From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Fri Nov 7 13:52:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: from sun30.aic.nrl.navy.mil by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.1/mc) with SMTP id NAA26675; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 13:52:07 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Mail-from: From cubeman@idirect.com Thu Nov 6 23:15:29 1997 Message-Id: <34629664.2B5E@idirect.com> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 23:17:40 -0500 From: Mark Longridge To: cube lovers Subject: Availablility of Rubik's Cube I've followed the thread about the availibility of Rubik's Cubes. Ideal Toy is once again manufacturing Rubik's Cube for the mass market. New packaging (with the correct number of permutations) has been purchased by myself in a Canadian Toys R Us store just recently. I know nothing of the Oddz-On cubes, but the new Ideal Toy cubes are wonderful. The new cubes sport a new logo and brighter colours, but they use the same colour arrangement as the Ideal Cubes of old. There is also an official site for Rubik's Cube at http://www.rubiks.com Unfortunately they are not answering their mail and are attracting a mostly younger crowd. They are also using Karl Hornell's rubik's cube java applet (sporting the incorrect colour arrangement I might add) without giving any mention of Karl's name. It is an exact byte for byte copy. Although Karl does give out the Rubik's Cube java applet as freeware, I think he deserves credit from the Ideal web site. As for my own web site (which does sport Karl's java applet with the correct standard colouration, and also BEFUDDLER support!) I intend to record the entire chronology of all the cube contests from every country, including all the records from the World Championships. My Rubik's Cube web page is currently http://web.idirect.com/~cubeman If anyone has any information about the cube contests I have missed, please email me. Thanks! -> Mark Longridge <- The Cubeman of the Internet