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Do you have what it takes to solve it? Tilt and turn the Rubik�s 360 and guide each ball into the matching colored dome. Sounds easy, right? It�s harder than it looks. Lock all six balls into place to beat this challenge! It's a new spin on the ultimate strategy puzzle.How will you solve it? Includes Rubik�s 360 stand and instructions
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Mastered the original Rubiks? Then we have a challenge for you! The object of Rubiks 360 is to manipulate the clear sphere to get the colored balls into their proper location. It's not as easy as it looks! Both spheres have a weight opposite their holes; these weights mean gravity ensures the holes will remain above the axis of rotation and the balls will be below it. By understanding how the axis of rotation of each sphere works you can overcome the force of gravity and invert the spheres to allow the balls to drop through the holes. Do you have what it takes?For 1 player, aged 8 and up.
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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Before rubik 360 came into my hands i read about it on internet and i was very excited! I heard from a video Rubik saying that this puzzle will have the same succes as the cube and also that the cube and the 360 puzzle have many common things, allthough different problem solving logic... So when 360 came to me i was hopping for a puzzle that i can deal with it for hours and discover many interesting things before i conclude to a solution, just as happend with the cube(3x3).
Result:
1-5 minutes:Very very very cool design!
6-8 minutes:It seems impossible to solve!
8-10 minutes: Yes! I can get some balls into the right positions but it seems
just luck or that it needs very specific and talented moves by
your hands!
11-25 minutes:There must be a specific and not random way, i am so close!
26 minute: The puzzle is completely solved :(
Conclusion:
Absolutely cool design , genius concept, far more easy than rubik's cube.
I surely recomend it to evryone who wants a fresh and good puzzle, but not to those who seek a great challenge!
Result:
1-5 minutes:Very very very cool design!
6-8 minutes:It seems impossible to solve!
8-10 minutes: Yes! I can get some balls into the right positions but it seems
just luck or that it needs very specific and talented moves by
your hands!
11-25 minutes:There must be a specific and not random way, i am so close!
26 minute: The puzzle is completely solved :(
Conclusion:
Absolutely cool design , genius concept, far more easy than rubik's cube.
I surely recomend it to evryone who wants a fresh and good puzzle, but not to those who seek a great challenge!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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After having learned how to solve the Rubik's Cube about 2 years ago I became more or less a collector of Rubik's products, and I must say that I am proud to have the 360 in my collection. The puzzle is very well designed, and if you're playing for the first time, it does take a bit of playing around to figure out the trick to solving it. However, it is not the most difficult puzzle in the Rubik's library. It ranks as more of a puzzle for anyone, whereas with the original Cube and any of the variations, you need to have a decent amount of patience to solve it (not to mention courage, when you get to the 4x4 or 5x5, neither of which I am brave enough to attempt). The 360 can be a bit frustrating, but if you work for a few hours you can get it. It's not nearly as bad as getting lost when you're almost done solving the Cube.
Cube experience does not seem to help; I don't know if this goes for "Cubers", but my fastest time on the Cube is a little under one minute, and it still took me a few hours of work (not necessarily all at once) to finish the 360. Regardless, it is a great puzzle for any Rubik's or puzzle fan, and the feeling when you finally solve it is impossible to describe.
PS: Amazon asked me to rate the "Educational Value" of the 360, and I gave it 2 stars, because if you really focus hard enough you can learn about gravity. =P Also, it feels pretty durable, but I can't be sure because I don't throw my Rubik's puzzles into walls or smash them on the floor (even if they can be annoying!).
Cube experience does not seem to help; I don't know if this goes for "Cubers", but my fastest time on the Cube is a little under one minute, and it still took me a few hours of work (not necessarily all at once) to finish the 360. Regardless, it is a great puzzle for any Rubik's or puzzle fan, and the feeling when you finally solve it is impossible to describe.
PS: Amazon asked me to rate the "Educational Value" of the 360, and I gave it 2 stars, because if you really focus hard enough you can learn about gravity. =P Also, it feels pretty durable, but I can't be sure because I don't throw my Rubik's puzzles into walls or smash them on the floor (even if they can be annoying!).
11 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I received this new Rubik's as a gift. I am an adult, and am able to complete the original Cube, with still some challenge. When I got this I was at first glance a bit intimidated by the design of the puzzle. But, unfortunately, I quickly found out that this game is NOT a game of logic at all, but a very simple exercise of skill. It basically consists of flipping the thing over and over and over and over until you manage to grab a little ball, then again, using some skill and patience drive the little ball into its proper hole. At first, it took me about 20 minutes to figure how the contraption swings due to some little metal weights inside. Once I captured the first ball, the next one took me about 10, then about 5, etc --- once again, not due to any mental strain, but to the fact that you need to be very skilled and, honestly, kind of lucky to catch the tiny balls. Overall, the puzzle took me about 50 minutes to complete, which was very disappointing considering the original cube took me 20 years to figure, and still challenges me.
As a game of skill, this game requires you to be seated, completely still, taking breaths to juggle around the tiny balls; so it lacks the 'portability' of the original.
Overall, this is a novelty game that carries a huge name, and probably, the assertion of it being a Rubik is what makes it precisely fall so short of my expectations.
On the pro side: anyone can do this, even a monkey with enough shaking.
As a game of skill, this game requires you to be seated, completely still, taking breaths to juggle around the tiny balls; so it lacks the 'portability' of the original.
Overall, this is a novelty game that carries a huge name, and probably, the assertion of it being a Rubik is what makes it precisely fall so short of my expectations.
On the pro side: anyone can do this, even a monkey with enough shaking.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
This has nothing to do with Rubik's Cube
This toy's name is misleading. True, Erno Rubik did design the 360, but anyone thinking that this toy will have anything in common with Rubik's Cube or any of its variants will be... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ifutureman
Calling this a puzzle is an insult to anyone with a double digit IQ
My aunt bought me this for Christmas. The only kind of relationship this has to a Rubik's cube is the use of 6 colors. It seems like the entire game is about luck. Read more
Published 4 months ago by RegginKrad
Rubik's 360
This was for my 15 year old. He didn't complete it the first day, so it was more challenging than a Rubik's cube. His dad has not completed it.
Published 16 months ago by MomO3boys
Stuck Spheres
I was under the impression that each sphere moved independently upon its own respective axis regardless of a ball's location, but when I get a ball out of the first sphere it gets... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Brendon Briggs
no fun at all
This rubix is near to impossible to play with without wanting to smash it or toss it across the room. Read more
Published 16 months ago by pilesoflaundry
Rubik's 360, da bomb
This is one of the best toys I have ever had. I got it for a Xmas party, and this sucker is indistructible. I've dropped it at least 10 times, and it still works. Read more
Published 17 months ago
You pick it up and can't set it down... yeah, right.
I am (or was) a huge Rubiks fan. I've solved the Rubiks cube several times. After all of the cool reviews and commercials I'd seen, I was super excited when I recieved the Rubik's... Read more
Published on April 4, 2010 by Jennifer Larsen
Fun but not logic
technically, there's no code in solving this toy. All you have to do is spin it or shake it until one of the colors go in the first hole. Read more
Published on March 1, 2010
Decent but a little too easy.
Actually a fun puzzle but as other reviewers have said it is a little too easy. Opened box and had it finished within some hours. Read more
Published on February 26, 2010 by Courtenay
Fun, but too easy
I bought this hoping for a challenge similar to the classic Rubik's cube which I already solved. It is really puzzling when you first look at it and realize that you have to 'defy... Read more
Published on February 24, 2010 by Katelyn Hurley
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