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Sigma7
04-08-2009, 02:04 PM
When the Rubik Cube craze hit in the early 80's there were a number of similar toys that jumped on the bandwagon. Some of them weren't a puzzle exactly, they were more of a fiddle toy that you made shapes with.

I had this toy that I think a schoolmate nicked and I don't think I ever knew what it was called, which is a nuisance because without the exact name I can't find a picture.

It consisted of two halves which came right apart, but when laid one inside the other it looked like eight conjoined red and white blocks. This object could be folded over lengthways or widthways, and you could keep folding it each way alternately, a bit like a magic wallet. If you took the two halves apart and folded them over, you could create multicoloured star shapes.

I've tried hunting online for various Rubik-type toys but none of the pictures I found resemble this thing I had. Any ideas?
buk
04-08-2009, 02:07 PM
No help here, but I remember a toy of the same era. A row of triangle shaped plastic pieces, pink, and dark pink. Could be folded into many shapes and ultimately make a ball.
rara avis
04-08-2009, 02:11 PM
I was thinking of the Rubik's Snake, but it's all one string, doesn't come apart into two pieces.
Like so:
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INTJoe
04-08-2009, 09:52 PM
Was it composed of nylon ribbons that held it all together?
Sigma7
04-09-2009, 01:15 PM
Was it composed of nylon ribbons that held it all together?

No, it was the tough plastic stickers on the outside that held the whole thing together.

BTW, I had that Rubik snake as well as the 3x3x3 cube, the 4x4x4 cube and the pyramid!
thod
04-09-2009, 02:04 PM
Was it a Rubik magic?
Prunesquallor
04-09-2009, 02:15 PM
Might be in here (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) somewhere?
LionsPride
04-09-2009, 02:21 PM
Was it a Rubik magic?

Using Prunesquallor's link and thod's suggestion, the Rubik Magic looks like this:

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Lionel Mandrake
04-09-2009, 05:44 PM
Yes, that thing was great. The rubik's snake was also fun. Oh, the memories.
Maedhi
04-11-2009, 11:47 AM
Wasn't the Rubik magic held together by some kind of nylon gut? I remember because it didn't hold it together for very long :)