I've been a great fan of Rubik type puzzles, since I got an original rubiks cube for my 14th birthday, in 1980.
Lost interest though for some years, and gave my beloved puzzles away to my dads workmate, for his kids.
Got into collecting in a big way, after finding a Rubiks Mate in our local charity shop going for a quid ! and have picked up various bargains, at dozens of charity shops, boosting my collection with the odd ebay auction or 50 ( under my pseudonym Pomperberry).
have just today acquired a 10 billion master barrel on ebay, and am waiting to get a diamond skewb, for believe it or not, my 37th birthday from my parents :)
I have an understanding but baffled husband, who can't even solve the 3 x 3 rubiks , and already 2 display cases full of puzzles, which I have solved mostly, but they mysteriously end up mixed up again. I suspect my husband, but can't prove it.
would love to get some of the more unusual puzzles, and still dream of owning one day, a dogic, a rubiks domino,a rubiks rabbit, and an octahedron. have tried and missed several ebay auctions for these, but will keep hoping.
great that there is such an active community around this brilliant hobby.
cheers
Liz
Spreyton, Devon
2X2X2
3X3X3
Bandaged Cube
Quantity: 1
The first mass produced bandaged 3x3x3 with only one unbandaged piece.
Magic Cube IV
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Rhetoric question: And why shouldn't they use the same name everyone else used?
Tiled Cube 48 mm
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This tiled cube stands 48 mm high, including the thickness of the tiles (approximately 1 mm each).
3X3X3 (PICTURE)
Magic Square Cube
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All diagonal, horizontal and vertical rows add up to 15.
Mercedes Benz
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This version has various shades of grey and a logo on every side.
4X4X4
Rubik's Revenge (ITC)
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Follow up to the Rubik's cube, as shown by its name.
Produced in 1982 and 1983 by Ideal Toy Corporation in Korea, Macau and Hong Kong.
5X5X5
CUBE (SHAPE PRESERVING)
Skewb
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The deepcut corner turning cube.
CUBE (SHAPE CHANGING)
Get back to Square-1
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An american based version of the Square-1. It distinguishes itself from the other variants because it was sold in scrambled state.
The Block
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A bilingual version "The Block", maybe also for the canadian market with a logo in a different font.
OCTAHEDRON
Skewb Diamond
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Meffert's build-up and truncation of a Skewb into an octahedron.
OTHER EIGHT-SIDED
Tetraminx
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The official Meffert Tetraminx.
DODECAHEDRON
FOUR
Pyraminx (Tomy 1981)
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The 1981 Tomy version. Most samples came with logo on the yellow face.
Pyramorphix
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A 2x2x2 in shape of a tetrahedron.
FOURTEEN
Rainbow Cube
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A beautiful (but simple) puzzle closely related to the Dino Cube!
PUCKS
Czech Puck
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This version shows a Czech-themed crest.
SPHERE
Mach Magic Ball - Soccer
Quantity: 1
Solve all twelve hexes by matching up the three colours correctly. Came in at least five colour combinations.
Rubik's World
Quantity: 1
A black globe on a stand with the seven continents in various colours.
STAR
Alexander's Star
Quantity: 1
A confusing twelve sided puzzle in a shape of a great dodecahedron, closely related to the Megaminx.
HEADS & OBJECTS
Darth Maul Head
Quantity: 1
A 2x2x2 puzzle in the shape of the head of Darth Maul, the main villain from Star Wars Episode I.
Rubik's Obi Wan Head
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A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.
OTHER SHAPES
Rubik's UFO
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An attractive little puzzle, possibly related to the legendary Rubik's Cheeze.
MOVING HOLE
Back Spin
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A mix between the moving hole puzzles and the two-layer UFO puzzles.
Ivory Tower
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A very successful puzzle from the original cube craze but not from Ernö Rubik.
Missing Link Key Chain
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The 1982 official Rubik's Missing Link Key Chain released by Ideal. This puzzle stands 59mm tall excluding the keychain, and the keychain's plastic attachement loop.
MOVING MARBLES
Entrapment
Quantity: 1
A strange puzzle with moving marbles that came in two different versions.
Ten Billion Barrel
Quantity: 1
A classical japanese puzzle from the original cube craze. This entry is about the versions with Nintendo-logo.
Top-Spin
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"Just put the numbers in order"... sounds a lot easier than it is!
MOVING TILES
Gerdig UFO
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Spin the top/bottom half to mix the satellites, then use the central plunger to flip one, two, three or four satellites over.
Rubik's Fifteen (XV)
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Rubik's 15 (XV) is 2 puzzles in one. Arrange the numbers in sequence 1 to 15. On the other side there is a magic square challenge.
FOLDING
Rubik's Snake
Quantity: 1
The original version produced by Politoys.
PATTERN MATCHING
Rubik's Dice
Quantity: 1
A great little puzzle that keep you busy for hours!
OTHER MECHANISMS
Rubik's Triamid
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Arrange the ten pieces by breaking them into two groups and putting them back together again.
BOOKS
Mastering Rubik's Cube (yellow)
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At last. The Solution. The 20th century's most perplexing puzzle made clear by a world-famous cube-master - Don Taylor
You Can Do The Cube
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#1 in the London Times and New York Times bestseller list for 1981, selling 1.5 million copies world-wide.
GAMES
Rubik's Magic Strategy Game
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"Easy to learn, a challenge to win." (Not to be confused with Rubik's Infinity, which is "easy to learn, a challenge to master"!)
Rubik's Race
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It's a race to make the scrambled "Cube Face"