Science Wiz - Cool Circuits Puzzle Game

Fun, very challenging & frustrating. Played by 6 year old, highschoolers, college students,.Doctors and PHD's at Christmas. Once someone started a puzzle EVERYONE refused to give up. Some puzzles took a minutes to solve. Several took over an hour. You literally don't want to stop playing until the puzzle was solved There is ONLY 8 pieces to connect. How hard can it be. Darn, I almost had it... There is ONLY 8 pieces to connect. How hard can it be. Darn, I almost had it... 45 minutes later they had a different appreciation. Once solved, the person was ELATED that they finally solved the puzzle. Someone else would say "Let me see that, it doesn't look very hard".... There's only 8 pieces...How hard can it be... an hour later they had a different appreciation (but they wouldn't put it down until solved)... Highly recommend, especially for the "Know it all" (Like me)

Really neat idea, and there are dozens of puzzles with increasing complexity. The puzzles are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, starting with a tutorial-level. in our kit, puzzle #7 was a incorrect in the solution template, but no real disappointment there. Refreshingly innovative. great for ALL ages. We got this for my elementary age child, but this is a great brain teaser for anyone that likes to play solitaire, mastermind and other similar games. Probably not so great for travel, as you cannot loose ANY of the pieces. all are needed to complete any of the ~40 puzzles. The puzzles are not all that simple, by the way... prepare to be challenged!

We purchased this game for my son for his 5th birthday. It is a super fun game! My husband and I have been playing it after he goes to bed!My son also does quite well with figuring out the easier puzzles with minimal guidance as well.The reason I rated it so low is because of the quality. For $22, I really expected something more sturdy. The box itself is quite sturdy. The inserts are super thing magazine thickness paper and are already getting destroyed after 2 days of use. When you put them in the drawer, they catch on the other circle cutouts and get wrinkled up. The game pieces themselves also do not always fit snug into place, so pieces are popping out while you are trying to get other pieces in, or they are in so tight, that you can't get them out when you are done playing. Lastly, and most disappointingly, when you finish a puzzle, even if the pieces seem to be snug, the music doesn't always play. You have to take random pieces out and put them back in until it decides to play. It is a major bummer when you work so hard for that reward music.

If you don't get a defective version, then it’s a great puzzle game for kids. I gave it to a 9 year old for her birthday and she really enjoys it a lot.Pros: Good puzzle game with 40 challenges with lights and music when solved (great motivator for today’s kids)Cons: The puzzle paper is thin paper and can be easily torn if not careful, therefore I suggest you keep that in mind to make sure this game is appropriate for the intended recipient. I would have paid more for a version with laminated puzzle sheets instead of thin paper. Also, there are a large of used, defective versions of this game being sold including on Amazon as new. If you get a defective game, I highly recommend you contact the manufacture directly to get it resolved (they might be slight slow as of March/April 2018, but they resolved the problem for me).

This has helped my son with his memory

This is an excellent teaching tool for conceptualizing and working on patterns. Circuits don't work unless they are closed (complete). So it is a great teaching tool. It is extremely fun. Students loved it. 40 Patterns. They went crazy trying to complete those circuits competing against each other to see those lights come on and circuits emit that bright green light inside. THESE ARE NOT CLASSROOM READY. The puzzles are PAPER. Not durable. I ordered them as a fun activity while teaching circuits to 6th & 7th grade. Even after telling them to be EXTRA careful...one form was torn. They need to be laminated if used for a multiple kids. ITS A LOT OF WORK to cut out those holes after lamination using an Exacto blade. I bought 5 boxes.

Great concept...poor execution. Love the puzzles & rewarding lights upon completion but the music is static-y right outta the box. The puzzle pieces do not smoothly connect end to end, or even around the board, when they are clearly supposed to. Too much pressure is needed, making you worry whether it will last long. The puzzle templates/challenges are on what is essentially a tear off pad of paper, treated with a shiny material. The paper treatment does not give it much more strength than the thin paper it is printed on. This, combined with the holes/perforation in the paper to fit as a grid over the puzzle, makes it more like a disposable 2-4 time use template. I expected a permanent, sturdy template to use for the life of the game. I was really excited about this game...sadly disappointed and afraid to use it for the above reasons.

The one we got didn't work but great concept. Since there was a time crunch got it at a local toy store spent a little more money :-( too bad we got a lemon from Amazon. However they refunded money back quickly and effortlessly. Amazon is always our go to store they have the best customerservice and stand behind the customer! Very impressive :-)The toy is great for kids who like puzzles and it's fun to get the circuits connected and get the sound reward. Great if it works.

This is a brilliant puzzle game, and it can offer a lot of interesting play for a kid (and even an adult!)However, it suffers a major technical problem. The pieces won’t stay down; they always keep popping up even after trying to firmly press them into place. The mechanism used to try and make an electrical connection between pieces is finicky and puts pressure on the pieces, causing them to jump out of their place.This then means even if you manage to get them all to sit flat (a minor miracle), even when successfully completed, the box often does not light and and music doesn’t play.The idea is sound. The execution is poor.We’re returning ours for a refund because this game is killing my daughters’ desire to actually try to play it, as it pops out her carefully placed pieces all the time, and as pieces often need to be repositioned and trialled in other spots, this is a significant problem.Happy to buy it one day once again when they figure out a new way to get pieces to sit without popping out.

I bought this as a gift for my niece at Christmas, at the request of her mother.She opened it at our house and to be honest, it was a bit of a nightmare setting it up (and none of us are dumb in the slightest).There is a random lead coming out of it, with no explanation of what it is for anywhere. The different circuits are on very flimsy paper and could quite easily be ripped.The look of disappointment on her face was mortifying. Once we managed to get it to work, she seemed ok with it, but I was definitely disappointed with it for the money it cost.

We got this as a present when my son was 7 and years later we still have it. There are 40 levels to solve, getting increasingly hard. In each, you get a template for part of a loop and you have to fill that in then complete it with the remaining pieces. This involves turning and rotating the shapes and it gets quite hard. Seriously addictive, and you can play again and again as if you're like us you'll forget how to solve them :)

oh my goodness this puzzle is amazing , so addictive I am a teacher and bought this for our grandson aged 7 ..... Hope I don't wear the batteries out before I give it to him ... I work with a autistic boy who is very high on the spectrum I took it into school to see what he made of it ? he was transfixed gently putting the circuits in place and then so thrilled when the lights and music started ..... WELL DONE .. If you want me to try and comment on some of your other "SCIENCE WIZ" feel free to email me [email protected]

Well packaged bought as a gift.