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Lead Review · From: Educational Insights
A Liberator of Plastic Gems Finds Its True Purpose
Pete discovers that Kanoodle's real achievement is not pattern-solving but the elegant dispatch of colorful pieces to the darkest corners of the house.

Hmph. My human has brought home a small plastic clamshell case from a brand called "Educational Insights," which is a profoundly optimistic name for a company that makes things for a species that still thinks rattling keys is peak entertainment. Inside are a dozen brightly colored, hard plastic nodules, shaped like they were chewed on and then glued togethe…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Excellent scattering device, poor puzzle.
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