From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mon Mar 15 19:37:47 1999 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id TAA29754 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:37:46 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From cube-lovers-request@life.ai.mit.edu Fri Mar 12 07:39:01 1999 Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:34:43 +0000 From: David Singmaster To: c.v.willegen@spcgroup.nl Cc: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Message-Id: <009D500D.2B3620CA.27@ice.sbu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Stickers Re: Oddzon version of the cube Cubes with tiles instead of stickers came out very early on. I recall one called Gyro Cube, which I think was Korean, about 1981?. Then Ideal took on the idea as the Deluxe Cube. I've got an example made in China (real PRC, not Taiwan, and for the Chinese market). Recently, I've bought an example at a newsagent's in London for somewhere in the #1 to #2 range and it worked moderately well (the previous two which I bought recently were virtually immovable!). A large version of this (about 90mm or 3 1/2 in on an edge) was on sale from a street vendor in December, but I don't know if he has any left and I haven't seen it elsewhere. DAVID SINGMASTER, Professor of Mathematics and Metagrobologist School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics Southbank University, London, SE1 0AA, UK. Tel: 0171-815 7411; fax: 0171-815 7499; email: zingmast or David.Singmaster @sbu.ac.uk