New Rubik's 360 Debuts in Just Two Days
There are three major toys that we remember from our youth that should sit comoftably in our consciousness until the day we die: the original Light Brite, Simon, and Rubik's Cube. Sure, there's Tiger Baseball and Speak & Spell, but those seem to hover a level above "toy" raiting so we wont' even mention them. Oh Crap.
While Light Bright and Simon have both stagnated for nearly 3 decades, the Hungarian doctor of puzzles Ser Rubik has put his finishing touches on a new masterpiece. This is truly his new invention, too, not a marketing board table's reinvisioning of the classic cube with more squares, or fewer squares, or with a key chain. zzzZZzzz
Well this time the doctor is back to square one, and the movable clicky shapes are no more. Will the Doctor be able to create a craze the size of his original cube? Probably not. The original sold 350 million worldwide, which is off the wall crazy numbers. Those are tall shoes to fill.
Unfortunately the new Rubik 360 puzzle - which is still officially under wraps - looks a bit hampsterballish. Made with clear plastic the sphere doesn't really scream high quality with first glance, or 'cool' like the primary hued cube once did back in the color confused 1980s. Still, the concentric sphere idea does sound quite intriguing, and if the gameplay holds up then it should make a rather significant crash on the market later this year, and perhaps as stocking stuffers for the next decade.
Read the full prerelease story on Telegraph.co.uk. The Rubk's 360 will be officially released to public scrutiny on Thursday.
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Posted by Critical Gamers Staff at February 3, 2009 2:52 PM
I can see why you think it looks a bit hamsterish - my first impression was "cool a new rubik cube follow up" that will infuriate me and drive me mad.
It believe the puzzle will give a different experince then the Cube did. You could ponder on the Cube for days, I know I did. I doubt that that will be the case with the Rubik 360.
It will be released at the Neurenberg Toy Fair. I thought this was going to be the 5th which is Friday. Where did you get the info from that it will be Thursday?
I've got some additional info on my blog where I keep track of the latest Rubik 360 news. http://www.360mad.com
Thanks for the comment!
We picked up on the the Thursday, February 5th reveal date of the Rubik's 360 from the article in the Telegraph (linked above):
"The puzzle, shown to the Sunday Telegraph ahead of its unveiling at a toy industry fair in Germany on February 5, confronts users with the same frustrating challenge – a task that is simple to understand, with only one possible solution, yet extremely difficult to execute."
Hopefully it's true, because that means we'll see more footage of the device tomorrow. Sounds like you've already gotten your hands on it though. Lucky you!
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