Advantages: Good for brain, dexterity, competitions. Disadvantages: Frustrating.
...my eye a spotted the Rubik Cube. I remembered having one as a child and really enjoyed it. I offered to go halves with my son on it as he was interested and I thought it would be educational (actually I wanted it), so we did. Anyway at £12.99 I thought it was a tad expensive (well it was a high class garden centre), but hey, he had loads of money for his birthday burning a hole in his pocket, much more than me anyway.
I couldn`t wait to get it home ... ...bit later. Rubik Cube.
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Anyway, what is it? I remember having one in the 80`s, in fact I had several. It was the craze at the time. I think it was around 1980 invented by a man of the same name. I had at least one full sized one, and several mini ones on keyrings. A bit later they invented one called the revenge with an extra layer (12 pieces on each side instead of 9). Revenge it was and a complete waste of time because it was ...
spottydog2 13.06.2007
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Advantages: Challenging, hours of entertainment Disadvantages: Annoying, Slightly expensive for something simple, want to throw it
...cube was invented by Erno Rubik a Hungarian Professor of Architecture and Design. It was launched in 1980 and became the fastest selling puzzle ever in just one year! Over 250 million cubes have been sold. Apparently most cubes (once scrambled) can be solved in just 17 moves with the aid of a computer and theoretically there is no cube that requires more than 20 twists to solve it, however I can not prove this lol. *****Buying*****
Well firstly ... ...also refers you to the Rubik products online site where you can play with the virtual cube or the virtual cube solver for free, as well as access other resources on the website.
*****The Cube*****
As I have stated the cube is 3 x 3 squares, featuring 6 different coloured sides, a total of 54 individual squares (9 of each colour). The colours of this particular square are red, blue, yellow, green, white and orange. The colours are quite bright making ...
lizzyangel666 03.04.2007
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Advantages: Months of Entertainment, good Build Quality Disadvantages: Some people will find it difficult
I first saw a Rubiks cube when I was 10 and my dad could solve it. I asked him to show me how he had done it, but as you can probably guess it didn't make too much sense. I'd kind of forgotten about it, but I saw one in a Toystore and thought why not. The great thing about this particular cube is that it comes with instructions on how to solve it, so a particuarly determined individual will solve it in the end. It does require a large amount of determination ... ...now solve the cube in just under 2 minutes, with a little guidance from the internet too. But even after you have solved it there are hours of fun to be had with it.
You can make various patterns using simple moves, and its always good fun to show off to your friends. The product can make you look exceptionally smart, especially if you can solve it at a reasonable speed. There are alot of imitation cubes on the market, this one is a proper cube ...
Biggsl02 22.06.2007
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