Aha! Brainteaser Classics
- Educational Skills Product
- Puzzle
Age Range: 8 - 12
Price: $19.99
Phone: 800-468-1864
Year Released: 1960
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The best brain teasers are the first ever set of Aha! Brain Teaser Classics. These are famous for challenging properties that have new twists. Each brain teaser comes with a card explaining the brain teaser and three hint cards. Turn over the first hint to get a nudge in the right direction, but take your time, the more you work the puzzles, the more powerful the Ahah moment is when you realize the solution. These will challenge older kids and have a lot of fun. The cards are easy to take along and enjoy at any time. Games help children to think and to develop spatial orientation. They also help them to develop their minds and use their mental alertness.
Pyramid Twins was originally known as the Pyramid Puzzle. It was invented by E.T. Johnson in 1940 and is now recognized as one of the world’s most ingenious two-piece puzzles. All Uphill was first released by H.G. Silver & Co. of Chicago shaped like an X and using four balls instead of two. The current incarnation was patented by Fred Swithenbank in 1913, and released as the Spoophem by R. Journet in 1929. Pack It-In was originally knows as Conway’s Curious Cube, named after the inventor, mathematician John Conway who invented it in the 1960’s. The Missing T, invented in the late 19th century, is one of the greatest classic puzzles of all time. While the exact origins are unclear, the earliest known T puzzle was an advertising trade card copyrighted in 1898 by Lash, Inc. Wing It was first written about in Professor Hoffmann’s 1893 book, Puzzles Old & New, famous among puzzlers everywhere, included this puzzle. The puzzle, then called the Double Bow and Ring Puzzle, has since been released in many versions using two horseshoes. Loop Trap was Patented by Robert Boomhower in 1968, the Loop Trap puzzle made its first commercial appearance as The Sword Puzzle, a theme-designed version of the idea. The Fifth Chair was recently created by Dale Walton. The elegance of this puzzle is that each successively larger chair contains exactly double the volume of the next smaller chair. Double Square first surfaced in Johnson Smith’s 1934 novelty catalog under the name The Five Block Puzzle. Johnson Smith was famous in the early to mid-20th century for a spectacular variety of puzzles and novelties.
ThinkFun is the leading manufacturer of mind challenging games. By transforming the ideas of mathematicians, puzzle masters and game theorists into engaging products, ThinkFun makes games that prove that problem solving is fun. The company began in 1985 as Binary Arts, a basement business founded by husband and wife team Bill Ritchie and Andrea Barthello. Each ThinkFun product is developed to uphold the standards that have won its predecessors over 150 awards and millions of satisfied customers. In 2002, the company changed its name to ThinkFun to better reflect the goals and products of the company. As ThinkFun, the company’s mind challenging games will continue to grow, adding new puzzling games to our classic games like Rush Hour, Smart Mouth and the Fifteen Puzzle.
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