Lonpos

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Lonpos (alternately Lon-pos or LONPOS) is a logic puzzle game in which the player must fit a fixed number of beaded game pieces of various shapes, to fill a set area such as a rectangle or pyramid. The shapes used in Lonpos puzzles are similar to the shapes known as pentominoes. Lonpos was named after its creator.^{[citation needed]}

Lonpos has created a number of variations to their game, primarily variations in size and shape of the 2D plane. The 3D plane used for building towers with the pentominoes remains the same.

Lonpos is popular^{[citation needed]} in Japan, with electronic versions available as PC software, as web-based games and on mobile phones. A video game version was released for the Wii in 2008.^[1]

Founded in 1983, Lonpos specializes in puzzle product designs. All development and manufacturing procedures taking place exclusively in Taiwan and are exported there from. Lonpos also adopted a streamlined operation for product export and direct shipments. Lonpos product series are widely recommended and distributed in over 40 countries. The official Lonpos site offers: Complete Lonpos product information and series catalogs, international distributor contact information, free puzzles and trial games, puzzle solution hints, customer service mailbox, new game trials and product demos, and worldwide on-line competition.

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Puzzles are designed using 12 different colors, to help to develop visual intelligence.
Combination of planes can help to increase logical intelligence.
The various shapes of building blocks can be used to train the capability of analogy and induction, and therefore increase the logic and reasoning intelligence of the left brain.
Combinations of various spaces can be used to train the intelligence of space concept.
During the puzzle solving process, children can learn the capability of self control and self instruction if the adults remain uninvolved.
The joy of solving puzzles will cause the brain to produce beta-endorphin and activate the immune system.
Continuously and extensively using our brain can make our brain works more efficiently.
There are 371.020 solutions.

The puzzles include the element of three-dimensional combination of different angle, and can be used to increase the intelligence of space concept.
The operation of three dimension constructs can help to enhance the space intelligence of right brain.
Puzzles with even numbers are designed to be solved using the right hand, and puzzles with odd numbers are solved using the left hand. The development of left and right brain will be balanced.
Children learn to solve the puzzle from imitation to actively thinking, and therefore they can learn to solve the problem on their own and create breakthrough in their daily life.
Will power and endurance of setbacks will be developed during the process to solve difficult puzzles.
The coloring action after the puzzle is solved can help to develop the visual intelligence of right brain.
The brain has to think hard when stacking (solving) the ultra difficult pyramid. Therefore the space intelligence will be greatly enhanced.
There are 2.448 solutions.

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