Does this cube game look familliar to you? This decades-old mind-sharpening toy was once my favorite, my elder brother’s too. My elder brother and I could solve the entire ‘puzzle’ in just days, where we could twist and turn and place the same color / fruit (we used to have one cube with pictures of fruits on it) on all the sides of the cube. We were smart eh? Hehehe! I don’t know how we did it then but now, I have lost my mojo.
I saw this toy at Babyland and bought the cheapest for my 2 brats, costing only RM8.90.
Rascal #2 trying to solve the puzzle…
Big rascal loved this toy. She spent hours twisting and turning the cube but was stuck here:
Baby also wanted to dabble with the toy. Notice her red eyes and red nose? She was crying and this toy managed to placate her.
Big rascal spent a lot of time trying to solve the cube puzzle. The next morning, she sheepishly told me this : “mummy, see…” and brought the cube out from her drawer. I was amazed. The blue side of the cube was complete. I asked her if she solved it herself and she just smiled. Moments later, rascal #2 ran out of the room and said this “mummy, cheh cheh didn’t do it. She only put the sticker there!” Aha, I guessed it, how can a not-even 6yo be that smart to solve the cube puzzle. But she’s darn sneaky and shrewd too! She could think out of the box by removing the blue stickers from other sides to re-stick them to complete the puzzle! Â
If you want to buy this cube for your kids, my advise is buy one that does not have stickers. Buy them one that is painted and of course costlier too.
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hahaha… I never know how to solve the puzzle.. low IQ.. I always cheat …
hahaha, cheh cheh very smart…
wah not bad eh u, can solve them. i could never before, the most only 2-3 sides but not all of them. i wld do the same as ur kids also, take the stickers out. 😀
I like this toy and I have a 4x4x4. Yeap I can solve it, all six sides. I will pass it down to my children when they are older.
heheh…but you wouldn’t know..
check out this clip (6 year old solving the cube in 37 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Jq15NqNuQ
very challenge puzzle I dun think I manage to solve it.
I rmbr playing this during my “young” days. Hv wanted to buy this for ah girl but dun like the quality of the cheap ones and dun want to spend too much on something she may not like. She doesn’t hv much patience. :p
ehehe sneaky. 🙂
i got a small one with 4sq instead of the normal 6sq for my kids in toysrus. my girl manage to solve 3 sides .. i dunno whether it was a fluke or not but i was totally shocked. 🙂
that is very smart… haha..
this puzzle remind me of my young day too. couldn’t remember whether I solved it or not.
oooo i don’t like that toy…due to my limited IQ 😛
Alycia is smart to find the short cut!
alycia is smart!!! *hehe*