Who folds the cubes
Somewhere between the first Spaced Out cube and the latest ICOSA XL, Shashibo stopped being one toy and became a whole family: classic prints, art drops, licensed characters, three different bodies and a shelf of flow toys on the side. We kept losing track of it ourselves, so we built the place we wanted to shop from — every design on one table, laid out by shelf, with its live price and real buyer rating.
The shelf rules
- A design gets a spot only if it comes from the brand's own storefront lineup.
- A cube without a current price leaves the shelf until the price returns.
- Order on a shelf follows series and popularity — never the size of a payout.
- Licensed characters stay with their friends on the character shelf, so nobody has to dig.
Who writes the notes
Every product note and shape guide is written here, by hand, from what the listing actually says: magnet count, body, number of shapes, the art outside and inside. The six reviews on the home page are quoted word for word from real buyers — not one comma changed.
How the fold pays for itself
Buy buttons open the product page. If you order there, the catalog may receive a small commission, and your price stays exactly the same. That commission is the whole business model — no ads, no sponsored placements, no paid rankings.
The inventor
Shashibo was invented by Andreas Hoenigschmid, a sand artist who spends his working hours on geometry and form. Inspired by that love of design, he set out to make a magnetic puzzle that anyone could pick up — all ages, all walks of life, even people who are vision-impaired.
Once he worked out how to magnetically join the pieces so they flow into each other, he knew the idea he'd been waiting for had arrived. That is still the rule of the fold today: if it doesn't flow, it doesn't go — you never need to force a Shashibo into a shape.
The artist behind Art Worx
Laurence Gartel, known as a pioneer of digital art for more than four decades, designed the Art Worx Gartel series of Shashibo cubes. His saturated, layered style is a natural fit for a canvas that keeps changing shape.