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  Rubik's Cube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.
The Magic Cube was invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture with an interest in geometry and the study of three dimensional forms.
The Rubik's Cube is of interest to many mathematicians, partly because it is a tangible representation of a mathematical group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rubik's_Cube   (2503 words)

  
 Rubik, the Amazing Cube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rubik, the Amazing Cube was a Saturday morning cartoon that aired from 1983-1984 in the United States, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions.
Rubik had fallen out of a magician's stagecoach, and this magician was the main villain throughout the show.
This was beneficial since Rubik regularly got thoroughly scrambled by simply being dropped, grabbed by the family dog, etc..
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rubik,_The_Amazing_Cube   (195 words)

  
 GameLow.com: Puzzles>>Rubik's Cube
The challenge of the puzzle is to return the cube to its original state, in which each face of the cube consists of nine squares of a single colour.
The Rubik's Cube reached the height of its popularity in the early 1980s, and has since become a pop culture icon associated with the decade.
Conception and development The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture with an interest in geometry and the study of 3D forms.
www.gamelow.com /puzzles/rubik.html   (1864 words)

  
 X-Entertainment: 'Rubik, The Amazing Cube' Cartoon Review
Rubik's Cube ultimately went way beyond a mere 'fad item,' becoming as much a part of Americana as greasy cheeseburgers and bumper stickers featuring clever variations on the Darwin fish.
Rubik, The Amazing Cube was more 'adventure' than 'comedy,' which would've been fine had the adventures been at all interesting.
Rubik's much easier, and I don't have to worry about making size appropriate nipples, which is always tough since anyone who draws nipples usually throws caution to the wind and makes them as large as possible.
x-entertainment.com /articles/0798   (2117 words)

  
 fUSION Anomaly. Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik in 1974.
process to "solve" a cube in this manner, by reassembling the cube in a solved state; however, this is not the challenge.
Putting markings on the Rubik's cube is a good way of increasing the challenge of solving the cube, not to mention enlarge the symmetry group.
fusionanomaly.net /rubikscube.html   (1257 words)

  
 PuzzleSolver: Rubik's Cube
By this time Rubik was married to a former classmate from the Academy (''a quiet and stubborn girl,'' he called her; he turned down my request to see her) and living on the upper two floors of his father's house.
The puzzle, called the Magic Cube (Buvuos Kocka) in Hungary, was renamed Rubik's Cube, not to honor Rubik--although it was this change that made him famous--but to compensate for a troublesome oversight.
Rubik's original method, aligning the corners first, was one standard approach; another technique was to align the top layer, then clear up the other sides one at a time.
www.puzzlesolver.com /puzzle.php?id=29&page=15   (4845 words)

  
 Rubik's Cube : Retro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
And as a final testament to the cube’s superfad status, cartoon makers Ruby-Spears produced Saturday morning’s Rubik the Amazing Cube for the 1983 fall season.
By 1983, Rubik’s Cubes had become one of the definitive icons of the new decade, with more than an estimated 100 million sold worldwide.
Through it all, the Rubik’s Cube has remained the bread-and-butter of the puzzle toy industry, moving it well beyond fad status and onto the roll of all-time toy greats.
www.skooldays.com /categories/toys/ty1063.htm   (582 words)

  
 Rubik's Cube quiz -- free game
"Rubik: The Amazing Cube" was a Saturday morning cartoon during the 1983-84 season
The number of possible combinations in the large 5x5x5 cube created by puzzle maker and a contemporary of Rubik, Uwe Meffert, is more than the estimated number of atoms in the known universe.
Over 100 million Rubik's Cubes were sold between 1980 and 1982.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=142983   (268 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Let's twist again
Knights was barely out of diapers when Cube mania swept the United States, and he didn't even pick up a cube until 1999, mostly because of a friendly challenge by his roommate at Middlebury College in Vermont.
In 2002, 500,000 cubes were sold, up from 350,000 in 2001, and the Cube's US sellers say they expect sales to top 700,000 this year.
Winning Moves hopes to capitalize on the renaissance of the original Rubik's Cube in the next several months by rereleasing a version of the supersize ``Rubik's Revenge,'' a 4-by-4 cube with 16 squares per side, said Orbanes.
www.boston.com /ae/games/articles/2003/11/08/lets_twist_again   (1069 words)

  
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Information on the "Rubik, The Amazing Cube" television show Premiered on ABC: September 10, 1983-September 1, 1984.
It was originally broadcast as "The Pac-Man/Rubik, The Amazing Cube Hour" on Saturday mornings in colour with each Rubik segment lasting 22 minutes.
The Plot -------- Rubik is discovered by a young boy (Carlos) who brings the colourful cube to life - after he aligns all the cube's sides - an sets out on a magical adventure tour along with his brother and sister, Renaldo and Lisa.
www.cubeman.org /rubikc.txt   (136 words)

  
 "Rubik, the Amazing Cube" (1983)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Plot Summary: Four kids discover that their Rubik's cube is alive, and endowed with amazing powers.
I wish this would be released on DVD along with some other 70's /80's cartoons in a box set or something.
Rubik sticks out in my head, along with Saturday Morning Supercade and Thundarr the Barbarian as some of the best 80's cartoons that will probably NEVER make it to DVD.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0085082   (281 words)

  
 Rubik's Cube St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
Rubik's Cube, the multicolored puzzle with 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations and only one solution, baffled many a partygoer in the early 1980s, when it briefly seized America's attention.
Cube fever soon began spreading across North America in the form of clubs, newsletters, and even a Saturday morning cartoon, Rubik the Amazing Cube.
Once solved, however, a Rubik's Cube did not have many other uses, and in 1983 the market for the multicolored mind game suddenly disappeared.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419101050   (167 words)

  
 The Return of the Rubik's Cube   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Dan Knights has about 150 pounds and a few gazillion brain cells on his Rubik's Cube, but it's not always clear who has the upper hand in the relationship.
But Rubik had invented the unusual multiple ball-and-socket joint that is the center of the puzzle.
If you're into making patterns on the cube, there are a couple that can only be made by changing the orientation of a corner piece.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/961146/posts   (2630 words)

  
 Hungarian Bookstore Rubik's Cube Toys, Books, Software
Erno Rubik, a lecturer in the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest, Hungary.
Finally, in May 1980, Rubik's Cube got its name and started to be exported from Hungary.
A fun collectable of 1981 in Britain was a Rubik's Cube showing Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (enjoy some paper Charles and Di dolls)
www.hungarianbookstore.com /rubik.htm   (395 words)

  
 Classic Video Games Cartoons
Rubik is discovered by a young boy (Carlos) who brings the colourful cube to life - after he aligns all the cube's sides - an sets out on a magical adventure tour along with his brother and sister, Renaldo and Lisa.
In 1983, the series was rebroatcast in combination with Ruby-Spears Enterprises "Rubik, The Amazing Cube" as "The Pac-Man/Rubik, The Amazing Cube Hour." Several new characters were added during the second season to the Pac-Man cartoons.
Rebroatcast on ABC: September 10, 1983-September 1, 1984 (as "The Pac-Man/Rubik, The Amazing Cube Hour.") Voices: Pac-Man: Marty Ingels, Ms.
fly.hiwaay.net /~lkseitz/cvg/cartoons.html   (640 words)

  
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Sure, tougher concepts have been realized, but Rubik's Cube wasn't even strictly a kid craze.
It wasn't a very 'exciting' show, but then again, Rubik's Cube wasn't really an 'exciting' toy.
Okay, there's probably a few more cartoons like that, but Rubik did it with extra style.
www.transformerscds.com /frames/Rubik.htm   (2310 words)

  
 Video Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The time was not that bad considering my rough cubing style.
The F2L were in 9 seconds, which was not bad, but then I got stuck in the permutation algorithm.
I use those four moves when finishing the permutation algorithm V (the second on my permutations page).
www.ws.binghamton.edu /fridrich/video.html#last   (355 words)

  
 Rubik, the Amazing Cube: Rubik and the Mysterious Man - TV.com
Rubik, the Amazing Cube: Rubik and the Mysterious Man - TV.com
Michael Bell (Reynaldo), Ron Palillo (Rubik), Michael Saucedo (Carlos), Ángela Moya (Marla Rodriguez), Jennifer Fajardo (Lisa)
Tell the world what you think of Rubik and the Mysterious Man, write a review for this episode.
www.tv.com /episode/329488/summary.html   (95 words)

  
 Cube of Rubik free online game
You can download Cube of Rubik to your computer.
Use your mouse to solve this virtual Rubik's Cube.
This is a flash representation of the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube.
www.hohohu.com /puzzle/rubik.html   (189 words)

  
 Welcome to the X-Entertainment Blog
I always found pulling out all the square blocks from around the middle and putting them back in the right order the eaiest way to finish the rubiks cube, but since it was still rather difficult to figure out which corner went where you didn't feel all that much like you'd cheated.
The humans were totally generic, and Rubik's itself looked like a dead baby crossed with that big guy from Yojimbo.
About six years ago, I was at a video store, and they had a tape with the first two episodes of Rubik, the Amazing Cube in their used video bin for, IIRC, $1.
www.x-entertainment.com /updates/entries/archives/00000172.html   (5621 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Mastering Rubik's cube : the solution to the 20th century's most amazing puzzle
Find in a Library: Mastering Rubik's cube : the solution to the 20th century's most amazing puzzle
Mastering Rubik's cube : the solution to the 20th century's most amazing puzzle
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www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/f8f79f14bcc65165.html   (75 words)

  
 Rubik, the Amazing Cube: Rubik's First Christmas - TV.com
Rubik, the Amazing Cube: Rubik's First Christmas - TV.com
See all Rubik's First Christmas Cast & Crew »
Tell the world what you think of Rubik's First Christmas, write a review for this episode.
www.tv.com /episode/329494/summary.html   (87 words)

  
 CollegeHumor Movie: Not only does he solve a Rubik's Cube, he does it blindfolded.
CollegeHumor Movie: Not only does he solve a Rubik's Cube, he does it blindfolded.
Not only does he solve a Rubik's Cube, he does it blindfolded.
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www.collegehumor.com /movies/950623   (113 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rubik The Amazing Cube: Rubik in Wonderland & Other Stories (1987) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Amazon.com: Rubik The Amazing Cube: Rubik in Wonderland & Other Stories (1987) : Video
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Rubik The Amazing Cube: Rubik in Wonderland & Other Stories (1987)
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6300141268?v=glance   (264 words)

  
 ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movie Reviews & Previews
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 Rubik, Compare DVD, VHS Prices, Find the Lowest Price
Rubik The Amazing Cube: Rubik in Wonderland & Other Stories
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 eBay: Rubdown 1993 VHS, Rubik the Amazing Cube - V. 1 VHS, and more
eBay: Rubdown 1993 VHS, Rubik the Amazing Cube - V. 1 VHS, and more
Rubik, the Amazing Cube - V. Rubik, the Amazing Cube - V. Rubinstein Remembered (1996, VHS)
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 Guinness World Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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www.guinnessworldrecords.com /index.asp?id=53230   (160 words)

  
 Cool Stuff Pac-Man DVD / Video VHS Page
Pac-Man/Rubik:the Amazing Cube Vol 1VG- 1:37 w/o/c (Super Pac-Man, Hey Hey Hey...
It’s PJ, Rubik, the amazing cube, The Super Pac-Bowl, Journey into the Pac-Past, Rubik the Lucky Helmet)
DO NOT EXPECT HI FI STEREO RECORDINGS from anyone dealing in unofficial releases.
www.coolstuffvideos.com /pacman.html   (724 words)

  
 Cube, Compare DVD, VHS Prices, Find the Lowest Price
Cube, Compare DVD, VHS Prices, Find the Lowest Price
VHS Tape / / Sony Pictures Home E / List Price: $24.99 / NTSC
Ice Cube - True to the Game (By Ice Cube)
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