Rubik's cube.

[Amelie]

Right i got Jonno one of these for his birthday today and i have to say he was not quite as chuffed as i thought he would be. I loved mine when i was a kid, tho i never ever completed it really- just cheating by changed the stickers or sorta popping the cubes out and wedging them back in.

What i want to know is, does anyone remeber that game that came after it- i am poss it was by Rubiks an all.

It came and looked like a cube, one side silver and one side gold (maybe), then you could do all manner of shite with it- even split it in two. It was like lots of little triangles that could bend on the 'foil' hinges.

Jonno is calling me a mad bitch and saying they never existed- i have done a tinty search and can't find anything either. I hold my hand up to Frieda the ballet chic being in my head, but this- this deffo existed.

 

[ilovepiano]

You on about Rubik's Snake?

I fookin love the Rubik's Cube, yes, I am extremely sad. :$ Can you solve it Jonno?

 

[Amelie]

You on about Rubik's Snake?

I fookin love the Rubik's Cube, yes, I am extremely sad. :$ Can you solve it Jonno?

I too thought i had it with the snake, but it diff colours and just one solid placky long thing- this was deffo two that fitted together to make one. As i said, it had really fragile foil bits on it that held it together.

Jonno is v v good at Rubiks, he recks he is going to put washing up liquid on it to make it twist faster as he fancies going for the world record the daft gimp.

 

[Northern Star]

Rubiks magic could have been the one

 

[Amelie]

Rubiks magic could have been the one

Cheers, i had that too. It was before magic i think. I am sure i really did have this- someone must remeber it.

 

[ilovepiano]

Jonno is v v good at Rubiks, he recks he is going to put washing up liquid on it to make it twist faster as he fancies going for the world record the daft gimp.

Silicon spray works best. I'll have him a compotition to see who can solve it quickest, coz without wanting to sounding bigheaded, I'm fucking amazing at it.

 

[MizzDeedz]

ahhh the one I was thinking of is the one Northern Star has put up the Rubiks Magic or Rubiks Circles as it was also known by. I used to have loads of these rubiks puzzles as a kid and I am wracking my brains now to try and rem the one you mean.

 

[Amelie]

Silicon spray works best. I'll have him a compotition to see who can solve it quickest, coz without wanting to sounding bigheaded, I'm fucking amazing at it.

I was disgusted to find that there is an actual method to solving it- i thought it was all skill. Actually is summat to do with getting four key cubes in place on certain faces.

p.s you sound big headed. Not a bit either, fucking loads.

 

[blue jammer]

LOL I just did the peeling stickers off after ages when I couldn't get it right

AND, even the stickers then weren't on straight :$

 

[ilovepiano]

I was disgusted to find that there is an actual method to solving it- i thought it was all skill. Actually is summat to do with getting four key cubes in place on certain faces.

p.s you sound big headed. Not a bit either, fucking loads.

LOL!

There's several methods of solving it, the skill comes in spotting the patterns quickly and remembering what set of moves you need to do in any situation.

The one I use is the Fridich method. You put the four edge pieces on one side to make a cross, then you solve two thirds of the cube in four moves (from a possible 50 odd for each situation), then you do the top layer. I do it slightly different to the fastest possible way coz there's too much stuff to learn. For the top layer I flip up the edge pieces, then flip up the corner pieces, then move them all so they're all in the right place.

Read all about it here, if anyones interested:

Rubik's cube

 

[MizzDeedz]

There is a rubiks triangle that multi coloured foil stickers on it
ie: silver and gold - its in this pic below

and even a puzzle called: Rubiks Style folding Puzzle by Naoki Yoshimoto

 

[Jiglo]

I've always been shit with one, the best i could do was a side + 1 or 2 lines.

My brother (the smartest one) could do it in around 20 seconds, but feck knows how