Marble Run / Q-BA-Maze 2.0 Adapters

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These pieces are adapters that let you interconnect marble tracks between Mindware Marble Run and Q-BA-Maze 2.0 sets. There are connectors for each direction so you can start in Marble Run tubes and drop into Q-BA-Maze blocks or the other way around.
The adapters for each direction come in two different varieties: center and side. The center version align the pieces along a central axis, which is best when making a single vertical tower that needs to be balanced. However, the center pieces do not allow connecting multiple tubes of a horizontal Marble Run track to multiple horizontally connected Q-BA-Maze cubes. The centered connectors will not align. For this you will need the side-aligned connectors. The side-aligned connectors have the edge of the Marble Run tube aligned to one edge of the Q-BA-Maze block. Using two side-aligned adapters allows the connection of the two tubes of a horizontal Marble Run track diagonally across the corners of a 3x3 grid of Q-BA-Maze blocks. See an example in the photos.
Note that 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.