Or Soma cubes are above the quality of any others we have seen selling in this price range. You may be able to see the tightness of the fit between the pieces from the photo. The finish is smooth and the corners are sharp.
Soma Cube are fascinating and fun for children and adults. How many of the 240 solutions to the Cube that they you find?! Its will take a while to to find even 1 for most folks! Promotes 3 dimensional thinking in our current 2D world of computer screens and TV.
Our instruction sheets to include 60 3-D shapes that can be made (with solutions), along with recommended websites that are dedicted to this puzzle that will give you many more shapes, plus math theory, history and more. Our instruction sheets will greatly enhance the joy that is inherent in this most excellent puzzle.
Our version is solid wood with a beautiful look and feel. The wood is an exotic hardwood called East Indian Walnut (also called Mother's Tongue or Raintree) and has the look and feel of teak. (it is not teak however). It somes with a wood cover that both looks good and will help keep the 7 pieces in place.
The small and medium sizes are available on our store also. The small is a 2 3/8" cube, the medium is approx 2 3/4" and the large is a 3 1/2' cube. Although these numbers may not seem much different, there is a large difference in volume and appearance. The large is more than 2 times the volume of the medium and more than 3 times the volume of the small.
We have recently added a new "Baby" sized Soma, about 1.6" across. Comes with base and cover just like the bigger ones. You can See it on our ebay store.