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Old 01-29-2010, 07:19 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by happy_terd View Post
I've been wanting to get one of those cubes lately. There are certain tricks you can do that will have it solved for you in a matter of minutes. I read a few of them online and it looks fairly easy. It would be a cool feat to perform for my ankle biters.
...who would immediately look online for the solution. My stepson did that; it never even occurred to me (being a kid when these first came out) to look online, and I'm in IT!!

Actually, I hear you get instructions with the current version. What the hell is the point? Kids are so spoiled these days.

Once they get that, see if you can dig up a Rubik's Revenge on EBay:


or better yet the Professor's Cube:


...send 'em running back to the PS3 in about 30 seconds

EDIT: Then I found this bad-boy at ThinkGeek:


This one is also available online as a computer sim so you don't have to actually buy one, but what fun would that be?
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