So I notice they still sell these on Amazon.

I have a Rubiks Cube that I found years ago when I was in high school. It was missing a few stickers and I was considering picking up a new one for 80's night!
As a youngster, when Rubiks was HUGE I never had a standard one. I had a mini one, and I had a knock off that was an orb, not a cube.
Never could solve either of them. Most I ever got (without taking them apart) was 2 sides.

Just curious who here had a puzzle cube back in the day, and who still has one today? Were you ever able to solve the puzzle?

http://www.airslash.net/blag/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/500px-rubiks_cube_scrambledsvg-300x300.png

Had one, although I'm sure it was a cheap knock-off.  Never was able to solve it.  I think I got one side done.  Someone I knew started peeling my stickers off, but I hated that 'cause it was cheating.  (And the stickers never did stick right after that anyway.)

I bought another knock-off from the country store/gift shop at Cracker Barrel restaurant a couple years ago.  But I lost interest in playing it pretty quickly.

I had a knock-off cube back in the day.  In the late eighties someone showed me how to solve it, but i was drunk at the time and couldn't do it sober!

My daughter was given a proper cube a couple of years ago.  We looked up on-line how to solve it, but can only do it following the instructions

I still have my Rubik's Cube with the coloured sticky squares intact, and I could solve it back then.

Interesting.
I'm fairly decent at puzzles.
Slide puzzles I can master and have several.
I can get one side of a Rubiks in a very short time frame with no prob, but I have yet to figure out how to line up other sides while doing it. There is a middle piece color that is consistent, so I suspect it has something to do with that. Haven't really ever seriously tried I guess. I do know I had fun just fiddling with one while talking last weekend during our 80's night. Would be awesome to talk and fiddle and solve while talking to someone! LOL
I might have to look online and get some hints.

I liked Rubik's Cube but had so much trouble trying to get the colors to match,How do they do it?  ???

I still have my Rubik's Cube with the coloured sticky squares intact, and I could solve it back then.


Could you solve it today?

Could you solve it today?
Not today, I cannot remember the routine/moves right now.

I had a knock-off cube back in the day.  In the late eighties someone showed me how to solve it, but i was drunk at the time and couldn't do it sober!

My daughter was given a proper cube a couple of years ago.  We looked up on-line how to solve it, but can only do it following the instructions



I never thought about looking for a solution online... I've gotten close to solving mine but never really could do it. Best I could do was, i think, three sides.

Not today, I cannot remember the routine/moves right now.


Some people can solve the puzzle in less than a minute.

I never thought about looking for a solution online... I've gotten close to solving mine but never really could do it. Best I could do was, i think, three sides.





Heh heh...there was no going online in 1982!  They did have how-to books.

But...if you solved the Rubik's Cube, you got to do what?  Scramble it and do it all over again.  The whole thing struck me as rather pointless!
::)

Heh heh...there was no going online in 1982!  They did have how-to books.

But...if you solved the Rubik's Cube, you got to do what?  Scramble it and do it all over again.  The whole thing struck me as rather pointless!
::)


But it was fun and exciting for hours on end.

Heh heh...there was no going online in 1982!  They did have how-to books.

But...if you solved the Rubik's Cube, you got to do what?  Scramble it and do it all over again.  The whole thing struck me as rather pointless!
::)
There again, my fingers are not so nimble now.

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/piximg/cube_3x3x3_triangle_white_black_00.jpg

They also had Rubik's Triangle.

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/piximg/cube_3x3x3_triangle_white_black_00.jpg

They also had Rubik's Triangle.
There was a 4×4×4 Rubik's Cube too.

I had forgotten about the triangle ones.  I got one of those for my birthday one year.  I also had a little mini keychain sized one and a keychain sized rubik snake.  I used to collect keychains and was always looking for unusual ones.

I went to Wal Mart and bought one today. They are around $10 and seem looser than the one we used to get as kids and would have to "break in"
I looked online for the orb one I had as a kid. Don't see any for sale! I wonder if they are rare? Wish I still had it.
I remember the triangle ones (never had one myself) but had forgotten about the Rubiks Snake until you mentioned it bookmistress4ever!
Never had one but I had friends that did.
I also found another old Rubiks puzzle from the 80's I had forgotten called Missing Link.
There's are several eBay auctions for one, including this one that has a bunch of old puzzle games!

If you never solved it yourself, you could always build a robot out of Lego to do it.

It took 30 years, but the robots are now solving cubes slightly faster than the ten-second times being recorded by the world's fastest humans.

If you never solved it yourself, you could always build a robot out of Lego to do it.

It took 30 years, but the robots are now solving cubes slightly faster than the ten-second times being recorded by the world's fastest humans.

Dorks.

I always wanted to make a trick Rubik's Cube.  It would look exactly like a regular Rubik's Cube but would be designed so you could never solve it!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_shaking2.gif

Dorks.

I always wanted to make a trick Rubik's Cube.  It would look exactly like a regular Rubik's Cube but would be designed so you could never solve it!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_shaking2.gif



but I already own one of those!  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn_-253xO4s

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Rubiks-Cube-Puzzle-2-25-Center-Logo-/150664614750?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23144f935e

Rubik's Cube for only $1.00^

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Rubiks-Cube-Puzzle-2-25-Center-Logo-/150664614750?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23144f935e

Rubik's Cube for only $1.00^
...it's an original!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn_-253xO4s


Wow that is super fast.  :o

...it's an original!


for only a buck that's pretty cheap.  :o

for only a buck that's pretty cheap.  :o
...but how much is the postage?

...but how much is the postage?


$3.00

$3.00
Still as cheap?

Still as cheap?


Yes pretty cheap for something that's 30 years old.

Dorks.

I always wanted to make a trick Rubik's Cube.  It would look exactly like a regular Rubik's Cube but would be designed so you could never solve it!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_shaking2.gif


we made one once.  A dinner lady at school was forever boasting about how she could solve the cube no matter how muddled it was.  I could take my cube apart and rebuild it, so I rebuilt 'solved' and then put one corner in twisted.  Then muddled up the cube.  She had it for nearly a week before giving up on it.  She also stopped boasting after that!

we made one once.  A dinner lady at school was forever boasting about how she could solve the cube no matter how muddled it was.  I could take my cube apart and rebuild it, so I rebuilt 'solved' and then put one corner in twisted.  Then muddled up the cube.  She had it for nearly a week before giving up on it.  She also stopped boasting after that!



;D

http://naturskamt.blogg.se/images/2010/circle-rubik_80653444.jpg

There's also Rubik's Globe.^

There's also Rubik's Globe.^


Thanks Howard, that was the "orb" one I had as a kid!  :)

MISSING LINK

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Missing_link_puzzle.jpg

MISSING LINK


He has been found, but the hairstyle...is outta style.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YvLgbtRmFNg/TVzWWRHu_HI/AAAAAAAAAeg/DivaFDLad4M/s1600/modsquadLink.jpg

MISSING LINK

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Missing_link_puzzle.jpg



This one must've been difficult.

He has been found, but the hairstyle...is outta style.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YvLgbtRmFNg/TVzWWRHu_HI/AAAAAAAAAeg/DivaFDLad4M/s1600/modsquadLink.jpg


;D

MISSING LINK

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Missing_link_puzzle.jpg


I was thinking of a different puzzle when someone mentioned Missing Link.  It was a flat puzzle you could fold up and then unfold to join or unlink the links.  :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1sErYGYAck

This chap is a fraud!

http://www.randelshofer.ch/rubik/virtualcubes/virtual_rubik_en.html

Rubik's Cube Online^

LOL! I never had the patience to solve the Rubix Cube or anything else that begins with Rubix.  LOL!

I still have my original real Rubiks cube.  Long ago some stickers and centers fell off and I fixed them with paint.  I also have a couple knockoffs.  I could never figure it out more than 5 full faces without the cheat book (which I found in the mid 90s).

The link the rings and unlink the rings puzzles... Rubiks Magic.  I believe I still have mine in storage.  I found them to be much easier than the cube.  It took me maybe a couple months each to figure them out.  Then I learned to do it as fast as possible for a talent show at school.  Something like 6 seconds for one and 12 seconds for the other.  The small one was link the rings, the large one was unlink the rings.  Some other kids also had some knockoffs or something of the small puzzle, they had green and yellow diamonds I believe.  But I was the only one with the large puzzle.  I was so leery of letting anyone try the puzzles because they were so touchy, if you flipped a panel the wrong way the fishing line would break and the puzzle would be toast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1sErYGYAck

This chap is a fraud!
So much a fraud, even the YouTube video has been deleted!

Has anyone solved it? ???

Has anyone solved it? ???
It took me several months when I manage to solve it!

It took me several months when I manage to solve it!


I couldn't solve it.

I couldn't solve it.
I just kept at it, with practice and remembering movements and turns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKYBAw6AGs

I just kept at it, with practice and remembering movements and turns


Was it easy?

Was it easy?
No, it needed constant attention.

Google states that the Rubik's Cube is now 40 years old

Google states that the Rubik's Cube is now 40 years old



you can actually play with the rubiks cube on the google search home page... I suck at it.

you can actually play with the rubiks cube on the google search home page... I suck at it.
I could not master the controls of it, I soon gave up.

The Rubik's Cube fad hit when I was in the 4th or 5th grade and lots of us brought them to school. This one particularly dorky kid would smugly announce, "I know how to solve the cube," and he would proceed to scramble his cube and then unscramble it in the exact same order until it was "solved."  He kept doing this until finally another kid snatched his cube away from him, scrambled it really good, and then handed it back to him and said, "Solve it now."  ;D

I've never solved even a single side unfortunately. Also, after many years on some cubes the stickers start to peel off and get ugly like mine has, and that was only purchased in 2000! At least I've never cheated, otherwise the stickers would have been in even worse shape.

I could not master the controls of it, I soon gave up.


You had to click and hold and drag the direction you wanted the column to go (like moving files on your desktop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs_GCy9PRk

I find it funny that they did this.  ::)

Google states that the Rubik's Cube is now 40 years old


I would say it wasn't quite that long ago when it became 'big'  I'm fairly sure I was at secondary school which makes it early 80s not mid-70s

Google states that the Rubik's Cube is now 40 years old


Happy Birthday Rubik's Cube. :)

you can actually play with the rubiks cube on the google search home page... I suck at it.


What's the web site? ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs_GCy9PRk

I find it funny that they did this.  ::)


I think I remember this cartoon. ???

I had trouble solving it but I remember cheating by sticking the colored pieces to it's proper place.

I think I remember this cartoon. ???


I didn't even know it existed until I was reading through a magazine centered around comics and cartoons.

I didn't even know it existed until I was reading through a magazine centered around comics and cartoons.


September 10, 1983 to September 1, 1984 I see by Wikipedia that it lasted one year.

September 10, 1983 to September 1, 1984 I see by Wikipedia that it lasted one year.
Nothing shown in the UK.

http://www.theendearingdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Unique-Rubiks-Cubes-03-Pyramid-Cube.jpg

There was also Rubik's Triangle.

Nothing shown in the UK.



why not in The UK? ???

http://www.theendearingdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Unique-Rubiks-Cubes-03-Pyramid-Cube.jpg

There was also Rubik's Triangle.
I had one, do not know where it is now.

why not in The UK? ???
Cannot say as yet, but...

Episodes:

    "Pilot"
    "Back Packin' Rubik" — 1983-09-17
    "Rubik and the Buried Treasure" — 1983-10-01
    "Rubik and the Lucky Helmet" — 1983-10-08
    "Rubik and the Mysterious Man" — 1983-10-15
    "Rubik and the Pooch Nappers" — 1983-10-22
    "Rubik and the Science Fair" — 1983-10-29
    "Rubik the Realtor"
    "Rubik in Wonderland" — 1983-11-05
    "Honolulu Rubik" — 1983-11-12
    "Rubik's First Christmas" — 1983-11-19
    "Rubik's Run"
    "Richy Rubik"
    "Rubik Reduxy"
    "Rubik at Rest"
    "Saturday Night Rubik" — 1983-11-26
    "Super Power Lisa" — 1983-12-03
    "Time Travelin' Rubik" — 1983-12-10

why not in The UK? ???


I'd imagine because the cartoon wasn't good, thus not being successful.

I'd imagine because the cartoon wasn't good, thus not being successful.


It lasted a year which is pretty good.

It lasted a year which is pretty good.


Lots of subpar cartoons lasted about a year, so Rubik the Amazing Cube wasn't really doing anything special in that regard.

http://oi44.tinypic.com/2dqimft.jpg

Some demonic spawn of Satan thought this nightmare in primary colors up!

My cousin had one and I couldn't do it either. Close, but never happened. I remember rubiks snakes too and the different shapes you could make.

My cousin had one and I couldn't do it either. Close, but never happened. I remember rubiks snakes too and the different shapes you could make.


I had a rubiks snake.  It was a present from my class because I went to hospital to have my appendix out.  That would be October 1981

I find it funny that they did this.  ::)


Rubik the Amazing Cube!  Heck yeah, I used to watch that all the time!
It was a silly cartoon, but no more sillier than alot of the other cartoons on at the time lol

http://oi44.tinypic.com/2dqimft.jpg

Some demonic spawn of Satan thought this nightmare in primary colors up!


That would take forever to solve it.  :o

My cousin had one and I couldn't do it either. Close, but never happened. I remember rubiks snakes too and the different shapes you could make.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Rubiks_snake_octahedron.jpg


Was it this one? ???

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/816tgLnJOkL._SL1500_.jpg


How about Rubik's Twist?

We used to watch Rubik The Amazing Cube and taped an episode back in the day. Menudo sang the theme tune...  :D

We had most if not all of the Rubik incarnations... the cube, the hexagon one, the snake, the pencil cup holder... they certainly took advantage of the craze.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIlLF9QETO7sJYVqTEAB8HX61HylnNDcz8AB8DEHS32G0JmhhX

And they wonder why kids have so much stress. Just imagine if a kid with OCD was handed this...

We used to watch Rubik The Amazing Cube and taped an episode back in the day. Menudo sang the theme tune...  :D

We had most if not all of the Rubik incarnations... the cube, the hexagon one, the snake, the pencil cup holder... they certainly took advantage of the craze.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIlLF9QETO7sJYVqTEAB8HX61HylnNDcz8AB8DEHS32G0JmhhX


In your opinion which one was the hardest to solve?  ???

And they wonder why kids have so much stress. Just imagine if a kid with OCD was handed this...


They'd go nuts!

I never solved any - don't think I tried very hard to either. I was young though.

I never solved any - don't think I tried very hard to either. I was young though.


I think the cube was the hardest.

Rubik the Amazing Cube!  Heck yeah, I used to watch that all the time!
It was a silly cartoon, but no more sillier than alot of the other cartoons on at the time lol


Robot Chicken parodied it, emphasizing Rubik's voice(which has been described as annoying, they amplified it more).

:D :D :D

Admittedly, there are other cartoons that I'm amazed even got green lit. It's not surprising that they would do a cartoon based on the Rubik's Cube(a lot of cartoons in the 80s seemed to born out of toys lines, not that that has changed too much today), even though I found it funny.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k-gUFcfu63w/TNe3VWkztDI/AAAAAAAAAAU/CX0ePL1EMOQ/s1600/Rubik+Ball+R.jpg

How about Rubik's Ball?

Robot Chicken parodied it, emphasizing Rubik's voice(which has been described as annoying, they amplified it more).

:D :D :D

Admittedly, there are other cartoons that I'm amazed even got green lit. It's not surprising that they would do a cartoon based on the Rubik's Cube(a lot of cartoons in the 80s seemed to born out of toys lines, not that that has changed too much today), even though I found it funny.


Yeah, I remember back in the '80s there seemed to be cartoons based on toys.  :D
But really, how many episodes could you come up with based on a puzzle cube?!

18 counting the pilot, apparently. ^  :D

Yeah, I remember back in the '80s there seemed to be cartoons based on toys.  :D
But really, how many episodes could you come up with based on a puzzle cube?!


you could come up with plenty.

You know you are old school if you were able to solve the Rubik's Cube ...

... by peeling off all the stickers and putting them back so it looked like you completed it.

You know you are old school if you were able to solve the Rubik's Cube ...

... by peeling off all the stickers and putting them back so it looked like you completed it.


this is how I solved mine  :D


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Disassembled-rubix-1.jpg

You know you are old school if you were able to solve the Rubik's Cube ...

... by peeling off all the stickers and putting them back so it looked like you completed it.



but that's cheating.

this is how I solved mine  :D


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Disassembled-rubix-1.jpg


were you able to put them back properly?

were you able to put them back properly?


Yes. I put them back and the puzzle was solved.

After taking it apart a couple of times it was a little loose but I looked smart.  ;D

Yes. I put them back and the puzzle was solved.

After taking it apart a couple of times it was a little loose but I looked smart.  ;D



next time, don't cheat.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzAwWDY5NQ==/z/nWQAAOxy3zNSoWbG/$_12.JPG

or how about something harder Rubik's speed magic cube. :D

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzAwWDY5NQ==/z/nWQAAOxy3zNSoWbG/$_12.JPG

or how about something harder Rubik's speed magic cube. :D
Now that is hard and will take a life time to do!

Now that is hard and will take a life time to do!


It may take a couple of years to finish. :o

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzAwWDY5NQ==/z/nWQAAOxy3zNSoWbG/$_12.JPG

or how about something harder Rubik's speed magic cube. :D


http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/35125096.jpg

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/35125096.jpg


sure you don't want to try it?

It may take a couple of years to finish. :o
More than a couple of years!

http://cdn.webfail.com/upl/img/a78300e6914/post2.jpg

More than a couple of years!


looks too difficult.

http://cdn.webfail.com/upl/img/a78300e6914/post2.jpg


It should be called Rubik's Circle.

It should be called Rubik's Circle.
Rubik's Cube is the tradename.

looks too difficult.
I'll give a go!

I'll give a go!


sure, why not!

I bought my uncle a cube for Christmas and I just got the Rubix Void.

I bought my uncle a cube for Christmas and I just got the Rubix Void.
My son was giving a cube, along with work colleagues, from his manager. He is at it all day long.

My son was giving a cube, along with work colleagues, from his manager. He is at it all day long.


I can work on a cube for hours.  Being able to solve one in a few minutes takes all tne fun out of it.

I can work on a cube for hours.  Being able to solve one in a few minutes takes all tne fun out of it.
Years ago I could solve it, it would take me half a day, but have forgotten all the moved now.

Years ago I could solve it, it would take me half a day, but have forgotten all the moved now.


I think there are a few set ways of solving it but they are very hard to remember.  I've only ever gotten two sides at one time.

I think there are a few set ways of solving it but they are very hard to remember.  I've only ever gotten two sides at one time.
Those patterns of movements are hard to remember.

I bought my uncle a cube for Christmas and I just got the Rubix Void.


Was he able to solve it?

http://uproxx.com/webculture/rubiks-cube-6-seconds/

I have a very small Rubik's cube and every now and then I try to match all the colors. The difference with this smaller one is that the colors are painted on...so I can't cheat and take out the stickers like I did in the 80's. This one HAS to be solved the correct way. I'm still trying to! :-[

I have a very small Rubik's cube and every now and then I try to match all the colors. The difference with this smaller one is that the colors are painted on...so I can't cheat and take out the stickers like I did in the 80's. This one HAS to be solved the correct way. I'm still trying to! :-[


The Rubik Cube keychains have the stickers.  So do the new smaller Rubik Cubes.

I have a very small Rubik's cube and every now and then I try to match all the colors. The difference with this smaller one is that the colors are painted on...so I can't cheat and take out the stickers like I did in the 80's. This one HAS to be solved the correct way. I'm still trying to! :-[


I could never solve them.

Was he able to solve it?

Don't know. I'll have to ask him.

Don't know. I'll have to ask him.


I was never able to solve Rubik's Cube. :(

I was never able to solve Rubik's Cube. :(


You're not the only one.

I was never able to solve Rubik's Cube. :(

You're not the only one.
It was all down to trial and error, and practice.

It was all down to trial and error, and practice.

At least you didn't move the stickers.  The sticker trick is offensive to those of us who are at it for hours.

At least you didn't move the stickers.  The sticker trick is offensive to those of us who are at it for hours.
Then it got to the stage that the stickers lost their stickiness.

Then it got to the stage that the stickers lost their stickiness.


Guess they can't say they've solved it with stickers missing. ;D

Guess they can't say they've solved it with stickers missing. ;D
so true.

You're not the only one.


much too difficult.

At least you didn't move the stickers.  The sticker trick is offensive to those of us who are at it for hours.


But that's cheating.

But that's cheating.


Yes it is.  Not to mention denying themselves hours of healthy frustration.

But that's cheating.
I never cheated, and have the self-satisfaction of achieving the finished cube.

Yes it is.  Not to mention denying themselves hours of healthy frustration.


Don't worry, I did the same thing.

I never cheated, and have the self-satisfaction of achieving the finished cube.


How long would it have taken you? ???

How long would it have taken you? ???

Years ago I could solve it, it would take me half a day, but have forgotten all the moved now.