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OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy

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OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy 

Post#1 » by theman » Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:27 am

The kids is into board games, card games and puzzles.

Thought this looked cool but then there are a lot of littler kids in the pictures.
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Re: OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy 

Post#2 » by Fencer reregistered » Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:30 am

Is he known to like that kind of thing? In general, it seems you've already answered Yes. But does he more specifically like abstract geometric puzzles?

If so, how does the difficulty level match to his skill?
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Re: OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy 

Post#3 » by theman » Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:57 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:Is he known to like that kind of thing? In general, it seems you've already answered Yes. But does he more specifically like abstract geometric puzzles?

If so, how does the difficulty level match to his skill?


I believe it is the type of thing he enjoys. I am not sure what the skill level of the toy is, other than one woman in the comments said she had been trying to get it back to the original cube for three weeks and hadn't yet succeeded. Which make me think the skill level might not be that low.
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Re: OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy 

Post#4 » by Parliament10 » Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:58 am

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Fencer reregistered wrote:Is he known to like that kind of thing? In general, it seems you've already answered Yes. But does he more specifically like abstract geometric puzzles?

If so, how does the difficulty level match to his skill?


I believe it is the type of thing he enjoys. I am not sure what the skill level of the toy is, other than one woman in the comments said she had been trying to get it back to the original cube for three weeks and hadn't yet succeeded. Which make me think the skill level might not be that low.

Get it.
He will figure it out, eventually. He wont always be 13.

Either he will learn to like such things, even more so, or he will move onto other things.
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Post#5 » by theman » Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:23 pm

Thanks for the advice. Going for it.
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Re: OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy 

Post#6 » by ryan in Maine » Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:53 am

As a fellow 13 year old boy, I'd rather have an autographed Tatum jersey and vape while I watch you try to figure out The Shapeshifting Box for my TikTok channel.
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Re: OT - Is this a good present for a 13yo Boy 

Post#7 » by hickfromfrenchlick » Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:14 am

Yes, if you want your 13-year-old to open a gateway to Hell
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