Rubik's Cube

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Product Features

• "43 Quintillion" possible moves and only "ONE" solution!
• As a special added bonus, a Free Rubik's Cube stand is included
• This completely redesigned gift package is a sure-fire, must-have collectable!
• Twist and turn the Cube® using various combinations to return it to its original state...every side finally having one solid color!
• A stimulating challenging puzzle! Rubik's Cube is the world's popular 3-D puzzle phenomenon!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 5.2 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00081RYNC
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 5025
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #272 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)

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• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The date is 1974. The place is Budapest, Hungary. Erno Rubik, an admirer of geometry and 3-D forms creates the world's most perfect -- and addictive -- puzzle. More than three decades later the Rubik's cube is still one of the best selling brainteasers. Whether it was full size or the smaller keychain version almost every child had this puzzle by in 1980 when it found worldwide success. Elementary school kids were seen solving it with their feet on "That's Incredible!", conspiracy theorists believed it was an Eastern bloc tactic to distract American youth from getting an education, and Cubaholics Anonymous was formally established to help cure the compulsive need to solve it.

Each side is just over 2", while each sticker is about ½" square.

For all of the hullabaloo, the Rubik’s Cube actually has a pretty straightforward premise. The faces of the cube are covered by nine stickers in six solid colors (one for each 2.25" side); when the puzzle is solved, each face is one solid color. Then you realize as you turn the rows and columns and see all the colors flash by that there are 43 quintillion possible pattern combinations (that’s 43 million millions), but just one right one. Maybe Cubaholics Anonymous wasn’t such a bad idea after all….

This Rubik’s Cube has reflective red, white, blue, yellow, green, and orange colored stickers with an official twenty-fifth anniversary sticker in the center white square. The cube is packaged in a clear hexagon box and includes a black display stand. There is also a solutions hint and game suggestion book, just in case.

From the Manufacturer
Rubik's Cube® is the incredibly addictive, multi-dimensional challenge that has fascinated puzzle fans around the world since 1980. This completely redesigned gift package is a sure-fire, must-have collectable. As a special added bonus, a Free Rubik's Cube stand is included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

167 of 181 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deserves ZERO Stars..., July 14, 2006

By	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu "xbmrx" (Fremont, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I've gotten better quality Rubik's cubes for free from IT conventions. Shame on Rubik's for endorsing such a horrible piece of crap. Just feeling the cube (even if you haven't touched one for 20 years) you'll realize how cheap/light this thing actually is. After repeated use, the stickers begin to curl up. With even more use, the cubes begin to loosen up & eventually break away. I guess they realized that the older cubes were too well made & defied the rules for the standards of economics.

You've been forewarned...

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing substitute from the Original, October 26, 2006

By	Edward Y. Wong "da Bull" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Out of the box, the cube is stiff, cannot be really speeded very well, and I assume it's going to go downhill from here. Doesn't have the feel, crispness, and mechanical snap of the original by Ideal. Why is it so difficult to duplicate the original? Well for us addicts what are we going to do?

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars bought two, both crappy, August 31, 2006

By	J. Chau - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm just a beginner, and even I can feel how stiff and narrow this thing is when you try to rotate a face. I could be doing it wrong, but the cube gets all crooked when I spin a face quickly. You have to align the cube just right to get this darn thing to turn, otherwise, it'll get stuck in position. Even forcing it will make the cube feel like the corner piece will break off. I tried using spray, but it did not make a difference. Works sort of okay for beginners like me, but totally not recommended for speed cubers.