Hey GraviTrax fans!
It's been such a busy month for Ravensburger that we've got a lot of news to share.
We also have news that in March of 2022 we have two more expansions coming, as well as
some more little mini sets.
So we're going to go over all that.
Plus I have a special announcement, so stay tuned.
Watch the whole video.
You're going to want to see all of this.
Ready?
Let's go!
First of all, we have all of these sets in GraviSheet that have been recently released:
the Extreme Starter Set, the Giant Starter Set, the Lite Starter Set, the Advent Calendar,
and the Twirl.
You see those are highlighted on the left, and if you scroll to the right, if you go
under the Set Contents tab, it'll show you all the pieces that are in those sets.
Okay?
So check out Gravisheet to check out what's been recently released from Ravensburger.
See if you want to buy it, and you can just see what's in it before you buy.
Okay, let's move on to the new releases coming in March 2022.
Here we go.
First one: Color Swap.
What is Color Swap?
Well, let's read the description: Color Swap brings a new element of surprise into the
GraviTrax world… blah blah blah... as if by magic the ball changes color when it passes
this stone.
Let's take a look at that picture.
So you can see that the ball would come in say blue and go out red.
How does it work?
Well, there's a ball already in there, and the one ball coming in hits out the other
ball.
This is not a new thing.
It's been released for 3D printers - those of you who do 3d printing.
It's been on Thingiverse since February.
Let's check this out.
BrightSight released this 3D file for a color change insert.
Here's the top of it.
Let's see if we can... oh that's zooming in.
I don't know if I can...
There we go.
Scroll around see.
There's that, and that's the top.
And then of course the bottom is just a straight tile.
So what the color changer does is it just hits one ball that's already in there, out.
And BrightSight has placed a video on YouTube.
So we're going to watch this real quick because we can already do this.
If you have a 3d printer you don't have to buy the GraviTrax expansion.
Okay, so that's the idea of the color changer.
So that's coming out in March of 2022, but you can print one now if you have a 3D printer,
or a friend who has a 3D printer.
Or maybe look on Etsy and one of the people...
Or Ebay I think BrightSight actually sells them on Ebay.
So the Color Swap.
That's coming out...
I'm not sure I'm going to get that one, but it's coming.
Okay, we have some more coming.
The next one is the Carousel.
Interesting.
GraviTrax Pro Carousel.
So this is another GraviTrax Pro extension.
Let's read the description.
The Carousel is a real all-rounder.
Two levels connected by several entrances and exits.
And the stone can be used several times during one pass.
Rolling balls can either take a seat in the Carousel, or let it start once the Carousel
is in motion.
All the parked balls are sent onto the track.
So that sounds a lot like the Spinner.
How often can the balls drive the Carousel in one pass?
So let's look at this photo.
So that actually looks like the piece from the Turntable.
And you can see a ball coming in, and it looks like it would just sit there.
But I don't know.
Let's see.
It looks like there are six entrances and six exits.
I don't know which ones would start the... apparently some of these are going to be a
little bit angled, right?
And they would actually start the thing spinning.
And once it starts spinning, it sounds like it would be like a Spinner, you know, where
you just barely spin the Spinner and all the balls get launched off of it.
So yeah, not quite sure how the Carousel works.
If the balls can be parked there, that means you can actually load them on.
And I have a video...
It's called 3 Spinners.
It's a marble run where I actually load the Spinner and then manually start all those
marbles again, and then they go down to another Spinner and self-load onto the Spinner.
So this sounds like this is the same concept of the Carousel, would be a self-loading type
of Spinner.
Except that the marbles themselves would then launch the other marbles that are already
on the Carousel.
And I don't...
not quite sure...
Looking from the picture it does look like there's some sloped angled parts to those
entrances, which would mean...I'm guessing that every other entrance would actually cause
the Carousel to spin.
And then the other three entrances would just be to load it on.
The balls would load but not actually spin the Carousel.
That's what it looks like from my just real quick engineering...
Looking, you can see that there's like kind of a curved ramp here, or a curved wall there.
But there's not that curved wall here.
That curved wall is there, but not there.
It's there, but not there.
So every other entrance has that curved wall, which is going to cause probably the Carousel
to spin.
And then the other three entrances just have a straight entrance where that ball will be
loaded.
That's my guess of how it is going to work.
And it's also 2-level, meaning the bottom level and the top level.
It looks like they're connected where they can move each other, right?
So maybe a marble on the bottom causing it to rotate would launch all the ones on top
as well.
I don't know.
Are they independent, or are they connected together by a rod that turns both?
I'm guessing they're connected together.
So that sounds like a pretty interesting extension.
It's going to be available in March of 2022.
But that's not all.
There's more.
Let's see what else is coming.
Ravensburger has also released some information about these Challenge...GraviTrax Challenge
sets.
One's called Impact.
“By freely designing the ball tracks…”
Well, let's see.
This explanation here doesn't give you any information.
But..
Ravensburger 27016, the Challenge Impact.
There's no description there.
But there is a description under the Challenge Flow.
“How does the ball get from start to finish, when for example only four height stones,
three curves, and two rails are available to build a track?
30 task cards show the start and finish point of the track to be built.
If at the end the ball rolls from the start to the finish, and all the parts are installed,
the puzzle is solved.
So it's like a puzzle-solving logic kind of way to use GraviTrax, with 30 task cards that
give you challenges.
It has hexagonal base plates which can be variably placed next to each other.
That sounds like the ones from the Lite Set.
We'll see. ...and enable a tricky and varied puzzle fun.
Okay so here's actually the contents.
An instruction and solution booklet, 30 task cards, 2 hexagonal floor tiles...
So that's not the square ones?
I think that's the small ones?
Or is it the square based tiles with the hexagonal pattern on it?
I don't know what that means, but I'm guessing it's the small hexagonal, or maybe large ones?
Maybe they'll come out with new ones?
Who knows?
Two floor tiles, one small transparent level, one starting stone, a ball, two Flex Tubes…
So this actually might be the Flex Tube one.
There is a mention of a Flex Tube right there...GraviTrax Challenge Flex Tube.
So that might also be called Flow, because we're looking at Challenge.
So Challenge Flow, Challenge Flex Tube.
Sounds like the same thing.
There's 2 Flex Tubes, 11 large height height stones, one small height stone, seven curves,
a crossing, a long plastic rail, two medium plastic rails, three short plastic rails,
a swivel, two base stones.
Inserts for the base stones are catcher and a target.
So just some basic parts.
You could probably do this with your regular starter set if you had the 30 task cards.
I don't know.
Is it going to be worth it?
I don't know.
This is not the only Challenge kit.
Not only the Flow and the Impact, but well, maybe this is the Impact one.
So this one doesn't have... it just says “Course”.
GraviTrax Challenge Course.
It also has 30 test cards, but it's slightly different contents here.
We've got the 30 task cards, four hexagonal floor tiles, one starting stone, two balls,
six height stones, large.
8 new curved stones, two plastic rails - long, two plastic rails - medium.
three plastic rails - short.
One switch, one 3-in-1, one base stone, stakes for the base stone, and one target.
Stakes for the base stone.
Interesting.
Again that sounds like most of those parts are going to be in your other GraviTrax sets,
so I don't know, is this like a little travel thing that you can just go “hey let's do
some logic, let's do some homeschool here.
Let's develop some critical thinking skills?”
I don't know.
Now for the GraviTrax Push Expansion!
All of this is coming March of 2022.
Okay, so that's all I know so far.
This information has just hit the internet.
But before you go, you're going to want to see my trailer for GraviTrax Marble Tech coming
the end of October.
Check this out.
Don’t you love marble runs?
It’s fun to watch marbles roll around the track, triggering action tiles and awakening
our childlike wonder!
But what if we could make these pieces into something more?
Welcome to Marble Run Tech, where marble runs come alive!
We’ll convert standard GraviTrax pieces into groundbreaking technologies where tracks,
tiles, and platforms move.
We’ll spin GraviTrax gears!
We’ll make marble music!
We’ll build marble machines and rolling ball sculptures that are the next generation
of marble runs!
The world of GraviTrax is literally being turned on its side!
And I’ll show you how to build each one.
I’ve spent days developing this unique tech, but I’m sharing all of it with you for FREE!
After all, the Lord Jesus told his followers, “You have freely received.
So freely give!”
And since he modeled giving freely by sacrificing HIS life so that OUR debt of sin could be
paid, now it’s our turn to freely give!
Are you ready to take GraviTrax to the next level?
Let’s go!
That's right.
In GraviTrax Marble Tech, we're going to make your GraviTrax marble runs come to life.
Literally, the tiles, the platforms, are going to move.
Linkages.
Bearings.
We're going to do so much stuff that I've been able to develop, with the GraviTrax parts
that you already own.
So subscribe if you want to know when those videos come out.
I have about 30 to 35 videos planned under the GraviTrax Marble Run Tech series, so stay
tuned for that.
I hope you enjoyed that little preview, and there's more to come.
So we'll see you later.
Thanks!