Orbeez - Magic Maker

by Orbeez

• Includes a Play 'n Display tray
• Games galore
• Set contains 2,500 Orbeez
• Comes in 9 colors
• Magically grows in water

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 3.8 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Origin: China
• ASIN: B003TLMVOA
• Item model number: 45040
• Manufacturer recommended age: 5 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,597 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Orbeez are wet and wacky, soft and squishy, fun and funky, bouncy and beautiful. They start off hard and tiny. Add water and watch them grow to more than 100 times their volume. Growing Orbeez is more fun in the Maker Maker. Play a hoop game while they grow and then cascade your grown Orbeez down a spiral ramp to a collection tray. Activity Booklet provides endless ideas for games and design. Comes with 2,500 Orbeez in 9 colors, and a Play 'n Display Tray.

Product Description

Orbeez are wet and wacky, soft and squishy, fun and funky, bouncy and beautiful. They start off hard and tiny. Add water and watch them grow to more than 100 times their volume. Grow up to 300 Orbeez at once in this amazing gizmo. While they grow have fun shooting your Orbeez through the hoops. Once grown, cascade them down the spiral ramp into the collection tray. Then play with your Orbeez using ideas from the Activity Booklet. With a Play and Display Tray and more than 2,500 Orbeez the fun never ends. Includes: 2,500 Orbeez in 9 Colors, 1 Magic Orbeez Maker, 1 Play and Display Tray, 1 Activity Booklet.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

172 of 191 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Wow, do they have you fooled... September 22, 2010

By shortcakecutie

Durability: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

They've been selling these things forever - just repackaged it as a toy so you'll pay crazy amounts for it. You can find them at the $1 or online for a couple bucks at most. In every color under the rainbow. They're sold for plants - you soak them in water, plant your plant in them and the plant's roots absorb the water so you don't have to remember as often. Google "crystal soil balls", "imbibtion balls" or "jelly marbles." If you have any Asian markets near you - I've seen them in almost all of them (Daiso, Mitsuwa, 99 Ranch, Marukai)
You'll also find them in some beginner chemistry sets as "magic crystals." Same thing, different shape.

195 of 222 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, horrible toy September 16, 2010

By Mudiwa

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

The little balls are really pretty, but you will hate them. The plastic contraption to grow them is completely unnecessary, and is just a marketing ploy. You can just buy the balls and grow them in water, if you dare. There are two main problems. There is nothing to do with them - they are just tiny little boogers in pretty colors. Put them in a clear vase - looks nice. But problem 2 - if you let them out, you will regret it. It takes an hour to clean up the thousands of nasty pests that bounce and roll out of control all over the house. They're too small to pick up with fingers, slip under a broom, ruin a vacuum - there is literally no way to pick them up, except one at a time, half of them slipping through your fingers as you go. I was dismayed at my daughter for making mess after mess, until I realized that there is just no way to contain these lovely abominations. Nothing breaks my heart like a promising toy that turns family fun time into nothing but clean-up and thoughts of throwing the thing away after only a half hour of use.

144 of 166 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Toxic, messy and pointless August 22, 2010

By Callie

Durability: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 1.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 1.0 out of 5 stars   

I was skeptical about this from the beginning since we had tried the other pellet thing called Pixos and that was a messy and pointless purchase since the dispenser jammed after one day. But we broke down and got this toy for our 7 year old since he was sure it was great.

Warning #1--The instructions say that if any pellet is ingested you must induce vomiting so i would assume the same would be true if your cat or dog ate one of the many that rolled off the table since they are really slimy after they come out of water. Great!

Warning #2 -- The pellets should be thrown out after a couple of weeks since mold will develop. Neat science project?

This is going to be one of those toys that mysteriously disappears after a week or two...