From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Tue Mar 9 12:30:38 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 MAA29026 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:30:37 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990224195654.0092e1c0@mail.vt.edu> References: <36D3B818.E20EFCD6@ibm.net> <199902192002.OAA04117@solaria.sol.net> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:06:33 -0800 To: Kevin Young From: Patrick Weidhaas Subject: Re: Oddzon version of the cube Cc: RUBIK cube group Kevin Young wrote: >... I bought a Rubik's cube last year in a >toy store. This was the newest version made by Oddzon. I noticed that >there was a clear sticker overtop of each of the colored stickers. In less >than a month this clear sticker peeled up.... Kevin, I do not have an answer for you, but your email made me wonder why stickers are being used at all? As far as I know, nobody has produced a cube (or variation) where the plastic "cubies" are colored appropriately without relying on stickers. Is that process so much more expensive, or do the toy-makers want to give their customers a chance to cheat by switching the stickers in case they can't get the puzzle solved? Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick P. Weidhaas e-mail: weidhaas1@llnl.gov Parallel I/O Project voice: 925-422-7704 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory fax: 925-422-6287 P.O. Box 808, L-560 Livermore, CA 94551-0808