Pixelblocks Dream Set - 875 Pieces

by Pixelblocks

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 2 inches ; 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000BIZ8C6
• Item model number: PB5003
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,866 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

Welcome to the incredible world of Pixelblocks, the evolutionary building system! The tiniest dots of color you see on your computer or television screen are called pixels, and together they make up an entire picture. Pixelblocks are pixels made physical and set free from the computer screen. They allow the young at heart of all ages to use their creativity in endless ways. PixelBlocks come in a single shape, featuring a peg-and-hole combination for stacking top-to-bottom, and a unique tooth-and-groove combination on the other four sides. The unique shape allows PixelBlocks to be connected in three versatile ways that enable you to build effortlessly in 2-D or 3-D. The blocks themselves are approximately 3/8 (0.9 cm) translucent cubes. PixelBlocks come in a rainbow of 20 carefully chosen colors. Used in combination, PixelBlocks can express any mood from the vibrancy of childrens' toys, to the subtle shading of a photograph. Imagine the possibilities! The Dream Set comes with 875 pieces in 8 colors, a detailed color Idea Playbook, storage case, and can be used with other Pixelblocks sets. For Ages 6 and Up.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun building blocks, but probably too challenging for young kids, July 16, 2010

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Breanne (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Pixelblocks Dream Set - 875 Pieces (Toy)

I have always been a fan of lego and other building blocks, so these unique blocks really appealed to me when I first saw them. I like that they give you the ability to build three dimensionally with small blocks, giving you a lot of detail, and I also like the translucency, which makes them different from other building blocks. A couple of things that I am not so thrilled about: they can be very difficult to use. Sometimes the blocks are really "sticky" when you try to slide them together and I have broken more than one nail and pinched my fingers a few times trying to get a block into place. Other times, the blocks are too loose when you try to connect them so that it slides out the bottom as soon as you get it in place. Because the blocks don't always fit together as well as they should, you have to be really careful about planning out your structure ahead of time, because it's hard to make changes once you've started. This is all fine for me (an adult with pretty good manual dexterity), but I would think that it would become extremely frustrating for a young kid, or even a younger teenager. I also wish that there were more blocks of individual colours, even if that meant that you'd get fewer colours in a set. As it is, I never have enough blocks of any one colour to make what I want. All that said, I enjoy building with these blocks and have made some cool things. As long as you can deal with some frustration and broken nails, these blocks have a lot of potential.