include in the instructions that these should be kept far away from speakers, credit cards and laptops. Magnets are their kryptonite. otherwise - fabulous and very appealing. Has a retro videogame vibe (tetris anyone?)

I think Magnetic blocks and building toys are the way to go, so I really support this. I think it could be a version of the next lego's, snapping in is a pain isnt it? LOL. I did once see a magic castle set where the magnets were not strong enough to support all of the fun shapes. Please make sure to make the magnets strong enough.

Magnetic fun with blocks, a great idea. Love the pics and can't wait to see the product

A very simplistic idea that seems like a great new lego style competitor. I really like the idea and think it could be expanded even farther. Perhaps rods that could connect two cubes at either end and allow secure attaching of rods for multiple branching off of one another. This would allow for a far more diverse end result when fiddling with the Q Brix. Perhaps seeing as this is a product on preorder, the rods could be a cheap additional product customers can buy if they feel daring and want to branch out from more than just cubes.

oops, sorry, re-read the description and saw that the cubes are 3/4' square... even better, IMO.

I like the idea. I have a 3-year-old daughter who has always loved playing with small objects, building, stacking and lining things up. And she LOVES magnets. She does not quite have the fine motor skills necessary to play with legos as she would like, and she could do more interesting things with these (from her perspective)... as for the size, I think 1" cubes are perfect... we have many items we purchased from school supply stores, etc. that are this size and even smaller. I think brighter colors would appeal to the younger age group, and I love the idea of being able to purchase additional blocks in different color schemes. I hope it takes off. I like it.

I'm not sure if anyone remembers "SUMO". It was a 7-piece set of block shapes that could be assembled into a perfect 3x3x3 cube. It also came with a book of nearly 100 shapes that were not all proven possible. It was very mind challenging. I spent months trying to solve the pictured shapes.
Well, I found my old SUMO puzzle and book and brought it to school (high school) a few years back and I sadly can't remember a single student able to assemble it into the simple cube without angrily giving up. It's a shame that we've lost track of these spacial, tactile problem solving mind games. What a different world we've created with video games!

I don't want to be too hard on this, but I think Cordie should be back on the main page instead of one of the other three. PowerCurl has already reached its sales limit and does not need to be touted in order to bring in money; the Kickster has been stuck in limbo for long enough that it seems to have only a small chance of reaching its presales goal and Q Brix really does not seem like it will ever hit the threshold. Cordie, and a couple of other products, have a much better chance of reaching sales point if they were more prominently advertised on the main page.

i am not impressed with this idea... being a kid that grew up playing with LEGO sets that you could actually make to resemble something, the only thing Q Brix could resemble is a 64 pixel screen. It is very good to tap into a child's creativity but not a good idea to plunge into a market that's saturated with LEGO (who, by the way, currently has some of the largest increases in sales in the toy industry) and other aftermarket products. These blocks also resemble LEGO's DUPLO line and the DUPLO line is less expensive. For the price there are many other options available, and I don't see how this is logical....

Yes!!! Unless it's one of those new multiple polarity magnets... N,S,E,W,NE,NW,SE,SW. And each moves to its needed location.