From walts@federal.unisys.com Fri Dec 15 09:03:36 1995 Return-Path: Received: from www.han.federal.unisys.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AA17832; Fri, 15 Dec 95 09:03:36 EST Received: from homer.MCLN.Federal.Unisys.COM by www.han.federal.unisys.com (8.6.12/mls/8.0) id JAA12981; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:03:34 -0500 Received: from h3-91.MCLN.Federal.Unisys.COM by homer.MCLN.Federal.Unisys.COM (8.6.12/mls/4.1) id JAA12350; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:05:55 -0500 Message-Id: <199512151405.JAA12350@homer.MCLN.Federal.Unisys.COM> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 95 09:05:31 -0800 From: "Walter P. Smith" Organization: Installation Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Million dollar cube Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I hope all cube lovers saw the picture and article in USA Today newspaper on Wednesday, December 13 in the "Life" section. It reads as follows: "PRICEY PUZZLE: Looks like diamonds are a toy's best friend. And rubies, sapphires and amethysts, too, in the ultimate Rubik's Cube. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the brain teaser, Diamond Cutters International created an 18-karat gold, jewel-encrusted, one-of-a-kind puzzle that'll set you back $1 million. Currently on display at DCI's Houston headquarters, the fully working replica will hit the road for a European tour starting Jan. 20 in London. And if you buy the cube and can't solve it, creator Erno Rubik, who lives in Hungary, will come to your home to help out." It looks like each white cubie has 25 diamonds on it. The other colors are make from different encrusted stones. It's hard to tell how big it is. If I could afford it, I would buy it and lie by saying I can't solve it so I could get a visit from Rubik. Watch for tour info.