“If you are curious, you’ll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.” I love this quote from Erno Rubik., the designer of the Rubik’s Cube. Did you know he designed the Rubik’s Cube in 1974 and today it is considered the world’s best-selling toy?
A few weeks ago we received a bundle of the latest Rubik’s toys. My children have always been intrigued by my husband’s Rubik’s Cube and these have kept them entertained over the summer holidays. Amongst the products we received were the Rubik’s Cage, Rubik’s Edge, Rubik’s Orbit, Rubik’s Block, Rubik’s Match and Rubik’s 3×3. We all had our favourites but I can honestly say that Rubik’s Cage and Rubik’s Edge were firm favourites.
Rubik’s Cage is a brain-bending, mind-twisting strategy game, where the aim is to get 3 cubies in a row to win! It may sound easy to get 3 in a row, but Rubik’s Cage is not as simple as it may seem as you can twist the layers and flip it upside down – so the cubies move around! The cubies are big and colourful and this has been a big hit with my children.
Rubik’s Edge is one layer of a standard 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube and it’s trickier than it looks. Mix it up and try to get the colours realigned so that each side has only one colour. The slim profile makes it a great “go anywhere” puzzle. Fiddle with it and try to form cool shapes! Both my children are able to solve this one, it’s a great toy to start them off on their Rubik’s journey. It’s also pocket size which means it lives in my handbag and comes everywhere with us.
Win a Rubik’s Cage and Rubik’s Edge
One lucky person can win a Rubik’s Cage and Rubik’s Edge. To enter my giveaway you must answer the question via the Rafflecopter widget below, there are some bonus entries too. The giveaway is open to those with a UK postal address only and ends on 8th September. The winners name will appear on this post. Good luck!
Don’t forget to check out my other giveaways on my competition page.
Susie Wilkinson
August 25, 2019 at 11:14 pm1974
melanie stirling
August 25, 2019 at 11:15 pm1974
Tammy Neal
September 8, 2019 at 11:44 pm1974
donna skelton
August 25, 2019 at 11:24 pm1974
Susan lloyd
August 26, 2019 at 12:10 am1974 x
Margaret Gallagher
August 26, 2019 at 12:26 am1974
Catherine Stewart
August 26, 2019 at 6:36 am1974
Emma Walters
August 26, 2019 at 6:42 am1974
Tracy Nixon
August 26, 2019 at 6:47 am1974
Catherine McAlinden
August 26, 2019 at 7:39 am1974
Jo m welsh
August 26, 2019 at 7:54 am1974
Louise craney
August 26, 2019 at 9:00 am1974
Lyndsey
August 26, 2019 at 9:01 am1974
Claire Carter
August 26, 2019 at 9:05 am1974
Margaret Clarkson
August 26, 2019 at 9:12 am1974
Jennifer Toal
August 26, 2019 at 9:19 am1974
Susan B
August 26, 2019 at 9:23 am1974
Kirsty Taylor
August 26, 2019 at 10:36 am1974
Emily Hutchinson
August 26, 2019 at 10:43 am1974
Kim Neville
August 26, 2019 at 11:54 am1974
Solange
August 26, 2019 at 12:04 pm1974
Jo Glasspool
August 26, 2019 at 12:12 pmIn 1974
Allan Mcrae
August 26, 2019 at 12:33 pmIt was invented in 1974
Rebecca Powell
August 26, 2019 at 12:33 pm1974
cath english
August 26, 2019 at 12:39 pm1974
Iain
August 26, 2019 at 12:57 pm1974
Chris Andrews
August 26, 2019 at 1:22 pmTell me in what year was the Rubik Cube first invented?
in 1974
Janice Mackin
August 26, 2019 at 1:24 pm1974
Paul Andrew Bingham
August 26, 2019 at 2:23 pm1974
Ellen Stafford
August 26, 2019 at 2:25 pm1974
Alex Fowler
August 26, 2019 at 2:40 pm1974
Annabel Greaves
August 26, 2019 at 2:52 pm1974
Su Wishart
August 26, 2019 at 3:28 pm1974
laura stewart
August 26, 2019 at 3:29 pm1974
Angela Treadway
August 26, 2019 at 3:33 pm1974 x
Sue McCarthy
August 26, 2019 at 4:32 pm1974
Nicki Evans
August 26, 2019 at 4:34 pm1974
Alana Walker
August 26, 2019 at 4:41 pm1974
Alice Dixon
August 26, 2019 at 4:48 pm1974
Katherine Cakebread
August 26, 2019 at 5:20 pm1974
ADEINNE TONNER
August 26, 2019 at 5:28 pm1974
Claire Woods
August 26, 2019 at 6:38 pm1974
Geri Gregg
August 26, 2019 at 6:48 pm1974
Pam Hubbard
August 26, 2019 at 7:51 pm1974
Emma Kilsby
August 26, 2019 at 8:13 pm1974
Christina Palmer
August 26, 2019 at 8:21 pm1974
Keith Hunt
August 26, 2019 at 9:04 pm1974
Carol Anne Robson
August 26, 2019 at 9:04 pm1974
Sadiyya Maryam
August 26, 2019 at 9:20 pm1974
Jodie green
August 26, 2019 at 9:28 pm1974
fiona waterworth
August 26, 2019 at 9:34 pm1974 and I still have not completed one
Mark R
August 26, 2019 at 9:55 pm1974
Nageena Ahmed
August 26, 2019 at 10:24 pm1974
Julia Kerr
August 26, 2019 at 10:37 pmThe humble rubiks cube was invented in 1974
Philip
August 26, 2019 at 11:13 pm1974, does anyone remember rubiks magic? my mum became a school ground legend by being able to fix them. Pupils would swarm around me every break time asking if she could fix them. I learnt then that she could fix almost anything.
john prendergast
August 26, 2019 at 11:40 pm1974
Emma Morgan
August 27, 2019 at 1:19 am1974
Sally Collingwood
August 27, 2019 at 6:35 am1974
Stephen Edwards
August 27, 2019 at 7:43 am1974
Sarah M
August 27, 2019 at 10:02 am1974
Ruth Harwood
August 27, 2019 at 11:39 am1974
sandy
August 27, 2019 at 12:37 pm1974. Same age as me (eek!)
Harry G
August 27, 2019 at 12:55 pm1974
Jamie
August 27, 2019 at 1:00 pm1974
MM
August 27, 2019 at 1:44 pm1974
Edith Partington
August 27, 2019 at 1:47 pm1974
Zoe C
August 27, 2019 at 2:29 pm1974
Kelly Glen
August 27, 2019 at 2:33 pm1974
Linda Ford
August 27, 2019 at 2:51 pm1974
Lisa Pope
August 27, 2019 at 2:51 pm1974
Joanne Dawkins
August 27, 2019 at 2:51 pm1974
Suzanne Jackson
August 27, 2019 at 2:57 pm1974
chelsey hollings
August 27, 2019 at 3:05 pm1974
ElizM
August 27, 2019 at 4:14 pm1974
Stuart Hargreaves
August 27, 2019 at 4:20 pm1974
Jennifer O’Sullivan
August 27, 2019 at 4:30 pm1974
Susan Smith
August 27, 2019 at 4:37 pm1974
Andrea A
August 27, 2019 at 5:03 pm1974
Phil Lymer
August 27, 2019 at 5:22 pm1974
Anthony Harrington
August 27, 2019 at 5:51 pm1974
Lorraine Williams
August 27, 2019 at 6:04 pm1974
Louise Smith
August 27, 2019 at 6:30 pm1974
Laura Banks
August 27, 2019 at 6:54 pm1974
Sarah Hanson
August 27, 2019 at 7:28 pm1974
Rachel Mccraith
August 27, 2019 at 7:30 pm1974
Helen Tovell
August 27, 2019 at 8:08 pmanswer) 1974
Mary D
August 27, 2019 at 8:29 pmThe answer is 1974. I remember these the first time round, isn’t it funny to see them coming back again.
Katie B
August 27, 2019 at 8:30 pm1974
Corinne Peat
August 27, 2019 at 9:03 pm1974
Alison Johnson
August 27, 2019 at 9:58 pm1974
F Chowdhury
August 27, 2019 at 10:26 pm1974
Amanda hart
August 27, 2019 at 10:50 pm1974
Guy Smith
August 27, 2019 at 11:00 pm1974
Angie McDonald
August 27, 2019 at 11:50 pm1974
Jade Hewlett
August 28, 2019 at 11:25 am1974
Karen R
August 28, 2019 at 11:40 am1974
Stephen Holman
August 28, 2019 at 1:35 pm1974
kimberley ryan
August 28, 2019 at 3:20 pm1974
Lee Ritson
August 28, 2019 at 7:18 pm1974
Justine Meyer
August 28, 2019 at 7:21 pm1974
Sarah Rees
August 28, 2019 at 8:44 pm1974
Leanne weir
August 28, 2019 at 10:12 pm1974
Dean T
August 29, 2019 at 1:55 am1974 … i thought it was much earlier tbh
Rich Tyler
August 29, 2019 at 8:54 am1974
Lucy
August 29, 2019 at 1:53 pm1974
Kim M
August 29, 2019 at 3:37 pm1974 – can remember them coming out – everybody had one x
Clare Hubbard
August 29, 2019 at 6:19 pm1974
Danielle Pooley
August 29, 2019 at 8:20 pm1974
Mrsmole125
August 29, 2019 at 11:02 pm1974
Fiona Martin
August 30, 2019 at 10:12 am1974
katrina walsh
August 30, 2019 at 2:51 pm1974
Man Tat Chung
August 30, 2019 at 3:13 pm1974
Anne Nelmes
August 30, 2019 at 3:51 pm1974
sharon martin
August 30, 2019 at 4:53 pmin 1974
Louise Fairweather
August 30, 2019 at 8:35 pmIn 1974 so slighty older than me!
Joy Winn
August 30, 2019 at 9:23 pm1974
Sarah Taylor
September 1, 2019 at 8:12 am1974
Natalie Burgess
September 1, 2019 at 11:14 am1974
michelle levett
September 1, 2019 at 11:27 am1974
Leanne Newsome
September 1, 2019 at 3:23 pm1974
Tracey F
September 1, 2019 at 4:46 pmIt was 1974.
Katrina Adams
September 1, 2019 at 8:34 pm1974
Alison Clark
September 1, 2019 at 9:37 pmIn 1974
Tina Bell
September 1, 2019 at 9:39 pm1974
Christine Caple
September 1, 2019 at 10:34 pm1974
Lynn Neal
September 1, 2019 at 11:06 pm1974
Angela Muir
September 2, 2019 at 1:32 pm1974
Julie Ward
September 2, 2019 at 2:44 pm1974
Michelle Moloney
September 2, 2019 at 5:43 pm1974
donna l jones
September 2, 2019 at 7:36 pm1974
Kim Carberry
September 2, 2019 at 8:08 pm1974
Susan Willshee
September 2, 2019 at 9:40 pmRubiks cube was invented in 1974. (1974?!?!? Flippin’ ‘eck, I thought it was about 15 years ago not 45!)
Ursula Hunt
September 3, 2019 at 10:20 am1974
Emilia Nastaly-Howard
September 3, 2019 at 11:22 am1974
Zoe Trelfa-Porter
September 3, 2019 at 12:15 pm1974
clair downham
September 3, 2019 at 12:43 pm1974
sarah morgan
September 3, 2019 at 2:51 pm1974
Victoria Prince
September 3, 2019 at 4:17 pm1974
Jo W
September 3, 2019 at 5:05 pm1974
Samantha O'D
September 3, 2019 at 6:00 pm1974
Laura Corrall
September 3, 2019 at 7:30 pm1974
Samantha
September 3, 2019 at 7:55 pm1974
Lisa Hall
September 3, 2019 at 8:56 pm1974
steph lovatt
September 3, 2019 at 9:02 pm1974
Laur Loo
September 3, 2019 at 10:05 pm1974
Mark Mccaffery
September 3, 2019 at 10:46 pm1974
ellie spider
September 3, 2019 at 11:22 pm1974
Sarah McCaffery
September 4, 2019 at 4:28 am1974
Chris Bell
September 4, 2019 at 7:21 am1974
Leslie Evans
September 4, 2019 at 10:02 am1974
Diana
September 4, 2019 at 12:26 pm1974
Claire Wilkinson
September 4, 2019 at 12:37 pm1974
dana
September 4, 2019 at 1:26 pm1974
Margaret Mccaffery
September 4, 2019 at 5:18 pm1974
Sheri Darby
September 4, 2019 at 6:52 pm1974
Amy Bondoc
September 4, 2019 at 7:30 pm1974
Emma Davison
September 4, 2019 at 7:41 pm1974
Sarah Pearce
September 4, 2019 at 9:18 pm1974….really that long ago!! x
Jessica Hutton
September 4, 2019 at 10:09 pm1974
claire little
September 4, 2019 at 10:39 pm1974
Richard Saunders
September 5, 2019 at 3:27 pm1974
Maria P
September 5, 2019 at 7:46 pm1974
Pauline Burroughs
September 5, 2019 at 8:11 pm1974
astrid c
September 5, 2019 at 9:31 pm1974
SEBASTIAN HINDS
September 5, 2019 at 11:49 pm1974
David Allen
September 6, 2019 at 8:54 am1974
BECCA STAPLES
September 6, 2019 at 1:08 pm1974
Lisa
September 6, 2019 at 5:52 pm1974
Erica Hughes
September 6, 2019 at 6:11 pm1974
Troy Easton
September 6, 2019 at 7:40 pm1974
Craig Austin
September 6, 2019 at 9:43 pm1974
cheryl hadfield
September 6, 2019 at 10:28 pm1974
Sophie Breeze
September 7, 2019 at 6:22 am1974
Magsd
September 7, 2019 at 7:59 am1974
Paula Barker
September 7, 2019 at 8:00 am1974
Ana Nowell
September 7, 2019 at 8:58 am1974
vicki reis
September 7, 2019 at 9:33 am1974
Donna W
September 7, 2019 at 9:46 am1974
Allan Fullarton
September 7, 2019 at 10:13 am1974
Amy Lambert
September 7, 2019 at 10:17 am1974
Dominique Ralf
September 7, 2019 at 11:14 am1974
Cara Towers
September 7, 2019 at 2:33 pm1974
Katie Skeoch
September 7, 2019 at 2:35 pm1974
christine westlake
September 7, 2019 at 3:02 pm1974
Victoria Bazley
September 7, 2019 at 7:26 pm1974
Susan Trubey
September 7, 2019 at 8:30 pm1974
Fiona Johnstone
September 7, 2019 at 8:32 pm1974
ANNE WOODTHORPE
September 7, 2019 at 8:32 pm1974
Natalee Gosiewski
September 7, 2019 at 9:08 pm1974
ADELE KNIGHT
September 7, 2019 at 9:27 pm1974
Emma Whittaker
September 7, 2019 at 9:52 pm1974
Sue
September 7, 2019 at 10:53 pm1974
Rachel Craig
September 7, 2019 at 10:54 pm1974.
Heli L
September 7, 2019 at 10:59 pm1974. I can’t believe it was such a long time ago!!!
Shiralee
September 8, 2019 at 7:43 amThe year is 1974
Erica Field
September 8, 2019 at 8:24 am1974
Karen Dixon
September 8, 2019 at 8:24 am1974
Elizabeth Yeates
September 8, 2019 at 9:40 am1974
Caroline Shepherd
September 8, 2019 at 9:57 am1974. I remember having an original one. My dad taught himself to solve it but I resorted to cheating by peeling off the stickers!
Darren Bourne
September 8, 2019 at 11:30 pm1974
Sandra Fortune
September 8, 2019 at 10:06 am1974
emma kinsey
September 8, 2019 at 10:25 am1974
sam brown
September 8, 2019 at 11:20 am1974
Hayley Ford
September 8, 2019 at 12:10 pm1974
Mike Gerrie
September 8, 2019 at 12:16 pm1974
Carol Boffey
September 8, 2019 at 1:01 pmsuch great fun as a kid with these
Hannah Igoe
September 8, 2019 at 1:47 pm1974
Andrzej Szymanski
September 8, 2019 at 2:48 pm1974
Laura Pritchard
September 8, 2019 at 3:25 pm1974
claire griffiths
September 8, 2019 at 3:27 pm1974
champaklal Lad
September 8, 2019 at 3:42 pm1974
Natalie Crossan
September 8, 2019 at 4:57 pm1974
Teresa sheldon
September 8, 2019 at 5:30 pm1974
janine atkin
September 8, 2019 at 6:05 pm1974
Lee Clarke
September 8, 2019 at 7:20 pm1974
Megan
September 8, 2019 at 7:35 pm1974
Toni Pearson
September 8, 2019 at 7:41 pm1974
Lauren Porter
September 8, 2019 at 7:43 pm1974
Catherine Bullas
September 8, 2019 at 8:40 pmIt was invented in 1974
Pam Francis Gregory
September 8, 2019 at 9:42 pm1974
Angela L Paull
September 8, 2019 at 9:58 pm1974
Adrian Bold
September 8, 2019 at 10:34 pm1974
Monika Bascombe
September 8, 2019 at 10:50 pm1974
Thomas Travers
October 4, 2019 at 2:46 pmRubik’s cube was invented in 1980 if you put the name and invention together. It was called the magic cube prior to this from 1974, but was rebranded the Rubik’s cube which I think was as great a decision as the invention itself, thanks Erno for such a great invention a fellow cuber since 1980.