Go Retro!

Do you remember this toy?

It's called the Rubik's Snake Puzzle.

We had brought two of these from back home.  They were in the one of the plastic crates that held the children's toys.  When I was looking for things to donate last year, I rediscovered them and deemed only one of them to be in decent condition for donating (the other one had too many missing pieces).  I donated the good one and set the other one aside. 

When RD saw the other one, he picked up the toy and started playing with it.  He pulled out the rest of the coloured pieces and was left with the bare toy. Over the next couple of days, he could be seen twisting and turning the toy while he was in front of his PC. 

Eventually his creativity was limited by the fact that he only had one toy.  He asked if we had a second one.  Sadly, I had to tell him that I had donated the other one.  

I didn't think much of it because I figured it was just one of those toy phases and that in a couple of days the toy would be gathering dust again.

However as the weeks passed, I kept seeing the toy in his hands.   I decided having two toys to play with would greatly improve the fun factor for RD.  I checked eBay and asked MacGyver to complete the purchase.  If we were lucky, the toy would come in time for his birthday.

The package did not come until the New Year but it was surely worth the wait.  We asked RD to open up the package and when he was what was inside, his face just lit up.

Here are some of his two-piece creations.

These two are made using two identical shapes that can "volt in."

(1)

(2)

This heart-like wonder has one piece fitting into the other.