Rubik's Touch Cube - One of "Hottest Holiday Toys"

[Tim Major]

I absolutely hate it. I think this is a perfect example of new technology being used in a very bad way.

Long live the original Rubik's Cube! Nothing will ever beat it!

What about a DIY? Lol.

 

[Muesli]

the charm of the cube is it's elegance and simplicity. this thing is expensive and completely losses the bulk of what makes a 10 dollar toy wonderful. there is a reason

You do realise is that it is bigger than the normal 3x3x3 by quite a bit.

 

[elcarc]

I absolutely hate it. I think this is a perfect example of new technology being used in a very bad way.

Long live the original Rubik's Cube! Nothing will ever beat it!

+ .5
although the original, mechanical versions of the ol' rubik's is the best, this electronic version isnt bad, just expensive. its a better successor than the rubik's revo' could ever be.

 

[DavidWoner]

I didn't have any problems turning it.

Did you try speedsolves?
Even experienced people like Stefan, when I saw them, had only about 80% getting any particular turn recognized correct.

(It also gets worse when you try a U' or U swipe. I suppose I'd need to avoid those to get fast.)

Yes I did. I didn't time them, but they were pretty fast I think (one had antisune-Uperm for LL).

 

[Tim Reynolds]

I quite enjoyed using it during Worlds. Once you get used to it, it works reasonably well (but still could work quite a bit better). I got into a reasonably good rhythm and could do all my algs (except G perm, gah) and didn't mess up much, after about my third solve.

 

[Nukoca]

Long live the original Rubik's Cube! Nothing will ever beat it!

DIY anybody?

 

[teller]

NEVER!!!

You cannot do fingertricks with some electronic gizmo. :fp

 

[fundash]

NEVER!!!

You cannot do fingertricks with some electronic gizmo. :fp

+1

 

[jazzthief81]

Long live the original Rubik's Cube! Nothing will ever beat it!

What about a DIY? Lol.

Long live the original Rubik's Cube! Nothing will ever beat it!

DIY anybody?

Wrong topic:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1665

 

[Lord Voldemort]

I actually think that looks kind of cool.
However, $150 is a bit much for something like that...
My money is better spent on other puzzles.

 

[MichaelP.]

Can you do little letter turns? f, r, u... ext.

 

[i4sci]

that is pretty cool but speedcubing with/ it isn't very practicel. Then there is price, it probably will cost between 100 to 200 dollars, who will by that when there is a better cube for under ten bucks?

 

[hawkmp4]

In my opinion, it's a novelty. Where the novelty part of it is marginal and the cost is 15 times the original, but nothing is added.

 

[Edmund]

It's on the Rubik's site now, I believe.

 

[Muesli]

Can you do little letter turns? f, r, u... ext.

To my knowledge you can't even do U turns, you have to turn the cube on it's side as the top face is the only active one at one time.

 

[Lucas Garron]

Can you do little letter turns? f, r, u... ext.

To my knowledge you can't even do U turns, you have to turn the cube on it's side as the top face is the only active one at one time.

U turns are possible, just bad.

 

[Gollum999]

Can you do little letter turns? f, r, u... ext.

To my knowledge you can't even do U turns, you have to turn the cube on it's side as the top face is the only active one at one time.

From what I've read you can do U turns; you have to make an "L" shaped swipe on the top. As far as "little letter turns", I think you would have to do two turns, so r would be M' R