From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Thu Aug 26 18:12:39 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 SAA20399 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:12:37 -0400 (EDT) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Message-Id: <714F77ADF9C1D111B8B60000F863155102DD70DA@tbjexc2.tbj.dec.com> From: "Diamond, Norman" To: Cube-Lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: Meffert's Assembly Cube Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 13:11:10 +0900 Uwe Meffert was too humble to post the following facts to the list. However, true cube lovers know that facts are too important. Just as we needed to be informed that recent remakes of old standards by Odds-On don't survive very long in actual use, we need to know of superb manufactures such as the ones in this thread. Therefore I post them. Recently my wife and I visited Mr. Meffert in Hong Kong and played with some of his products and prototypes. Prototypes of the assembly cubes were the smoothest turning cubes that we have ever got our hands on. In addition the assembly cubes had colored tiles which look like they will not wear out during an owner's lifetime. Mr. Meffert added in private e-mail, with permission to repost: the cube has a unique patented mechanism which allows assembly disassembly of the cube without screws or tools, which in itself is quite a challenge. -- Norman.Diamond@jp.compaq.com [Not speaking for Compaq]