From Hoffman.El_Segundo@xerox.com Thu Aug 1 14:40:41 1991 Return-Path: Received: from alpha.xerox.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA29574; Thu, 1 Aug 91 14:40:41 EDT Received: from IRCX400MS.ESSIT.Xerox.xns by alpha.xerox.com via XNS id <11576>; Thu, 1 Aug 1991 10:52:19 PDT X-Ns-Transport-Id: 0000AA002C468CAF2C57 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1991 08:55:42 PDT From: Hoffman.El_Segundo@xerox.com Subject: New from Rubik To: cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Cc: Hoffman.El_Segundo@xerox.com Message-Id: <" 1-Aug-91 8:55:42 PDT".*.Hoffman.El_Segundo@Xerox.com> This is taken (without permission) from the 31 July 1991 `Los Angeles Times.' It reads as though it's directly from a press release. I haven't seen any of these, nor have I called the listed phone number. -- Rodney Hoffman ------------------------------------------------------ RUBIK RETURNS WITH MENTAL FITNESS GAMES Remember Rubik's Cube, invented in 1977 by Hungarian professor of architecture Erno Rubik? Prof. Rubik is back with four "mental fitness" puzzles and a redesigned version of the cube. "One of the great misunderstandings surrounding Rubik's Cube was that I was somehow trying to drive people crazy," Rubik says. "In fact, the objective of these puzzles is to help bring about a more alert and active mental condition." Even if you can't solve the puzzles, according to Rubik, "the few moments you've spent fiddling around with them has helped greatly in exercising your mind and reducing everyday tensions." Rubik's Tangle (suggested retail, $5.99), his first two-dimensional puzzle, requires players to arrange 25 tiles of rope to create four continuous lines. Rubik's XV ($6.99) is two puzzles in one. The object of the first is to arrange Roman numerals I through XV in order by sliding levers on the puzzle's side. In Part 2, players must create a square, lining up numbers so each column, row and diagonal totals 15. Rubik's Dice ($8.99) offers 82,575,360 possible combinations, with only one correct answer. The puzzle is a hollow cube with seven plates inside. White plates, which include red dots, are loose and can adhere to the inner sides of the cube. By shaking and turning the dice, players solve the puzzle when no red appears through the holes. Rubik's Triamid ($8.99) may be tougher than the original cube. Players have to construct a large pyramid, with each color on its own side, using 10 smaller pyramids. Rubik says there are "hundreds of blind alleys programmed into the design." All the puzzles are available nationally at game, toy and specialty stores. In Los Angeles, you can find them at Thrifty Drugs; in Orange County, at Toy City and PlayCo stores. Or you can order them by calling (800) 236-7123.