SHASHIBO Shape Shifting Box
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This toy is everything! My son has aspergers and has not put this toy down since he received it for Christmas. Not only would i recommend this. I will be buying more also, normally my son gets bored easily with toys. However not this one, I cannot say enough about how amazing it is.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My 11 & 13 year olds (and me and my 40+ year old husband) are mesmerized by these. The best thing is to have 2 of them- you can do so much with them together. Even after days of playing with them for hours, we still discovered new things to do with them. Did I mention they are quiet, not screens, and entertained my children for hours? They seemed a bit pricey when I ordered them, but seeing how much they do, they’re worth it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Seems like many of these reviews, when I read them before I purchased this thing, sounded like "its not worth it till you have 4 of them..." - maybe I just read \'em that way. Buy ONE of these things. And when you\'re finally willing to let it go, give it to the oldest person you know, and the youngest one you can trust with it, and pretty much anybody else. Takes some time to learn how to treat it all gently and properly, and sometimes you have to exert a little "I hope this doesn\'t break it" force (that you kinda know it won\'t) but once you are comfortable with this thing... its pretty mesmerizing. I thought the price was high when I bought it, but the product received was worth that cost. Well-made, sturdy, prolly rest-of-your-lifetime stuff.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "I want to like this product. It's a neat idea and super fun to play with. I loved it so much I bought two. The first one split after only 2 weeks. I returned it thinking it was a fluke. It's held together with a rather flimsy sticker and after a few weeks to a month of normal play, it splits. The second cube started splitting now, too. I uploaded a pic of the split on one side and then the other side where I taped it. For the price, I felt this should've lasted longer than a month. Had they been more durable I'd have bought all four eventually. Bummer."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "For our family, this product started out as five stars. It was a stocking stuffer for my elementary age kids, and it has held their attention and excitement longer than anything else they got for Christmas. They keep shouting SHAPE! every time they think they've made a novel shape with their cube. Honestly, the first time I used it, I was disappointed when my kids took it back from me. It is easy to manipulate and has surprisingly fluid movement--the magnets come together with subtle, satisfying purpose to make various shapes. I sent the link to family who also love unusual puzzles.\n\nUnfortunately, yesterday my daughter (who demonstrates her ability to work the cube by hiding it behind her back to make shapes) noticed a split in the design overlay just past one of the seams where the patterned cover is coming apart. We immediately put it away so as not to exacerbate the split (it appears the cube is a heavy black plastic with a plastic wrap pattern over the hard base), but I am frustrated that this will affect her use of the cube because I can't see how to fix it without leaving a sticky residue that would impact use of the cube. We do have one cube with a matte pattern (blue) and the one that has a split has a shiny, colorful pattern. The pattern overlays on the cubes do feel different to the touch, and so far the cube with the matte finish is not showing any wear.\n\nFor background, my kids would prefer screens to pass the time, but we do limit video games and force the kids to entertain themselves as much as we can. We love puzzles and board games and have tons of fun doing activities like Quadrillions."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Wow, so underwhelmed right now. $80 for lightweight plastic and magnets mostly held together by some stickers? Very underwhelming first impression where all four cubes feel cheaply made. As such, I can’t see this lasting long. It will be sturdy at first, but the stickers holding it all together will stretch and tear with time. I guess duct tape will fix it, but for $20 apiece ($80 total), I expected seething built as least as well as a Rubix cube. Instead you have something that appears and feels like it came from the dollar store. Save your money or wait until it goes on a serious sale. Don’t pay full price. It might be neat at $20 for all four cubes, but $80 is far too much for what you get. I’m going to return the cubes and spend my money on something better. I’m surprised more reviewers haven’t commented on Shashibo’s cheap construction/feel. It’s immediately obvious upon first touch. Save yourself the hassle of returning and avoid this thing.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'In the description it said these are made with 36 rare earth magnets. Yet, when I received it it seemed like just plastic with stickers. I had purchased 3. I sent them all back. Not worth the price for plastic and stickers.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "It's beautiful, well made, and geometrically interesting. The magnetic planes have a very nice feel to them, as they're moved around into different shapes. There's nothing quite like this toy; easy enough for older children to enjoy, intriguing and beautiful for adults to manipulate. It's not so much a puzzle per se, but once you make a couple of changes to the geometry it will take some time and some experimenting to get it back into cube shape again."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These are very cool we now have two of them. I will eventually get all four to try new patterns. Awesome puzzle toy!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' I’m 55 years old and a lifelong fidgeter! Love this!!'}]