The Wizards Workshop

by Family Games

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 3 x 10.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000NY2YDO
• Item model number: 20050
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,243 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

Open up to the World of Wizardry with this spell-binding Workshop filled with an array of ropes, rings, balls and wooden blocks to help you create seven bewitching brain teasers, a ring and rope riddle, and an ever-lasting magical maze concealed in the cover, mesmerizing even the most astute sorcerer. Once assembled, solving these perplexing enigmas will mystify even the wisest Wizard. 3 levels of difficulty.   Includes: Assembly instructions, 8 wooden blocks, 2 cords, 2 wooden balls, 2 metal balls, 7 metal rings, 4 wooden screws, 1 wooden screwdriver. Single player. Ages 8+

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating for all the wrong reasons., January 22, 2011

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RoyHolmes - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Wizards Workshop (Toy)

I was pretty jazzed about the concept of this toy as I am an avid puzzle enthusiast. Too bad it turned out to be frustrating for all the wrong reasons.

1) The English instructions seem like they were google translated from another language and make little or no sense.

2) That would be OK if the diagrams were clear, but sadly they also make no sense. Since it is crucial when ropes go above, below, or through loops there should be some clear way of indicating that. Nope. Just black lines running through each other like you are looking at the shadow of a puzzle.

3) Disentangle puzzles are pretty straight forward to figure out, but 3 of the puzzles leave you with little or no clue as to what the point of the puzzles is.

4) Some of the holes are drilled too large and pieces do not fit together properly.

5) The kit comes with a green rope that has two free ends and a white rope that is in a loop. However, in all the pictures of puzzles the puzzles use two white ropes, making it that much more frustrating to figure out what the heck is going on.