mattel GAMES Mindflex Game

Mindflex--featuring a headset that reads your brain waves and a levitating foam ball--is the kind of game that must be seen to be believed. Recommended for players aged eight and older the game begins when you strap on the headset so you can use your powers of concentration to move the ball around the game console and through a mind-bending obstacle course. A dial-in console lets you to keep the ball lifted on a cushion of air but raising and lowering the ball must be accomplished by alternating concentrating and relaxing your mind. Mindflex--featuring a headset that reads your brain waves and a levitating foam ball--is the kind of game that must be seen to be believed. Recommended for players aged eight and older the game begins when you strap on the headset so you can use your powers of concentration to move the ball around the game console and through a mind-bending obstacle course. A dial-in console lets you to keep the ball lifted on a cushion of air but raising and lowering the ball must be accomplished by alternating concentrating and relaxing your mind. Youll feel like a character in a science fiction movie as you strap on the headset connect the clips to your ear lobes and align the metal forehead sensor just above your left eyebrow. But even this strange accessory wont prepare you for the sight of a foam ball quivering five inches above the game console!Once you feel like youve mastered the art of telekinesis you can test your mental acuity with five challenging games designed for groups of one to four players. Use the game console to select your game set the difficulty level and track your scores.While Mindflexs advanced technology is sure to intrigue mastering the games may prove difficult for some. Because concentration techniques will vary from person to person the game rewards patience and a willingness to experiment. Fans of mazes and brain teasers will appreciate the mental challenge and creative types will like designing the obstacle courses.Mindflex\s game console requires four "Cbatteries (not included) and the headset requires three "AAAbatteries (not included). The four foam balls should be handled with care to keep their ability to levitate. Fortunately the game console features an inner compartment for safe ball storage. Skeptics will be quick to point out that the consoles moveable fan nozzle holds the ball aloft on a cushion of air. However as players learn to alternately focus and relax their minds the ball will respond by rising and falling. An instruction manual provides various concentration and relaxation techniques to try such as math problems or visualization and practice exercises.A variety of hoops hurdles funnels and a teeter-totter can be positioned however you choose on the game console. Players use their minds to move the ball under over or through the obstacles. Several games test speed while another challenges players to lift a ball up and through a funnel shooting it across the game console to score points. Game console headset four foam balls and various obstacles. (Batteries not included.)