Based on the ancient Chinese Tangram puzzle, Tangoes Ultra involves black, blue, green and white tiles that need to be placed in a certain order to create the desired overall shape. This engaging game combines artistic and mathematical elements. It includes two identical sets of seven puzzle pieces and 27 cards with 54 images. Tangoes can be played by one or two people or in teams.
Tangoes Jr. makes the tangram puzzle concept appealing and accessible to preschoolers with developing fine motor and spatial skills. The new game features a unique "playing case" and large, double-sided puzzle cards that offer two levels of play and enable children to solve each puzzle directly on the card. The puzzle pieces are thicker and larger than the original game's and each piece has an easy-grip lip, making it simple for kids age four and up to move pieces around. Tangoes Jr. puzzle cards feature recognizable images in three categories: animals, people and objects, for plenty of variety and widespread appeal. Guaranteeing years of fun and fresh challenges, each double-sided card incorporates two levels of play. On one side, individual geometric shapes are clearly pictured. The player is challenged to match the shapes to create the tangram image shown. On the other, more advanced side, the same image appears, but only in silhouette, offering a greater challenge for more advanced players and adding a memory game element. — “Tangoes Jr. is the first toy to make the ancient tangram puzzle accessible to preschoolers. (It) builds fine motor skills, visual discrimination, cognitive abilities and pre-math and artistic skills,” president Ellen Roth of Rex Games told TDmonthly.
In the middle of a jungle lake, a priceless Idol sits atop an ancient tower. Can your Explorer build a 3D path across the lake, seize the Idol and escape to a waiting boat before another player beats him to it, or “buries” the Explorer under stone blocks? “Idol Quest: the Strategy Game of Capture and Escape” incorporates visual perception, problem solving and creative thinking skills. Two to four players take turns drawing cards and strategically placing blocks around the board. Action Cards can quickly change the dynamics of the game. Launch date: February 2007.
This game includes seven durable plastic puzzle pieces and seven puzzle cards with solutions on the back side. The goal is to make the shape on each card using all seven puzzle pieces. It makes a great travel companion. Launch date: March 15, 2007.
Magnetic Travel Tangoes delivers all the fun of traditional Tangrams in a compact form. With magnetic puzzle pieces, an integrated play surface, wire-bound puzzle booklets and a snap closure, it’s great for short trips, long journeys or even staying at home. It is also available in Object and People themes. Launch date: April 2007.
Magnetic Travel Tangoes® delivers all the fun of traditional Tangrams in a compact form. Includes seven magnetic puzzle pieces, an integrated play surface, two wire-bound puzzle booklets with 24 puzzles and a snap closure. Choose the puzzle you want to solve. Magnetic pieces stay in place on play surface. If you get stumped, just flip the page to see the solution. Great for short trips, long journeys or even staying at home. Available in three themes: Animals, People and Objects.
Classic Tangoes in Royal Blue is our perennial best seller and a year-round favorite with both children and adults. Packed in our signature slim plastic case with grooved texturing, this challenging set includes two sets of seven playing pieces in red and blue, along with Card Set One – 27 cards with 54 puzzles and solutions. Also available in convenient peggable Blister Pack.
Double Tangoes is twice as much fun with twice as many challenges as the original! Use the fourteen puzzle pieces to create 108 unique designs. The sturdy game box includes two sets of fourteen pieces in raspberry and teal, 108 puzzle/solution cards and solutions and a drawstring bag for taking all the fun with you!
Now your preschool child can have even more fun with Tangoes Jr. with three additional Puzzle Packs: Animals, People and Objects. Each Puzzle Pack contains 10 double-sided puzzle cards, and each Puzzle Pack contains recognizable images that offer hours of tangram challenges!
For use with Tangoes Jr.
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Our additional Card Sets are great for extending play with Tangoes Puzzle Games. Now we've added seven new sets to our collection for even MORE hours of Tangoes challenges: Card Sets 6 though 12! Each pack includes 54 challenging puzzles and solutions on 27 cards - packaged in a slim, resealable plastic container with vibrant new packaging graphics. Each deck fits perfectly into the Tangoes Puzzle Game case.(Note: These card sets are not in order of difficulty; each set simply contains new and different puzzles).
SmartMax allows children to explore magnetism safely. The oversized pieces are specifically designed for handling by young kids as they learn about the effects of magnetic attraction and repulsion. Older children will have fun using the pieces to construct towers and bridges. The magnets are strong enough to carry up to 60 times their weight. Basic 36 includes long bars, short bars, large 1.8" diameter metal balls and a guide to build models. 25-piece and 42-piece sets are also available.
In this maze, the walls constantly shift place. One wrong step and you end up as dinner for the crocodiles. Only a smart adventurer can escape this cursed labyrinth. Through 48 IQ-building challenges players build logical reasoning, higher cognitive thinking and improved visual and spatial perception.
Can players help the mermaids catch the dangerous fish in the bubbles? According to legend, mermaids keep watch over the seas and the oceans. By blowing big bubbles, they can isolate the dangerous monster fish, so their friends can swim around freely and without care. Through 48 IQ-building challenges players build logical reasoning, higher cognitive thinking and improved visual and spatial perception. The single-player game’s compact game board and convenient storage compartment make it great for on-the-go and travel.
Head up in the clouds and feet on the ground? Don’t get dizzy working the heights! Players must build their way up with the wooden blocks, but make sure their builders always keep their feet on the building so they can supervise the work. The challenge is defeated when the building is completed and the little builder stand(s) on top of it. Challenging for the whole family. Develops spatial perception as well as fine motor skills. Contents: 10 colorful wooden blocks, 2 playing figurines/game pieces, 60 challenges.
Players can keep their brain in shape with this new thinking game. Put all the 3D-puzzle pieces on the game board in such a way that it turns into a (flat) 2D-image without holes. A thinking game with 100 challenges which will require some ”deep” thinking to find the correct the solution. 120 challenges with an extra 24 bonus challenges added to give an easy start.
Players give their brains a spin in the right direction and put all the twisted puzzle pieces on the game board. It looks easy until they realize that there are pegs that are in the way. And players can only put a playing piece over a peg if both are the same color. 100 challenges ranging from easy to extremely difficult. It's compact, so it's an ideal brain snack while on the go. — Paula Bolte, owner of Imaginations Toy & Furniture Co. in Blacksburg, Va., told TDmonthly in a February 2012 survey about best selling games that "Over Christmas time, IQTwist did well. Getting a big display of it and playing with it in the store helped."
With a simple click, wheels, cockpits, wings and panels attach to the magnetic bars. 48 magnetic pieces provide building variation and fun that reaches the finish. 18 medium bars, four long bars, two cockpits, four pairs of wheels, ten metal balls, two ramps, two containers, and four panels. Giant, non-swallowable 1.8 inch diameter metal balls.
Anti-Virus is a sliding puzzle game with a new twist: Tiles that only slide diagonally and can move in groups. 60 challenges with 5 levels to keep the body and mind healthy.
Day & Night is a game that evolves in step with children's growing skills: Hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. Ages 3 and up: Visual perception of colors and shapes. In the day everything is bright and clear so the day side of each challenge shows kids all the details of their playing pieces and the shapes needed to create the scene. Ages 4 and up: Visual perception and logical reasoning. At night, when it's dark, kids can only see silhouettes so the night side of each challenge only gives kids the outline of what they have to create.
Place the puzzle pieces inside the trucks so that they don't stick out. There is only one solution, yet 48 challenges. These little trucks combine a great puzzle with a fun toy. Trucky 3 is made from sustainably-harvested, eco-friendly wood from rubber trees, and plastic. — As of 07/20/2012 this product had 4.4 out of 5 stars from 5 reviews on Amazon.com. Pros: Portable; fun even for younger kids who don't understand the challenges; variety of challenges provide lasting fun for kids of different skill levels. Cons: Answer key is easy for kids to see.
Pack the ice so that every puzzle tile can fit on the game board and all the penguins are in the right spot. A super cool game of logic with 5 unique shape-shifting pentomino playing pieces. 60 challenges from easy to difficult.
This puzzle game is different on all levels. For starters, a challenge consists of showing the solution (the color of all the balls on the playing board). But which balls are connected and how? Not only do players' brains have to be flexed to find the solution - they can bend all the puzzle pieces so they click into a new position.
These race cars can be used with other SmartMax race track sets. SmartMax is the magnetic discovery concept that allows children, even from a very early age, to experience both the wonders of magnetism and the fascinating world of construction in a safe way. The extra-large pieces make it easy for small children to manipulate them. The magnets have the ideal strength for easy assembly and breakdown of constructions. SmartMax is carefully designed to meet and exceed the world’s toughest safety requirements, including giant-sized, non-swallowable 1.8” diameter metal balls and inaccessible magnets encased in specially sonic-welded bars.
SmartMax Set - BASIC 25 allows children ages three and up to experience the wonders of magnetism and the fascinating world of construction in a safe way. Towers, bridges, and houses are just a few building options that take advantage of the large pieces to engage even the youngest builder. — Diane Gervais from Amato's Toy & Hobby in Middletown, Conn., told TDmonthly in a November 2014 survey that Smartmax sets are one of their store's best-selling educational toys. "Smartmax is pretty popular right now in preschool," she told us.
