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abwx
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2025
3d printing is amazing for what can be done, and often disappointing in what doesn't quite work. In this case, the bowl arrived with the marbles in a mesh bag inside and the lid (with the playing holes) apparently impossible to remove. I tried unscrewing it, I tried prying it, I tried speaking to it sternly. Nada. Eventually I hit the right combination of intense twisting and fierce demeanor, and got it to unscrew. The marbles are NOT going back inside. Ever. I tried screwing the lid back on and then unscrewing it: if screwed on even approaching firmly it requires much greater force to unscrew than it required to tighten. One key is to cup the bowl in one hand, carefully not squeezing near the top of the bowl, then tighten and loosen the lid over and over again as the threads polish themselves. Then let it sit a few days and find out that it has tightened itself back up again. Sheesh. Smearing toothpaste around the threads, then doing the tighten-untighten exercise might help. I'm not putting my marbles back inside anyway. Oh! The game! It is kind of goofy fun. Quite startling when suddenly there are marbles going every which direction. I had laid out a broad loop of cord to corral escapees or it might have been even more exciting. Glow? Not so great, but yes, if you want to play in the dark with a good UV flashlight handy.
VF
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025
This is a cute, quick game that has the potential to develop fine motor skills in small children. I played with my 6YO, and he was delighted when the marbles would roll off. I will say though, I was a little confused about the point of the game. Or rather, what determines who “wins” if that is important to you and your fellow players. The instructions indicate to distribute the marbles evenly among players, then decide who plays first “by using a random method”. In our house, youngest goes first, so we implemented that method. Next, you are to “carefully place one marble anywhere on the base. If you successfully place your marble without causing any marbles to fall, your turn ends and the next player continues.” The instructions end there.The instructions felt pretty straightforward, but we didn’t know what to do when only one or two marbles fell off (which happens pretty quickly even with careful placement). Is the game over? Do we carry on with only the marbles that haven’t been placed? Ultimately, we made some house rules. When marbles fell off during play, we would add them to the pile of marbles still in play (we opted not to distribute the marbles evenly and just took a marble from the pile at each turn) with no penalty. Whoever made the base wobble causing *all* of the marbles to tumble, lost the game. The first time we played, we made it until the very last marble, which caused the base to dump all of the marbles. I got a lot of laughter from my child when that happened because the marbles roll very dramatically all over the place. During our next game, the base wobbled and dumped all of the marbles that had been placed about halfway through, so you don’t necessarily need to rely on getting all of the marbles on the base in order for the marbles to tumble.Overall, I think this game was a good value for what you are getting. The marbles are of a quality you would expect in ordinary marbles, and the base is colorful and easy to manipulate. It was a little difficult to get the top to screw on and off at first but has since gotten smoother with use. We have not played in the dark, so the glow in the dark feature doesn’t add any value to my opinion of the product. The base does glow very brightly though, so maybe we’ll try that next time… although finding the marbles in the dark seems challenging. The marbles store nicely in the very colorful base, and the base itself is small enough to mostly fit in the palm of my hand. While I don’t think this will get daily use from my kids (but what does?) it definitely has a solid place in our family game collection.
Famous Spear
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025
This is a fun toppling marbles game. Kids should really enjoy it. However, at $18 it is pretty expensive, considering the materials involved. A plastic base, plus 60 marbles. It shouldn't be over $8-10. That said, I think it will make for a lot of fun times for kids, and parents and other caregivers as well.
Joseph
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2025
This is a fun game for ages as young as 6. It requires a steady hand, with skillful fingers holding slippery marbles. The bowl has a lid with small holes that can hold marbles, but not firmly. If the bowl is tipped too much, if your fingers are slippery, or if you are a wee bit clumsy with placing your marble, they will easily fall out and you lose the game.The bowl is made of a Photoluminescent material. Remove the lid from the bowl and expose them separately to direct sunlight ... or to a strong indoor light ... for at least 5 minutes. After that it should glow in the dark for a half hour. It would be nice if they made this obvious with some printed instructions, not obscure print on the box.When you unpack the game, the marbles are bagged inside the bowl with a tight lid. It was very aggravating for me to figure out how to open the lid from the bowl. You have no idea how to open the lid … do you pry it off, or do you unscrew it? It seems to be a fragile ceramic, so I was afraid I would break it. Well it was indeed stuck, and it took me a bit of careful prying with a tiny screwdriver, before I could loosen the lid … which then had to be unscrewed! I recommend you coat the screw threads of the lid with a tiny bit of silicon grease, otherwise it will get stuck when you close it.
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