rubiks new puzzle

[mike toulouzas]

just in case you thought he is too old now for inventions...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRjELlHg7-g

[DCBluesman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0poQ8q8RzSg&NR=1

[cubefan]

Hi all Rubik-fans

during the International Toy Fair Nuremberg february 2009 we had a special puzzle meeting and there we could play with one of the first modells of rubik 360

all the  best
Utahfan Bernhard

[Roby]

Any idea on who has patent rights to the original?  I thought it would be nice to remake the original version out of wood, but I did not want to get sued if I made 30 and tried to sell them.  And yes, I have figured out a way to make them out of wood.

[Canuck]

Any idea on who has patent rights to the original? 

Yes, that would be me of course, please make checks payable to 'Canuck Industries'

[cubefan]

Hi Roby

ask for the rights Bruce Whitehill ( the Big Gamehunter) I think he can give you the correct answer, because he was promting the first millions of the original 3x3x3 cube

happy puzzling
Utahfan Bernhard

[Roby]

His e-mail link at http://www.thebiggamehunter.com/ is currently down.  I Will try him a bit later.  Thanks Bernhard.  Oh, by the way, I would actually purchase one rubic's for every one that I make and use the internal parts so really I would just be reselling thier puzzle.  I don't figure there is a law against resale of an item, so perhaps I am in the clear anyway.

[DCBluesman]

In terms of a US Patent, Rubik's patent is number 4,378,116 which was granted in 1980.  Patent protection has expired.  Also, on Rubik's official website you can by an Assembly Cube (http://tinyurl.com/c6w3gx ) which provides all of the parts for assembling your own.  Since they clearly advocate customizing the product, I cannot imagine that any laws would be broken by making a wooden version.

[Canuck]

Very interesting...I wasn't aware that you could buy it in kit form.  Surely Roby, you would put your own spin on it?  By the way, 'Pinhead' said it's still not a 'Hellraiser Box'  :-X

[Canuck]

I should mention, there appears to be a lot of people making their own version of the 'cube' in many other shapes as well...

[Roby]

Ha!!! I know my next side project now, unless you guys beat me to it.  Tell pinhead that the closet thing I have seen to a hellraiser box at this time is Lee Krasnow's barcode burr.  Check it out at  www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9JhRalzoY

[Canuck]

Tell pinhead that the closet thing I have seen to a hellraiser box at this time is Lee Krasnow's barcode burr.  Check it out at  www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9JhRalzoY

   Not even close...(sorry Lee!)...have you even seen the movie

[Canuck]

Ha!!! I know my next side project now, unless you guys beat me to it. 

Oh it's all yours brother! 

[Roby]

Still, I have to admit that Krasnow's puzzle meets practically all of my criteria for the "perfect puzzle".  Perhaps I will work on a hellraiser box in my spare time, just to free pinhead from her cube prison.  Pehrahps I will do that for her next spawn day. 

Oh, I'm sorry.  Am I in error.  I just assume that all fiery-redheads are spawned instead of born.

See how I lure Barb into a battle that (strangely enough) I know that I will never win.

[Canuck]

Still, I have to admit that Krasnow's puzzle meets practically all of my criteria for the "perfect puzzle". 

Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Br1FwFyvw&feature=related
 Lee times his solving of the 'Barcode burr'.. everytime I watch it the hair stands up on the back of my neck when that person grabs the first piece he takes out