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3D Squares Airplanes Brain Teaser Puzzle

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Manufacturer: Toysmith Group
Brand: Toysmith
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GENERAL FEATURES: Airplanes 3D Squares puzzle will have you flying around and launching those dormant brain cells to find the perfect solution to this puzzle. Each edge on the nine squares features half of a colorful sculpted image. The trick is to correctly match the pieces inside the handy 8" tray. Comes with a removable lid, which makes it perfect for traveling. Look easy? Good Luck! Great for home or travel and hours of fun! For ages eight and up.


DESCRIPTION:

Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Toysmith
EAN: 0051168071500
Label: Toysmith Group
Manufacturer: Toysmith Group
Publisher: Toysmith Group
Studio: Toysmith Group


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: A Waste of Time
Comment: I bought this puzzle for my son. I got disappointed when I started to do the math to determine just how many possible combinations there are. (4x9) x (4x8) x (4x7) x (4x6) x (4x5) x (4x4) x (4x3) x (4x2) x (4x1) = 95,126,814,720. Just to give you some perspective, if you were able to try one combination every second, it would take you over 3,000 years to finish! So unless I'm missing some strategic approaches that can help eliminate multitudes of combinations right off the bat, few people are going to have any luck solving this.

I'm a software developer, and I wrote a program to solve the puzzle by trying each square in the first position in all their possible orientations, as well as the remaining eight squares in the second position in every possible matching orientation, etc. In the end, I only found these two solutions:

(each square is shown as top / right / bottom / left)

Solution #1:

[row 1]
YELLOW FRONT / YELLOW FRONT / LIGHT_GREEN FRONT / GRAY BACK
DARK_GREEN FRONT / DARK_GREEN BACK / LIGHT_GREEN BACK / YELLOW BACK
GRAY BACK / LIGHT_GREEN BACK / GRAY FRONT / DARK_GREEN FRONT

[row 2]
LIGHT_GREEN BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT / GRAY BACK / YELLOW FRONT
LIGHT_GREEN FRONT / YELLOW FRONT / GRAY FRONT / DARK_GREEN BACK
GRAY BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT / LIGHT_GREEN BACK / YELLOW BACK


[row 3]
GRAY FRONT / DARK_GREEN BACK / YELLOW BACK / LIGHT_GREEN BACK
GRAY BACK / YELLOW BACK / LIGHT_GREEN BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT
LIGHT_GREEN FRONT / DARK_GREEN FRONT / GRAY FRONT / YELLOW FRONT

Solution #2:

[row 1]
YELLOW FRONT / YELLOW FRONT / LIGHT_GREEN FRONT / GRAY BACK
LIGHT_GREEN BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT / GRAY BACK / YELLOW BACK
YELLOW BACK / LIGHT_GREEN BACK / GRAY FRONT / DARK_GREEN BACK

[row 2]
LIGHT_GREEN BACK / YELLOW BACK / GRAY BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT
GRAY FRONT / DARK_GREEN BACK / LIGHT_GREEN FRONT / YELLOW FRONT
GRAY BACK / YELLOW FRONT / LIGHT_GREEN BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT

[row 3]
GRAY FRONT / DARK_GREEN FRONT / GRAY BACK / LIGHT_GREEN BACK
LIGHT_GREEN BACK / YELLOW BACK / DARK_GREEN FRONT / DARK_GREEN BACK
LIGHT_GREEN FRONT / DARK_GREEN FRONT / GRAY FRONT / YELLOW FRONT

Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent, challenging puzzle for all ages
Comment: My mother bought this puzzle for my son who is 4 years old. At first it looked pretty easy, but as it was passed around the family, we quickly realized how hard this puzzle was! It says for ages 8 and up but my 38 year old husband couldn't even figure it out. After days of trying, my son finally got it! I highly reccomend this puzzle.

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