Marble Run / Q-BA-Maze 2.0 Adapters

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These pieces are adapters that enable seamless interconnection between marble tracks of **Mindware Marble Run** and **Q-BA-Maze 2.0** sets. Each direction has connectors so you can start with Marble Run tubes and drop into Q-BA-Maze blocks or vice versa. The adapters for each direction come in two different varieties: *center* and *side*. The center version aligns pieces along a central axis, which is ideal when building a single vertical tower that needs to be balanced. However, the center pieces won't allow connecting multiple tubes of a horizontal Marble Run track to multiple horizontally connected Q-BA-Maze cubes. For this, you'll need the side-aligned connectors. The side-aligned connectors align the edge of the Marble Run tube with one edge of the Q-BA-Maze block. Using two side-aligned adapters allows connecting the two tubes of a horizontal Marble Run track diagonally across the corners of a 3x3 grid of Q-BA-Maze blocks. Note that **Mindware Marble Run** and **Q-BA-Maze** also use different size marbles. The Q-BA-Maze uses smaller steel bearings. When connecting these sets together, you should use the smaller size marbles from the Q-BA-Maze. Marble Run marbles might get stuck in the Q-BA-Maze components.