From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Fri Nov 7 14:22:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id OAA26766; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 14:22:05 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From C.McCaig@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK Fri Nov 7 05:33:32 1997 From: C.McCaig@queens-belfast.ac.uk Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 10:28:08 GMT To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Message-Id: <009BCEF0.4DC8B4D9.41@a1.qub.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Where to buy one??? i've noticed that here in northern ireland, there are a couple of places selling cubes. one is a standard copy of the rubik's cube, and the other is called "magic cube" which has holographic stickers on it, and the cubies are much squarer making it very difficult to take apart.. it comes with a locking key which allows you to remove one of the faces.. the turning mechanism is _really_ loose, too loose in fact, but mine hasnt fallen apart. as an aside, i have an original cube, that my grandmother bought me 16 or 17 years ago, and it's still got all it's original stickers! clive --- Clive McCaig Dept. Applied Mathematics Queens University Belfast Northern Ireland