Catch Phrase Contest - 6x6x6 & 7x7x7 Pre-Order Prizes

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Dear members,
I recently received an email from Verdes Innovation S.A. and I think most of you are going to be excited. Here is the text:
Dear webmasters,
As you probably know, we are going to release the V-Cubes by the end of the year in Greece, then in the rest of the world. Many of you have shown interest in our products, and we think that it is time for us now to thank and reward all of you for your patience. For our international advertisement campaigns, we are looking for catch phrases in English, Spanish, French, and German, and we are launching today a "catch phrase contest". The rules are very simple: your job is to find the best catch phrase for the VCube6 and VCube7 puzzles, using exactly six words for the 6x6x6 cube, and 7 words for the 7x7x7. Please ask your cubing community members to post their ideas on your forums, and email us the threads URLs. THE AUTHORS OF THE BEST CATCH PHRASES (one per language and per puzzle) WILL WIN A SET OF ONE VCUBE6 AND ONE VCUBE7! Do not miss the opportunity and start posting your ideas today! For production reasons, this contest will indeed last only until the end of the week.
Good luck to everyone!
Verdes Innovation S.A.
As mentioned, I will let this thread run until the end of the week, when it will then be closed and the judging will occur.

Good luck.

FrancoCubing Annoucement Here
Spanish Annoucement Here
 
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I'm not much good with catchphrases, and I face a huge disadvantage by trying to go so early, but given the prizes I have to give it a shot.

English:
6x6: A devilish challenge, sure to amuse!
7x7: The puzzle they said couldn't be built!

French (might as well):
6x6: Le Rubik's Cube suprême sur tous!
7x7: Plus on pense, plus on sera récompensé!
 
I'm not much good with catchphrases, and I face a huge disadvantage by trying to go so early, but given the prizes I have to give it a shot.

English:
6x6: A devilish challenge, sure to amuse!
7x7: The puzzle they said couldn't be built!

French (might as well):
6x6: Le Rubik's Cube suprême sur tous!
7x7: Plus on pense, plus on sera récompensé!

I probably wouldn't put a different brand name in their catchphrase. lol
 
6x6x6:
Six Ways - Six Time the Fun!

7x7x7:
More Fun, to the Power of Seven!

For both of these, "Fun" could be replaced with "Challenge" or something similar.

Cheers,
Dave
 
7x7: VCubes teaches your professor a new Trick
6x6: VCubes brings you the ultimate revenge.
 
Other Languages:

French
7x7 Vcubes enseigne votre prof un nouvreau tour.

Spanish
7x7 Vcubes enseña tu profesor un truco nuevo.
 
I just want to warn people (before everyone starts putting in lots of languages) that it isn't really enough to just run something through a translator, even a human one. Something which has a great rhythm and sounds poetic in one language might not sound good at all in another. I tried translating French poetry into English once... it was very hard, because getting even one line to sound right required a lot of tricky maneuvers. Imagine trying to translate into a language you don't speak at all :O
 
I just want to warn people (before everyone starts putting in lots of languages) that it isn't really enough to just run something through a translator, even a human one. Something which has a great rhythm and sounds poetic in one language might not sound good at all in another. I tried translating French poetry into English once... it was very hard, because getting even one line to sound right required a lot of tricky maneuvers. Imagine trying to translate into a language you don't speak at all :O

I was just thinking that

for example, Le ver vert va vers la verre vert. haha
 
Okay, before Stefan comes up with superior, more sensical German ones:

Mit sechs Seit', gibt's viel Spasszeit. ("With sides, it gives [there is] much fun.")
Mit sechs Flächen, viel zu entsprechen. ("With six sides, much to encounter.")
Hat sechs Flächen: Wird sich rächen. ("Has six sides: Will revenge itself.")
Beliebend komplex, der Würfel von Sechs. ("Belovedly complex, the cube of Six.")

Sie werden es lieben, mit Seiten sieben. ["You will love it, with sides Seven."]
Den Würfel von Sieben werden sie lieben. ["The cube of Seven you will love."]


Hey, it has to rhyme, right? And if "love" rhymes with "seven," I have no choice.
Also, I couldn't decide whether "Würfel von N" oder "Würfel mit N" sounds better.
Not so sure about the usage of "entsprechen"
 
Arg, being restricted to english is no good at all, I could possibly attempt German, but it might not work, I couldn't be too sure. Just to clarify, I assume we can make as many suggestions as we like? I'm sure people will come up with many ideas!
My first two (still haven't even started thinking as I type this lol...):

6x6x6: Vicious, Vengeful, Valiant. Now 6 Sided.

7x7x7: And just when things were getting easy!
 
6: This is not your father's cube.
6: Makes your old cubes look easy

7: The biggest cube in the known universe.
7: The biggest cube in the entire world.
7: It'll make your old cube look easy.
7: We've warned Caltech, and yes, they're scared.
 
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