 and up. It is a more traditional "competitive" game for two or more players (as opposed to being a desk toy), and it has some of the same fun magnetic magic of Buckyballs, with an element of unpredictability as the attracted pieces jump together.
I Can't Stop Playing With My New Balls December 28, 2009
K. Raney (Eau Claire, WI)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got my new balls for Christmas, and my whole family spent hours coming up with entertaining ways to play with them. We were going to watch the new Star Trek DVD that another family member got for Christmas, but we never did get to the film. The fun really began when my fifteen-year-old son found some Bucky Ball videos on YouTube. We made a sphere, a spinning hexagon, cubes, and stars to name just a few. Our best achievement was figuring out how to make the sphere (hollow in the middle) spin at the end of a single string of balls. It looked like Dick Clark's New Year's Eve Ball. My youngest son is using some of his Christmas money to buy another set.
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