Comments on: Rubik’s Cube

By: Big Boo

Big Boo — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:57:12 +0000

Nice one Dale, I bet your customer was dead impressed. I always resorted to cheating, or using my solve it book.

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:54:01 +0000

I had one in the early 80s and we all learned how to solve it in school. Then we would have competitions to see who could finish it faster.

Cut away to 2 months ago and while visiting a customer I saw one on his desk, picked it up and solved it, much to his surprise, apparently he has been trying for a while.

By: Big Boo

Big Boo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:18:27 +0000

Interesting Laura, doesn’t ring any bells though. Anybody else heard of this?

By: Big Boo

Big Boo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:17:46 +0000

I’ve seen some variations on the pictured cube theme, such as a cube with pictures of Super Mario on the sides. Trouble with them is that they make an already hard puzzle near impossible, as at least colours look the same no matter where they are and at any rotation.

I think these cubes are a prime candidate for the screwdriver technique…

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:18:19 +0000

Does anyone remember something similar that looked like a Dalek and required you to put coloured balls in columns (each colour having different shades from light to dark)?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:16:14 +0000

Remember seeing a Charles and Diana version, with pics of Charles on one side, Diana on another, plus the Queen, the crown, etc. Made to comemorate the wedding, it was pretty tacky.

By: Rubik Cube Themed Goodies | Child Of The 1980's

Rubik Cube Themed Goodies | Child Of The 1980's — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:01:31 +0000

[...] some reason there seems to have been a sudden interest in creating Rubik’s Cube themed goodies. I’ve written on this site before about the rather neat little Rubik Cube [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:39:32 +0000

I used to have the snake…it was beige and brown. I remember being able to make a ball, Cobra and a swan…