# Morphing IQ Puzzles The Gear Wheel IQ Cube Gives the Rubik's Cube a Run for Its Money By Meghan Young | Published 2010-10-16 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gear-wheel-iq-cube References: [ohgizmo](http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/10/14/gear-wheel-iq-cube/) & [toys.brando](http://toys.brando.com/gear-wheel-iq-cube_p00748c042d023.html) Considering how I find the [Rubik's Cube](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/orly-x-rubiks) impossible, I don't even want to attempt the Gear Wheel IQ Cube. Featuring a stead of orderly, [colored cubes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colormix), this puzzle seems to morph into an alien form of the classic challenge. According to Oh Gizmo, "the [twistable pieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ocean-wood-screw) on the [Gear Wheel IQ Cube] are designed to work as gears so rotating a single one causes other pieces to rotate as well in a chain reaction." If you're up for it, this Gear Wheel IQ Cube is sold for $11.90 at Toys Brando. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.1/10 - Popularity: 10% | Activity: 45% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/toys) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Gear Wheel Puzzles:** Gear wheel puzzles as the new brain teaser challenge for puzzle enthusiasts. - **Chain Reaction Puzzles:** Puzzles that work as gear and rotate in chain reaction are a new hit trend. - **Complex Puzzles:** Growing interest in complex and challenging puzzles that offers a different kind of gaming experience to the audience. ### Where This Applies - **Toy Industry:** Manufacturers in the toy industry can create cool and innovative puzzles for all ages using gear wheel mechanisms that will attract puzzle enthusiasts. - **Gaming Industry:** Gaming companies can create digital replicas of complex and gear wheel puzzles and attract logic brain games lovers. - **Education Industry:** Education institutions can implement the use of these types of puzzles as a fun yet beneficial way of exercising one's cognitive abilities. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Interactive Gaming Cubes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rubiks-wowcube.md) - [Smart Rubik’s Cube-Style Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gocube-22.md) - [Cubic Color-Changing Puzzle Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rubiks-33-phantom.md) - [Micro-Sized Puzzle Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smallest-rubiks-cube.md) - [Branded Denim Puzzle Cubes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/levis-x-rubiks-cube.md) - [Perplexing Wave-Like Puzzle Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wavelinks-puzzle.md) - [Tetrahedral Desk Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/desk-puzzles.md) - [Social Puzzle Metaverses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rubiks-run.md) - [Elegant Desktop Brainteaser Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/craighill-tetra.md)