From BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu Mon Jun 19 14:04:49 1995 Return-Path: Received: from WVNVM.WVNET.EDU by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA29637; Mon, 19 Jun 95 14:04:49 EDT Received: from WVNVM.WVNET.EDU by WVNVM.WVNET.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0056; Mon, 19 Jun 95 13:41:52 EDT Received: from WVNVM.WVNET.EDU (NJE origin BRYAN@WVNVM) by WVNVM.WVNET.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3719; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 13:41:52 -0400 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 13:41:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jerry Bryan" To: "Cube Lovers List" Subject: 3x3x3 Cubes for Sale For the first time in years, I have seen 3x3x3 cubes for sale in a store. (For American readers, the store is Hills, which is a regional chain which competes against WalMart and Kmart. The price is $8.97 -- U.S. dollars.) The box has a note signed by Erno Rubik, and gives the proper size of the cube group. Also, and I couldn't see inside the box to verify this, the Face centers seemed to be marked in such a way as to support the Supergroup. Rubik's note about the size of the problem says it is 4^4 times bigger than the regular problem. The manufacturer (or maybe distributor?) is Matchbox Toys (or is it Matchbook Toys?). = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Robert G. Bryan (Jerry Bryan) (304) 293-5192 Associate Director, WVNET (304) 293-5540 fax 837 Chestnut Ridge Road BRYAN@WVNVM Morgantown, WV 26505 BRYAN@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU