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Who Didn’t Have a Rubik’s Cube?
The Rubik’s Cube ushered in the 80s and
the simple puzzle-like toy took the decade by storm. Originally designed
in 1974 under the name “Magic Cube” the product was renamed the Rubik’s
Cube in 1980 and went on to become one of the world’s best-selling toys.
In fact, the Rubik’s Cube was so popular that more than 100,000,000 of
them were sold between 1980 and 1982 and 300,000,000 million of them
(including imitations) have been sold worldwide.
So what exactly is a Rubik’s Cube? Considering how popular the darned
thing is, it’s actually quite a simple concept. The Rubik’s Cube is a
square cube that consists of 26 smaller square surface cubes. These 26
surface cubes all rotate around an inner core mechanism. Each side of the
large cube is one solid color. When you twist and turn the sides of the
cube around, the colors become separated and mixed. The goal is to then
rearrange the smaller single cubes back the way they were so that all
sides of the cube are a single, solid color again.
Sounds easy, right? Tell that to the millions of people who have spent
hours trying to figure the Rubik’s Cube out. (Unless of course, you were
one of the cheaters who just took the stickers off and rearranged them
when you got tired of trying to solve the puzzle.)
So there we were – all of the children of the 80s – sitting around playing
with this little box-like device. Just to prove to our kids we weren’t
nuts, we’re probably going to buy them a Rubik’s Cube of their own. In
fact, nowadays, the Rubik’s Cube comes in a variety of designs. Instead of
just coming in a 3x3 design, it now comes in a 2x2 design, a 4x4 design
and a 5x5 design. Hopefully one of them will be able to compete with the
Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 2.
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