Q Brix Magnet Puzzle / Freestyle Game

Submitted By Spencer Battle | 5 Comments 5 Comments

So the concept has a strong magnetic base with colored squares on it. You use the multicolored cubes to orient and stack on the base and match pattern cards provided with the game.

easy cards could be match the card from one direction. hard cards could have you matching the entire 3 dimensional look (from all sies).

i think this cold be a real brain teaser in that on more difficult ones it comes down to each cube being rotated appropriately.

then of couse you can stack and make your own ideas.

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Cube Base

Submitted By James Trumble | 1 Comments 1 Comments

This concept would target the product more at children. The idea being that the base is a 3" cube. This would give children the ability to create patterns on each face, or use the 3" cube as the base for a sculpture. It would really teach kids about color. It like a more creative alternative to the "square peg; round hole" game.

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magnetic polarity attraction in wood blocks

Submitted By Jerome Morley Larson Sr | 3 Comments 3 Comments

loose magnets that can spin are set loose into prepared niches in the wood block -
core is snapped in; then glued wood dowel permanently joins the two pieces -
no glue gets on the magnets and it is almost impossible for a child to dis-assemble-
blocks act and feel as standard wood blocks but will cling to each other and refrigerators etc

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Magnet Base, Metal Core Cubes

Submitted By Spencer Battle | 3 Comments 3 Comments

So the idea came as a variation on the magnets in the cube that shift concept.

Instead of a magnet that shifts, its the material that is attracted by the magnet that is in the core of the cube. Make the base a strong magnet (like the magnet monkey desk things) and there you go.

Rotate the cube for the (1 of 6) colors you want to face out, the core rest on the bottom of the cube(gracias gravity) and stack.

see sketches for a cutaway if the cube, 3d of the cube, side view with the plastic housing (think boggle) that keeps your creations safe and is the initial packaging thanks to some shrink wrap or peel off labels.

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Magnetic Polarity Attraction

Submitted By Michael Cavada | 17 Comments 17 Comments

To ensure attraction and avoid blocks that repel, embedded magnets must loosely fit in cavities in each face of the block. They will simply flip to the correct polarity and make that "click" sound. If each face is a different color, any face will attract to any other color of another block. These magnets are widely available and very strong. Magnet size is 3/16" diameter and under a 1/16" thick... cavity should be 1/4" and no more than 9/32" deep to avoid attraction within the same cube. This will happen anyway...until another block is close enough.

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Q Brix - Think outside the Blocks

Submitted By Sandra Lehr | 4 Comments 4 Comments

I'm thinking outside the blocks, really I am. I've evaluated using blocks and, frankly, they are no more exciting than playing with legos or my kids stacking blocks. In my effort to think outside of the blocks, why not use octagons??? Instead of being magnetized, using a lock and groove system would make this a unique item. Each octagon would have a lock on one side and groove on opposite side. So you would simply twist each octagon together. I would actually place two lock and groves on each octagon for even more versatility. This would provide tons more fun in creating "art" and making grown-ups such as myself play with such a toy. Simply as blocks, it's not quite as special to me. I would make each octagon highly metallic looking along with a metallic looking case. You eliminate the weight from being magnetized and reduce shipping costs. Pack the 72 colorful blocks of 3 different sizes into an octagon case that can be easily shipped in a square box. I would also eliminate the platform for building unless you can figure out a way to make the octagon case fold flat. (With having a handle, I don't see this happing.) Or -- include a lock and group flat table that is folded within the octagon case.

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Embedded LEDs using Contactless charging

Submitted By Kai Howells | 1 Comments 1 Comments

Have the Q Brix made of a translucent injection-moulded plastic. Not crystal clear, but not completely opaque.
Embed in each one a capacitor to store charge, a wire coil to pick up the charge without needing plug, some electronics to handle this and an LED.

Using an inductive base station, the bricks can be charged up without needing to be plugged in.

Small rare-earth magnets underneath each face will facilitate stacking and connecting the bricks together.

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Color changing light up brick

Submitted By Jake Aberman | 2 Comments 2 Comments

contains a color changing led and translucent plexi glass on the sides. One side presses in to turn it on, and another slides off to change battery. Would be useful as an extra set of bricks that you could buy to add on to the original package

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wood blocks with embeded magnets

Submitted By Jerome Morley Larson Sr | 1 Comments 1 Comments

2 1/4" wood cubes with magnets permanently embedded are compatable with standard wood blocks - freeze magnets before inserting - when they return to room temperature side burrs will imbed in the wood
Large enough to prevent choking -nice hand "feel"
Clear Plastic case lets grandparents know whats inside -size makes impressive present
Q - BRIX hold themselves together so case need not be structural

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B brix light up

Submitted By stephen wuesthoff | 5 Comments 5 Comments

gotta admit...i'm skeptical on the magnet concept...so without the magic of magnet in walks "light"...as a fun reason to buy.
...post in hole the tried and true replacement for magnet action....

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Eggshell Design

Submitted By Anthony Glyadchenko | 2 Comments 2 Comments

The eggshell design would make the product have more possibilities for building in it and it would look nice when put away for storage as it looks like an egg and has a lid. You could also build blocks on the sides creating more ways to be creative.

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