Rubik > Reviews

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 ... Read review

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 ... Read review

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 ... Read review